MATS2006

25/09/2013 in class

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At 649oC phosphine vapor decomposes as follows:

Solution: The units of k tell us that the reaction is zero order with respect to A. Therefore the appropriate Design Equation is: kC A0V k = = C A0 X A FA 0 For XA = 0.5, V= XA * FA0 / k = 0.5*540/54 = 5 litres 3) One litre of a 20% ozone-80% nitrogen mixture at 1.5 atm and 93oC passes through a plug flow reactor. Under these conditions ozone decomposes by homogeneous reaction. 2O3 3O2 litre/(gmol.sec) (-rA) = kCA2, k=0.05

4PH3(g) P4(g) + 6H2(g) (-rphos) = (10hr-1)Cphos What size of plug flow reactor operating at 649oC and 11.4 atm is needed for 75% conversion of 10 gmol/hr of phosphine in a 2/3 phosphine-1/3 inert feed? Solution: For a first-order reaction:
V = FA 0 1 A X A (1 + A ) ln kC A0 1 X A

Evaluate terms: CA0=PA0/RT= (649+273)] = 0.1 gmol/litre k = 10 hr

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(11.4x2/3)/[(0.08206)

What size reactor is needed for 50% decomposition of ozone? Solution: the appropriate 2o-order Design Equation is:
2 C A0 k = 2 A (1 + A ) ln (1 X A ) + A X A + ( A + 1) 2

FA0 = 10 gmol/hr Expansion Factor: Reaction can be written as: 4A + 2 Inerts 7R + 2 Inerts A = (9-6)/6 = = 0.5 Therefore: V=[10/10(0.1)][1.5ln(1/0.25) - 0.5*0.75]=10 {1.5*1.386 - 0.375} = 17 litres 2)A stream of pure gaseous reactant A (CA0=660 mmol/litre) enters a plug flow reactor at a flow rate of FA0 = 540 mmol/min and polymerizes there as folllows: 3A(g) R (g) (-rA) = 54 mmol/(litre.min)

XA (1 X A )

CA0 = PA0/RT = (0.2)(1.5)/[(0.08206)(273+93)] CA0 = 0.3/(0.08206*366) = 0.01 gmol/litre V= (v0/kCA0){2A(1+A)ln(1-XA) + A2 XA+(A + 1)2[XA/ (1-XA)]} Reaction can be written as: 2A + 8 Inerts = 3P + 8 Inerts Expansion Factor: A = (11-10)/10 = 0.1 V = (1/0.05*0.01){(0.2*1.1)ln(0.5) + 0.12*0.5 + 1.12*1} V = 2000{-0.152+0.005+1.21}= 2125 litres = 2.125 m3

How large a reactor is needed to lower the concentration of A in the exit stream to CAf = 330 mmol/litre?