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Chaotic behavior in the dynamical system of a continuous stirred tank reactor. (English) Zbl 0623.58035
The dynamical system describing a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) for the reactions $$A\to B\to C$$ and $$A\to C$$, $$B\to D$$ is considered. A circulating attractor with accompanying circulating orbits is shown to exist when the critical point of the system is unique and unstable. The orbit structure has been numerically found to consist of periodic orbits and chaotic behavior.

##### MSC:
 58Z05 Applications of global analysis to the sciences 37D45 Strange attractors, chaotic dynamics of systems with hyperbolic behavior 92Exx Chemistry
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