Model simulation of Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction containing oxalic acid and acetone as mixed organic substrate in CSTR mode

Abstract

The present study is an effort to simulate the behavior of the Belousov-Zhabotinskii system containing bromate-CeIII-H 2SO4-oxalic acid and acetone as a mixed organic substrate system in a CSTR. The model used is a simplified version of Field and Boyd mechanism. The behavior with respect to flow rate and inflow concentrations are depicted as sets of traces showing the variation of [CeIV]. An effort is made to represent the simulations observed in terms of bifurcation parameters [oxalic acid]0 and [BrO3-] 0.