Fiveq1

Name: Fiveq1 - Steady state operation of an exothermic CSTR
Source: Smith, C. A. and Corripio, A. B., Principles and Practice of Authomatic
  Process Control, John Wiley, 1985
Reference/s      
Model: 5 implicit equations, indep. variables ca, t1, tc, b, y
  Average difficulty level
  Constraints: ca>=0, 0<=b<=1, 0<=y<=1
  Discontinuities: Undefined for t1=-273.15
  Initial estimates: 1. (1, 100,50,0.4, 0.25)); 2.(0.5, 50, 25, 0.1, 0.1);
  3.(0.2, 20, 10, 0.01, 0.01); 4. (2, 200, 150, 0.8, 0.8)
       
Solved by Shacham, M., POLYMATH 5.1, build 19, April 19, 2001
       
Model Eqs. Steady state operation of an exothermic CSTR |POLVER05_3

EXCEL FILE 

f(ca) = F*(2.88-ca)/V-k*ca*ca #

TEXT FILE 

f(t1) = F*(66-t1)/V-dhr*k*ca*ca/(rho*cp)-u*a*(t1-tc)/(V*rho*cp) #

POLYMATH FILE 

f(tc) = u*a*(t1-tc)/(1.82*1000*4184)-fc*(tc-27)/1.82 #
  f(b) = ((t1-80)/20-b)/20 #
  f(y) = (m-y)/taui #
  k=0.0744*exp(-1.182e7/(8314.39*(t1+273.16))) #
  fc = 0.02*50^(-m) #
  m = y+kc*(10/20-b) #
  F=0.0075 #
  V=7.08 #
  dhr=-9.86e7 #
  rho=19.2 #
  cp=1.815e5 #
  u=3550 #
  a=5.4 #
  taui=600 #
  kc=1 #
  ca(0)=1
  t1(0)=100
  tc(0)=50
  b(0)=0.4
  y(0)=0.25
       
Variable/function values Variable Value f(x)
  ca 1 0.00034
  t1 100 -0.02823
  tc 50 0.06160
  b 0.4 0.03
  y 0.25 0.00017
  k 0.00165  
  fc 0.00509  
  m 0.35  
  kc 1  
  F 0.0075  
  V 7.08  
  dhr -98600000  
  rho 19.2  
  cp 181500  
  u 3550  
  a 5.4  
  taui 600  
       
Solution Variable Value f(x)
  ca 1.1206138931808 2.17E-19
  t1 90 -6.94E-18
  tc 54.8512245178517 1.39E-17
  b 0.5 0
  y 0.3172119884117 0
  k 0.0014841478215  
  fc 0.0057822430439  
  m 0.3172119884117  
       
Additional information Some algorithms won't converge from initial guesses 2 and 3