Investigation of the heat exchange of a batch reactor using dynamic simulation

Abstract

By comparing the experimental with simulation results and physically inspecting the reactor, improvements can be made on the temperature measuring device (thermometer) and the heat exchange device: The temperature of the reactor is measured with a thermometer with tubing in an oil bath. A temperature with the latency of the thermometer is obtained (which is off by at least five minutes for both cooling and heating). This would result in a wrong reactor temperature is reading. However a contact thermometer that would be in contact with the reactor can be used to eliminate this latency.