is COCO capable of handling design of reactor shown in attachment. i say so because
1. COCO by default assumes the coolant/ heating medium flows inside tubes, in this case assumption is reactants/products flow inside tubes
2. we are given the temperature of the heating gas and U overall heat transfer coefficient, but COCO only accepts Q, ie heat added.
is there any trick to approach such a problem, its an example from aspen.
reactor with external heating
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reactor with external heating
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Re: reactor with external heating
If the quesion is about the temperature profile, this is not an issue. A 1000 reactor tubes of given diameter with external coolant have the same temperature profile as a single reactor tube. Just divide the flow rate by 1000. Use specified ambient temperature to cool the reactor.
If you would want to use that in a flowsheet it becomes slightly more complicated as you would need a 1000 of those reactors. If pressure drop is negligible you could of course just multiply the heat transfer coefficient by 1000 to simulate that case.
If you would want to use that in a flowsheet it becomes slightly more complicated as you would need a 1000 of those reactors. If pressure drop is negligible you could of course just multiply the heat transfer coefficient by 1000 to simulate that case.