Figure 4.8:

Batch reactor with nth-order kinetics, r=kc_A^n, k_0=kc_{A0}^{n-1}=1, n\geq 1.

Code for Figure 4.8

Text of the GNU GPL.

main.m

 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
% Copyright (C) 2001, James B. Rawlings and John G. Ekerdt
%
% This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
% modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
% published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at
% your option) any later version.
%
% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
% WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
% General Public License for more details.
%
% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
% along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
% the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
% MA 02111-1307, USA.

% Revised 7/24/2018

npts  = 100;
x = linspace(0,5,npts)';
y = [ exp(-x), 1./(1+x), (1+2*x).^(-1/2), (1+3*x).^(-1/3), (1+4*x).^(-1/4) ];

table = [x, y];

save -ascii kcan.dat table;

if (~ strcmp (getenv ('OMIT_PLOTS'), 'true')) % PLOTTING
    plot (x, y)
    % TITLE
end % PLOTTING