Dynamic model of a continuous ultrasound reactor in the degradation of methyl orange

Abstract

In this work, the degradation of aqueous solutions containing the commercial azo dye Methyl Orange in a continuous flow sonochemical reactor was analyzed. The determination of the residence times in each one of the four reactor units showed that they did not differ from the spatial times, consequently the reactor can be considered as a perfectly mixed continuous stirred tank reactor without dead volumes or bypasses.

Using dynamic simulation techniques, the reactor operation models were developed. The simulation results for both transient and stationary states did not show statistically significant differences with those obtained analytically.