##  [Continuous Stirred-Tank Reactor](/index.php/continuous-stirred-tank-reactor) 

  ##  [Continuous Stirred-Tank Reactor](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/continuous-stirred-tank-reactor-0) 

  

 [![Engineering & Applied Technologies Dictionary](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2026-01/Engineering%20%26%20Applied%20Technologies.png.webp?itok=_IKO7_-n)](/index.php/topic-specific-dictionaries/engineering-applied-technologies)



**Engineering & Applied Technologies Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

An idealised, continuously operated chemical reactor model in which the reactor contents are assumed to be perfectly mixed so that concentration and temperature are uniform throughout; reactants are fed and products withdrawn continuously, and reactor performance is characterised by volume V, volumetric flow rate Q, and residence time τ = V/Q under steady or defined transient conditions.