Educational Software for Rating and Sizing Chemical Reactors

Abstract

An educational software for Rating and Sizing Chemical Reactors is presented in this work. The user-friendly software designed using C# is presented in a step-by-step, simple-to-follow format. Design equations are analyzed for batch and flow reactors. Having been tested with sample problems from relevant literatures, it is believed that it can serve as an important tool in solving chemical Reaction Engineering problems. Results obtained show a high level of accuracy, although with slight differences from that obtained in the literature. This can be attributed to truncation errors when using manual calculation method.