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<journal-id>0187-893X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Educación química]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Educ. quím]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0187-893X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Química]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0187-893X2023000100011</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/fq.18708404e.2023.1.82302</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Optimización del tamaño de reactores CSTR mediante el método de maximización del área rectángulos (estrategia didáctica)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Optimization of the size of CSTR reactors through the method of maximizing the area of rectangles (didactic strategy)]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Montaño-Osorio]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Obaya-Valdivia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adolfo Eduardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vargas-Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yolanda Marina]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Facultad de Estudios Superiores  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cuautitlán ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>34</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>11</fpage>
<lpage>19</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0187-893X2023000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0187-893X2023000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0187-893X2023000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El objetivo del presente trabajo es ayudar en la obtención de aprendizajes significativos y mejor comprensión por parte de los estudiantes que cursan Cinética Química y Principios de Diseño de Reactores. Utilizando el solver de Excel como herramienta didáctica, se presenta la solución analítica al sistema de ecuaciones generadas para determinar el tamaño óptimo de reactores CSTR que operan en serie de manera isotérmica e isobárica. El procedimiento involucra conocer la conversión intermedia lograda por cada reactor para determinar del volumen óptimo de cada unidad, el cual es descrito por el método de la maximización del área de rectángulos sobre la curva de Levenspiel, la cual es extrapolable &#8220;n&#8221; unidades de reactores, a diferencia del método gráfico que es iterativo y solamente práctico hasta tres unidades.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The objective of this work is to achieve significant learning and its better understanding by students who are studying Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design Principles. Using the Excel solver as a didactic tool, it presents the analytical solution to the system of equations generated to determine the optimal size of CSTR reactors that operate in series in an isothermal and isobaric way. The procedure involves knowing the intermediate conversion achieved by each reactor to determine the optimal volume of each unit, which is described by the method of maximizing the area of rectangles on the Levenspiel curve, which is extrapolabled &#8220;n&#8221; reactor units, unlike the graphical method that is iterative and only practical up to three units.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cinética química]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Reactores CSTR en serie]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Método de los Rectángulos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Chemical Kinetics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Serial CSTR Reactors]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Rectangle Method]]></kwd>
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