Thermal Decomposition of Beta-Carotene in a Flow Reactor
Application ID: 105941
This tutorial illustrates how to use the Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) functionality to answer questions regarding sensitivity and reliability of a flow reactor with thermal decomposition. The tutorial investigates what uncertainties in parameters dominates the survival of a nutrient (b-carotene) during a food processing step. A fluid carrying the nutrient is injected into the reactor, and is subsequently heated by a downstream cylinder. As b-carotene is heat sensitive it decomposes into fragments reducing the nutrient level of the fluid. The model starts with a screening study, followed by a sensitivity analysis, then looks at error propagation, and finally performs a reliability analysis.
This model example illustrates applications of this type that would nominally be built using the following products:
however, additional products may be required to completely define and model it. Furthermore, this example may also be defined and modeled using components from the following product combinations:
- COMSOL Multiphysics® and
- Uncertainty Quantification Module and
- either the Battery Design Module, Chemical Reaction Engineering Module, Corrosion Module, Electrochemistry Module, Electrodeposition Module, or Fuel Cell & Electrolyzer Module and
- either the Battery Design Module, CFD Module, Chemical Reaction Engineering Module, Corrosion Module, Electrochemistry Module, Electrodeposition Module, Fuel Cell & Electrolyzer Module, Microfluidics Module, Polymer Flow Module, Porous Media Flow Module, or Subsurface Flow Module
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