8.2.1 Modifications to the Chapter 6 CRE Algorithm for Multiple Reactions
There are a few small changes to the CRE algorithm presented in Table 6-2, and we will describe these changes in detail when we discuss complex reactions in Section 8.5. However, before discussing parallel and series reactions, it is necessary to point out some of the modifications to our algorithm. These changes are highlighted in Table 8-2. When analyzing multiple reactions, we must perform a mole balance on each and every species, just as we did in Chapter 6 to analyze reactions in terms of the mole balances for different reactor types. The rates of formation shown in the mole balances in Table 6-2 (e.g., rA, rB, rj) are the net rates of formation. The main change in the CRE algorithm in Table 6-2 is that the Rate Law step in our algorithm has now been replaced by the step Rates, which includes three sub-steps:
• Rate Laws
• Net Rates
• Relative Rates
Table 8-2. Modification to the CRE Algorithm
