In a batch reactor the reactants and the
catalyst are placed in the reactor which is then closed to transport of matter and the reaction
is allowed to proceed for a given time whereupon the mixture of unreacted material
together with the products is withdrawn. Provision for mixing may be required.
Source:
PAC, 1976, 46, 71
(Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units - Appendix
II. Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry. Part II:
Heterogeneous Catalysis)
on page 80