Armfield Engineering Education

BASIC PROCESS PRINCIPLES

CEB Mkll Batch Reactor - Issue 5

Order Specification |
Demonstration Capabilities |
Technical Description

Essential Armfield Accessories |
Optional Armfield Accessory

| Shipping Specification and Dimensions

Ordering Specification

• A small scale batch reactor (1 litre working volume) designed to demonstrate both adiabatic and isothermal operation (isothermal operation requires an additional chiller unit).

• The unit is vacuum insulated and equipped with a variable speed agitator, heat transfer coil, temperature and conductivity sensors.

• The unit has a stainless steel casing and is mounted on a PVC baseplate which itself fits onto the service unit.

• Demonstration capabilities:
> Effect of temperature on reaction kinetics
> Determination of the rate equation and activation energy through mass and energy balances

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Demonstration Capabilities

> to determine the effect of reactant concentration on the reaction rate
> to find the reaction rate constant of an isothermal stirred batch reactor

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Technical Description

The Armfield Batch Reactor is a vacuum insulated flask in a stainless steel casing which is mounted onto a PVC base. The baseplate is designed to be fitted to the CEX Reactor Service Unit. The lid of the reactor houses an electric motor driven propellor agitator which can be controlled at various speeds from the service unit. A stainless steel heat transfer coil is also supported in the lid to allow heating or cooling of the reactor contents. Glands in the lid allow conductivity and temperature probes to be fitted to facilitate monitoring of the reactions in progress. Isothermal and adiabatic reactions may be demonstrated.