QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE BELOUSOV–ZHABOTINSKII REACTION IN A BATCH REACTOR

Abstract

This paper shows how the appearance and disappearance of high-frequency oscillations in a batch reactor can be predicted by means of a minimal model describing the fast dynamics of the reaction. The analysis is based on the bifurcations of the model with respect to the slowly varying species, namely product and reactants. The method of analysis can, in principle, be applied to any slow-fast system provided the evolution of the slow variables is monotonic.