MORE ON THE DYNAMICS OF A STIRRED TANK WITH CONSECUTIVE REACTIONS

The literature on the stirred tank reactor with consecutive reactions is reviewed and a census of multiplicity diagrams, bifurcation diagrams and phase portraits is given. The location of the organizing center, introduced by V. Balakotaiah and D. Luss, and some features of the butterfly singularity are discussed particularly with reference to variations in the ratio of activation energies. The forms that the regions of attraction of the various steady states may take in the three-dimensional state space are also discussed.