Inzynieria Chemiczna i Procesowa, Vol.22, No.3B, 235-240, 2001
Increased performance through autonomous oscillations in tubular reactors with recycle
The paper treats the dynamics of tubular reactors in which a fraction of the product is recycled and mixed with the fresh feed. The results presented in this paper show that autonomous limit cycles may drastically increase the performance of the reactor, and that limit cycle behavior therefore may be something that should be sought rather than avoid.