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\fig{Reactor_pic}
{Reactor_pic} {0.9} {System \textbf{Reactor}, Schematic}
Figure \Ref{fig:Reactor_pic} is the schematic diagram od a chemical reactor.
The acausal bond graph of system \textbf{Reactor} is displayed in
Figure \Ref{fig:Reactor_abg.ps} and its label file is listed in
Section \Ref{sec:Reactor_lbl}. The subsystems are listed in Section
\Ref{sec:Reactor_sub}.
This example of a (nonlinear) chemical reactor is due to Trickett and
Bogle\footnote{ K. J. Tricket, \emph{Quantification of Inverse
Responses for Controllability Assessment of Nonlinear Processes},
PhD Thesis, University College London, 1994} is used in this
section. The reactor has two reaction mechanisms: $\text{A}
\rightarrow \text{B} \rightarrow \text{C}$ and $\text{2A} \rightarrow
\text{D}$. The reactor mass inflow and outflow $f_r$ are identical.
$q$ represents the heat inflow to the reactor.
This is a two input, two-output unstable nonlinear system with unstable zero
dynamics.
The following figures illustrate the properties of the
\emph{linearised} system.
\fig{Reactor_pole_1_2}
{Reactor_pole_1_2} {0.9} {System \textbf{Reactor}: poles 1 and 2
v. steady-state flow $f_s$}
\fig{Reactor_pole_3}
{Reactor_pole_3} {0.9} {System \textbf{Reactor}: pole 3
v. steady-state flow $f_s$}
\fig{Reactor_zero_a}
{Reactor_zero_a} {0.9} {System \textbf{Reactor}: zero of system with
$t$ and $c_a$ as output
v. steady-state flow $f_s$}
\fig{Reactor_zero_b}
{Reactor_zero_b} {0.9} {System \textbf{Reactor}: pole 3
v. steady-state flow $f_s$}
\begin{itemize}
\item Figures \Ref{fig:Reactor_pole_1_2} and
\Ref{fig:Reactor_pole_3} show the three poles of the
\emph{linearised} system as the steady-state flow varies.
\item Figure \Ref{fig:Reactor_zero_a} shows the system zero (when $t$ and
$c_a$ are the two system outputs) as the
\emph{linearised} system as the steady-state flow varies.
\item Figure \Ref{fig:Reactor_zero_b} shows the system zero (when $t$ and
$c_b$ are the two system outputs) as the
\emph{linearised} system as the steady-state flow varies.
\end{itemize}