Non Ideal Flow

Question 1

What causes flow to deviate from ideal?

Answer 1

-Residence distribution time (RTD) of material flowing through the vessel
-State of aggregation of material - tendency for molecules to clump and move together as a group
-Earliness and lateness of mixing of material in vessel
-Channelling of fluid
-Creating of stagnant regions in vessel
-Recycling of fluid

Question 2

What is a fundamental property of the E curve?

Answer 2

The area under the curve equals 1