In Part 2 we will learn how to use the residence time data and functions
to make predictions of conversion and exit concentrations. Because the resi-
dence time distribution is not unique for a given reaction system, we must
use new models if we want to predict the conversion in our nonideal reactor.
We present the five most common models to predict conversion and then
close the chapter by applying two of these models, the segregation model
and the maximum mixedness model, to single and to multiple reactions.
After studying this chapter the reader will be able to describe the
cumulative F(t) and external age E(t) and residence-time distribution functions,
and to recognize these functions for PFR, CSTR, and laminar flow reactors.
The reader will also be able to apply these functions to calculate the conver-
sion and concentrations exiting a reactor using the segregation model and
the maximum mixedness model for both single and multiple reactions.