Twoeq8

Name: Twoeq8 - Global reaction rate in Catalytic Oxidation of Nitrogen
Source: Smith, J. M., Chemical Engineering Kinetics, McGraw-Hill, 1981,p. 443
  Vasudevan,P. T., Personal Communications
Reference/s Shacham, M. and Brauner, N., Computers chem. Engng. Submitted
       
Model: 2 implicit equation, indep. variable names: rp,x
  Higher difficulty level
  Constraints:rp>0
  Discontinuities: function undefined for x<0
  Initial estimates: 1. r=0.0001, x=0.01; 2. r=0.001, x=0.01; 3. r=0.0001, x=0.1;
  4. r=0.5, x=0.5;
       
Solved by Shacham, M., POLYMATH 5.1, build 19, April 2, 2001
       
Model Eqs. Global reaction rate in Catalytic Oxidation of Nitrogen |POLVER05_3

EXCEL FILE 

f(rp) = rp-0.327*x^0.804*exp(-5230/(1.987*(373+1.84e6*rp))) #

TEXT FILE 

f(x) = x-(0.06-161*rp) #

POLYMATH FILE 

rp(0)=0.5
  x(0)=0.5
       
Variable/function values Variable Value f(x)
  rp 0.0001 2.8503E-05
  x 0.01 -3.3900E-02
       
Solution Variable Value f(x)
  rp 0.0003406054400 1.0842E-19
  x 0.0051625241669 -8.6736E-19
       
Additional information Modified version of problem Oneeq17. From initial
  guesses 3 and 4 only constrained methods that keep x
  positive throughout the iterations converge.