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Thermal instability and runaway criteria: the dangers of disregarding dynamics

Date

Authors

Ball, Rowena

Gray, Brian F.

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Two exemplary exothermic processes, synthesis of nitroglycerine in a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) and synthesis of the explosive RDX in a CSTR, are used to demonstrate the dangers of ignoring the system dynamics when defining criteria for therma

Keywords

Keywords: Continuous stirred tank reactor; Exothermic process; Oscillatory thermal instability; Stability analysis; System Dynamics; Thermal balance; Thermal instabilities; Thermal runaways; Environmental protection; Safety engineering; Thermodynamic stability Oscillatory thermal instability; Stability analysis; Thermal runaway

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/25122

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.psep.2012.05.008

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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