The design equation for an enzymatic CSTR for a reversible reaction at equilibrium is:
(54)with (with mmol.min−^1 g−^1 as units) and
For a first order kinetics, it can be considered that:
The equation that describes the conversion in a CSTR, in these conditions, is:
(55)
PFR
The design equation of a PFR for a reversible reaction at equilibrium is:
(56)For a first order kinetics, it can be considered that:
and,
Therefore, the equation of a PFR for first order kinetics is:
(57)
Comparative performance of a CSTR and of a PFR for an equilibrium
reactionFor a first order equilibrium reaction, the performance of a CSTR and a PFR can be
described as (adapted from Equations 55 and 57):
(58)
(59)
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