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A reactor is an apparatus or a structure in which chemical, biological, and physical processes (reactions) proceed intentionally, purposefully, and in a controlled manner. In ideal reactors, the transport and mixing processes can be described mathematically exactly; this is in contrast to real, technical, built or natural reactors which must be modeled, but where the transport processes are only approximately known. Ideal reactors are a theoretical proxy or concept which is analyzed instead of the real-world system to be simulated.
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(2008). Ideal Reactors. In: Systems Analysis for Water Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77278-1_6
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