CCB3043 KINETICS AND REACTOR DESIGN (Sept 2013)

Assignment 1: M!e B"!"n#e

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1. (This question is the same as question P1-3A in Essentials of Chemical Reaction
Engineering).
A 200-m3 constant-!olume "atch reactor is #ressuri$e to 20 atm %ith a mi&ture
of '() A an 2() inert. The gas-#hase reaction is carrie out iso-thermall* at
22' C.
A + , - C
a) Assuming that the ieal gas la% is !ali. ho% man* moles of A are in the
reactor initiall*/ 0hat is the initial concentration of A/
") 1f the reaction is first orer %ith 2 3 0.14min. calculate the time necessar* to
consume 55) of A.
c) Re#eat p"*t + assuming the reactor contents initiall* are 100) A.
) 1f the reaction is secon orer %ith 2 3 0.' m34mol.min. re#eat p"*t # to
calculate the time to consume 60) of A. Also. calculate the #ressure in the
reactor at this time if the tem#erature is 22' C.
2. The reaction A + ,
is to "e carrie out isothermall* in a continuous-flo% reactor. Calculate "oth
C7TR an P8R reactor !olumes necessar* to consume 60) of A (9int: CA 3 0.2
CA0) %hen entering molar flo% rate is ; mol4hr an entering !olumetric flo% rate
is 20 m
3
4hr assuming the reaction rate <rA is 2CA %ith 2 3 0.0001 s-1.
3. Re#eat =2 to calculate the time necessar* to consume 60) of s#ecies A in a 1000
m3 constant !olume "atch reactor %ith CA0 3 0.2 mol4m
3
.
;. An isothermal P8R is use for the gas #hase reaction A + 2,-C. The fee.
flo%ing at 2.0 >4s. contains (0) mol A an (0) mol inert s#ecies. The rate is
first orer %ith res#ect to A? the rate constant is 2.0 s-1.
a) @etermine the *e"#t* ,!$me require to consume 50) of A/
") 1f the reactor is re#lace %ith C7TR. %hat is the reactor !olume require to
consume 55) of A/