Abstract
The paper “Optimal use of mixed catalysts for two successive chemical reactions” by Jackson was first presenting an analytical solution for the plug flow reactor catalyst blend problem. However, the exact optimal value of the problem was not given, which has caused confusion and inaccuracies in the subsequent literatures. As a supplement and correction, this study gives the optimal solutions and optimal objective values analytically for the cases when the reactor length equals 1 and 12. These results are also verified numerically using the time-scaling method.
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The authors are grateful to the anonymous referees and Professor J. Zhang for their helpful comments and suggestions for improving the manuscript. This work is supported by the National Natural Science Joint Funds of NSFC-CNPC of China (Grant U1162130), the National High Technology Research and Development Program (863, Grant 2006AA05Z226), and the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scientists (Grant R4100133), and their supports are thereby acknowledged.
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Li, G., Liu, X. Comments on “Optimal Use of Mixed Catalysts for Two Successive Chemical Reactions”. J Optim Theory Appl 165, 678–692 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-014-0641-4
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