10.1.

2 SEMIBATCH REACTOR:

sampling

In the case of a semibatch reactor some of the reactants are charged at the beginning of the run
while one or more reactants are added continuously throughout the run. Again, the reactor can be run
isothermally or adiabatically, and sampling of the reaction mixture is performed in time in order to
monitor the progress of reaction. This reactor type may be quite useful when one is trying to determine
the reaction order with respect to say reactant B and constantly keeps adding reactant A in large
excess. It is also a convenient device in complex reaction systems to study the effect of the order of
reactant addition on selectivity and yield etc.