The application of attainable regions (AR) to batch reactor configurations is presented. In this work, we consider the problem of constructing an equivalent batch structure given an AR generated for a continuous system from a specified feed composition and associated kinetics. The authors show that by the appropriate transformation, results developed from a continuous AR may be used to form a related batch structure, and thus improvement of batch reactor structures is also possible by use of the attainable region. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.