Useful Integrals in Reactor Design

dX
1
ln
1 X
1 X

X2

dX

1 X
X

X1

dX

1 X

1
1

1 X 2 1 X1

X
1 X

dX
1
ln 1 X
1 X

1 X dX 1 ln
1 X

1 X dX

1 X

1 X 2 dX
0 1 X 2
X

dX

1 X
0

1 W
W

1
2

1
X
1 X

1 X X ln
1 X

1
1 X

1 X X
2 1 ln 1 X X
2

1 X

dW

2
3

B X
1
ln
B 1 B 1 X

where B 1

dX
2
2

aX bX c 2aX b b

for b 2 4ac

q X p
dX
1
for b 2 4ac

ln
aX bX c a p q p X q
2

where p and q are the roots of the equation:

aX 2 bX c 0

i.e., p, q

b b 2 4ac
2a

a bX
bX ag bc c gX
dX

ln
c gX
g
c
g2