Lecture24 Comparison of Different Approaches for Material Balances on Reactive Systems

Material Balance on reactive systems can become confusing if one does not know how to handle them. In this video, with the help of an example, the three different approaches of material balance on systems involving reactions have been compared. These methods are molecular species balance, atomic species balance and extent of reactions to calculate product compositions. A brief summary of how to calculate degree of freedom in each method is also included. It is demonstrated that for reactive systems in which only one reaction is taking place, all the three methods involve same level of computational efforts. However, atomic species balance is the most direct and simplest to use.