Diseño e implementación de un sistema de seguimiento de una reacción para una planta prototipo de proceso continuo

Author

Bagán Casañ, Daniel

Abstract

In this project it has been worked with a system of four continuously stirred reactors in order to optimize the monitoring of a reaction by measuring conductivity at the inlet and outlet of each of the reactors and measuring the temperature in each of them. Taking advantage of the conductivity sensor’s design developed in a previous final grade work, it has been studied the effect of two design variables such as the length of the electrodes and the separation between them to optimize the design and adapt it to the available space. Regarding the temperature measure, one of the most widely used temperature sensors in the industry, the Pt-100, has been used.
For the acquisition and processing of the data, the Arduino Mega 2560 and an internal Excel software known as Data Streamer, which allows data to be transmitted from the Arduino to Excel through a serial port, have been used. The conductivity and temperature sensors have been calibrated and their correct operation has been verified by monitoring different reactions. From the data obtained, it has been possible to calculate the experimental conversions in each of the reactors and they have been compared
with the theoretical conversions to verify their correct development.

Director

Serra i Hosta, Eduard

Degree

IQS SE - Undergraduate Program in Chemical Engineering

Date

2021-06-15