Simulation of Reaction Kinetics Using Equivalent Hydrodynamic Models: Modeling and Laboratory Experiment

Résumé

A safe and low-cost experiment is described for an undergraduate laboratory experiment in chemical reaction kinetics.  Using an analogy between the models of flow of nonviscous liquids in ducts and the models of chemical reaction kinetics, equivalent hydrodynamic models were set up.  Ducts of different forms, mimicking four reaction rates, were designed.  The obtained experimental results are then exploited by students to identify the kinetic parameters graphically and using a mathematical software.