Continuous Oscillatory Baffled Reactors: Features and Applications

This lecture discusses the features and applications of Continuous Oscillatory Baffled Reactors (COBR). COBR features a tubular reactor with equally spaced baffles, superimposing oscillatory flow onto net flow to enhance mixing. The lecture covers flow visualization, pressure drop, energy dissipation, and COBR limitations. It explores COBR's fields of application in heat and mass transfer operations, flocculation, crystallization, and bioprocessing. The presentation also delves into COBR evaluation, optimal design parameters, and the impact of geometrical factors on reactor performance. Additionally, the lecture examines the enhancement of crystallization processes using COBRs, comparing them to traditional mixed suspension mixed product removal (MSMPR) systems and discussing the essentials of crystallization, supersaturation, nucleation mechanisms, and growth kinetics.