Question

The combination of ideal reactors among the following is ____

(a) Plug flow reactor and batch reactor

(b) Batch reactor and mixed flow reactor

(c) Plug flow reactor and mixed flow reactor

(d) Batch reactor only

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Enquiry is from Kinetics of Homogeneous Reactions in section Kinetics of Homogeneous Reactions of Chemical Reaction Engineering

Answer 1

The correct option is (c) Plug flow reactor and mixed flow reactor

For explanation: Batch reactor is an unsteady state reactor. Plug flow reactor and mixed flow reactors operate under steady state conditions.