Design safer reactors: Use nullcline analysis to predict transient behavior in CSTRs

A. Kayode Coker is an Engineering Consultant for AKC Technology; an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton, U.K.; a former Engineering Coordinator at Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Company (SASREF); and Chairman of the department of Chemical Engineering Technology at Jubail Industrial College, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Coker has been a chartered chemical engineer for more than 40 yrs. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, U.K. (C. Eng., FIChemE), and a senior member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). He earned a B.Sc. honors degree in chemical engineering, an MS degree in process analysis and development and a PhD in chemical engineering, all from Aston University, Birmingham, U.K., as well as a Teacher’s Certificate in Education at the University of London, U.K. Dr. Coker has directed and conducted short courses extensively around the world, has been a lecturer at the university level, and his articles have been published in several international journals. He is an author of 14 books in chemical and petroleum engineering, a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, Vol. 61, and is certified as a “train – the mentor trainer.” Dr. Coker is a Technical Report Assessor and Interviewer for chartered chemical engineers (IChemE) in the U.K., and is a member of the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, U.K. (IBC) as one of the Leading Engineers of the World for 2008. Also, he is a member of the International Who’s Who for Professionals™ and Madison’s Who’s Who in the U.S. He recently received > 35,000 reads of his research activities in Researchgate.net and > 3,000 citations of his works in Academia.edu. His forthcoming book, The Soft Skills Edge-Engineering Your Path to Professional Success will be published by Tellwell Publishing Co. in 2026. The author can be reached at kcoker1@hotmail.com.