เปรียบเทียบวิธี

	การกลั่นแบบเกิดปฏิกิริยา	แบบจำลอง PFR
สาขาวิชา	ฟิสิกส์ประยุกต์	ฟิสิกส์ประยุกต์
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1995	1962
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Klaus Sundmacher	Octave Levenspiel
ประเภท	Integrated reaction-separation process model	Mathematical model for plug-flow reactor
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Sundmacher, K., & Kienle, A. (2003). Reactive Distillation: Status and Future Directions. Wiley-VCH. ISBN: 978-3-527-30623-9	Levenspiel, O. (1999). Chemical Reaction Engineering (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-0-471-25424-9
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	integrated distillation-reaction, reactive column, reaction with separation	ideal tubular reactor, plug-flow model, PFR
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	4	3
สรุป	Reactive distillation couples reaction and separation in a single column, where reactants are separated from products continuously while simultaneously undergoing reaction on catalytic trays. Pioneered in the 1990s by Klaus Sundmacher and others, this process intensification technique dramatically reduces capital cost, energy consumption, and environmental impact for suitable reactions. It is now industrially proven for esterification, hydration, and transesterification processes.	The PFR (Plug Flow Reactor) model describes the behavior of a tubular reactor in which fluid elements move through as distinct plugs with no axial mixing. Fluid at the inlet is freshly unreacted; as it travels downstream, reactions progress. This idealized model, formalized by Octave Levenspiel alongside CSTR theory, is the opposite extreme: while CSTRs are fully mixed, PFRs have no axial mixing. In practice, PFRs achieve higher conversion than CSTRs for the same residence time and are widely used in the chemical and petroleum industries.