Chemical Reactor Design
Lesson Code: PEA-700. How a chemical reactor works and the most important connections needed to carry out a chemical reaction.
- Category: API Manufacturing - Equipment
Description
After taking this e-Lesson, you will be able to:
- Describe the purpose of a reactor in API manufacturing
- Name three materials used in reactor construction and list their advantages and disadvantages
- List and describe the common auxiliary equipment and connections found in a typical reactor
- Describe the three different ways of using a nitrogen atmosphere in a reactor
- Describe how reactors are heated and cooled
- Describe three different types of impellers and their different mixing mechanisms
- Explain the purpose of baffles in a reactor
- List three uses of probes in reaction monitoring
