An analysis of mixing of chain centres in photochemical reactors

Abstract

A theoretical analysis of mixing of chain centres, In phoochemical reactors has been made considering both the first-order wall termination and the bimolecular termination [in bulk] of chain centres. Mixing effects are found to be dlametrically opposite in the two termination model, being beneficial in the bimolecular termination regime and adverse in the wall-termination regime. For competing modes, the mixing effects are closer to those valid for one or the other mode depending on the relative values of the rate constants and degree of attenuation.