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name: reactor-designer description: Chemical reactor design skill for sizing, configuration selection, and performance optimization allowed-tools:

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• Bash metadata: specialization: chemical-engineering domain: science category: Reaction Engineering skill-id: CE-SK-007 graph: domains: [domain:chemical-engineering] skillAreas: [skill-area:physics-simulation, skill-area:mathematical-reasoning, skill-area:statistical-analysis] workflows: [workflow:experiment-design] roles: [role:research-engineer, role:computational-scientist]

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Reactor Designer Skill

Purpose

The Reactor Designer Skill performs chemical reactor design calculations, including reactor type selection, sizing, configuration optimization, and performance prediction.

Capabilities

• Reactor type selection (CSTR, PFR, batch, fluidized bed)
• Reactor sizing calculations
• Conversion and yield predictions
• Residence time distribution analysis
• Heat management design
• Multiple reactor configurations
• Recycle stream optimization
• Scale-up considerations

Usage Guidelines

When to Use

• Designing new reactor systems
• Optimizing existing reactor performance
• Evaluating reactor alternatives
• Scale-up reactor designs

Prerequisites

• Kinetic model available
• Feed specifications defined
• Target conversion specified
• Operating constraints identified

Best Practices

• Consider heat effects carefully
• Evaluate multiple configurations
• Include safety margins
• Validate with pilot data

Process Integration

This skill integrates with:

• Kinetic Model Development
• Catalyst Evaluation and Optimization
• Process Simulation Model Development

Configuration

reactor-designer:
  reactor-types:
    - cstr
    - pfr
    - batch
    - semi-batch
    - fluidized-bed
  design-methods:
    - sizing
    - optimization
    - performance-prediction

Output Artifacts

• Reactor specifications
• Sizing calculations
• Performance predictions
• Configuration comparisons
• Heat duty calculations