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The dynamic behavior of coupled continuous stirred tank reactors in which the nonisothermal Langmuir-Hinshelwood type reactions occur, exhibits several types of pattern formation. The regular and irregular multipeak patterns are detected for the endothermic reaction of a Langmuir-Hinshelwood type when the heat communication between the neighboring cells is larger than the mass interaction. These observations may imply the possible existence of spatial structure in a matrix of catalysis, the non-uniform distribution of concentration and temperature in packed bed reactors, and corrugated propagating fronts in combustion problems.
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Kim, S.H. Pattern formation in interacting continuous stirred tank reactors. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 5, 164–169 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02697671
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02697671