Che 631

Assignment 1

due on August 11,2014

1. For the reaction C6H12 (cyclohexane) C6H6 (benzene) + 3H2, calculate K, Kp and Kc at
500oC and a pressure of 10 atm. Do not assume the heat of reaction to be independent of
temperature. Please give the reference from where you have taken the thermodynamic data.
2. For the irreversible liquid phase reaction, A+BC, the following rate data is obtained:

Rate of reaction
( kmol/m3.s)

Temperature
(K)

CA
(kmol/m3)

CB
(kmol/m3)

1.2E-05

373

1.0

1.0

8.0E-06

373

0.8

0.9

4.3E-06

373

0.6

0.4

6.6E-06

373

0.8

0.7

9.9E-07

353

0.9

0.5

7.0E-07

353

0.9

0.4

4.0E-07

353

0.8

0.2

1.9E-07

353

0.4

0.1

8.4E-08

333

0.2

0.9

1.7E-07

333

1.0

0.8

9.0E-08

333

0.5

0.5

1.2E-07
333
0.4
0.7
3.For the thermal mechanism discussed in the lecture, derive the expression for the rate of
disappearance of A1, if the termination step is
2R A5
Using linear2 regression,
determine the kinetics of this reaction. Assume power
data together; rather than regressing each
4. Foglerlaw
, 3rdkinetics.
edition, Regress
Prob.7.4all
(a),the
(b).
temperature data separately.
5. Fogler, 3rd edition, Prob.7.6.