ConclusionsAn SMBR computer simulator was built with recent mod-elling knowledge and a friendly interface. The results givenby the simulator are accurate enough to provide the trendsand orders of magnitudes of physical quantities needed forthe teaching application of the simulated MBR. The practi-cal use of the simulator was evaluated with the developmentof simulated laboratory work lasting three and a half hours,which gave results that would take more than fifteen monthsof real-world experiments. It was successfully applied, andachieved the most difficult objectives of enabling the studentsto analyze the influence of operating parameters on the SMBRfunctioning and being largely accepted by the students. Whilethis has not been tested, it appears clear that the dynamicmodel used would permit the training of professionals.