Abstract
At the Laboratory of Chemical Technology of the Delft University of Technology, research work is carried out on problems in which multicomponent chemical reactions in a bifunctional catalyst environment are a principal element.
Study of the interrelated effects of the many system parameters, as well as the search for possible opti maZ catalyst compositions to maximize output and yield, has made it desirable to have at hand a fast simulation of the reaction system.
Hybrid computation appeared to be the logical way to meet the needs of the above Laboratory for easy man- machine interaction and high computation speed. In this report are presented the development and imple mentation of the hybrid simulation together with some of its results as realized at the Delft University Computation Centre. The hybrid model at present simulates a five-component reaction using a bifunc tional catalyst. Much effort has been invested to obtain both easy input/output and the highest possible speed of solution using an Applied Dynamics AD4, an IBM 1800, and interface equipment. How this was done is described in some detail.
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