Which consequence results when an industrial exothermic reactor encounters thermal runaway?

💡 Explanation

Uncontrolled temperature increases, leading to exponential reaction rate gains, cause thermal runaway, because the Arrhenius equation dictates reaction rates increase with temperature. Therefore reaction rates accelerate causing runaway heat rather than pressure drop.

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