Ball, RowenaGray, Brian F.2015-12-070957-5820http://hdl.handle.net/1885/25122Two 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 thermaKeywords: 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 runaway201210.1016/j.psep.2012.05.0082016-02-24