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Chemical Reaction Engineering
Chemical Reaction Engineering
12206
: Fifth
: 100
Time : 03 Hrs
Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Illustrate your answers with neat sketches wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Assume suitable data if necessary.
5. Preferably, write the answers in sequential order.
Q.1 (a) Attempt any THREE of the following:
12 Marks
a) State first and second law of thermodynamics. Give the mathematical expression.
b) Define rate of reaction and rate constant. Give the units of rate constant for zero order
and first order reaction.
c) Define fractional conversion of A (XA) and fractional change in volume (A).
d) Draw the diagram of fluidized bed reactor with catalyst regenerator. Write the
material balance equation for a reactor.
Q.1 (b) Attempt any ONE of the following:
06 Marks
16 Marks
c) For the reactor data given below, consider the series arrangement of MFR and PFR.
The intermediate conversion if 0.7 and final conversion is 0.8.
- rA (gm.mol/lit.sec)
0.0053
0.1
0.0052
0.2
0.005
0.3
0.0045
0.4
0.004
0.5
0.0032
0.6
0.0025
0.7
0.0018
0.8
0.00125
0.85
0.001
Draw the two different types of arrangement. Find the total reactor volume in each case.
State in which case total volume is minimum.
Q.3 Attempt any FOUR of the following:
16 Marks
a) How the feasibility of chemical reaction is determined from Gibbs free energy
change?
b) Differentiate order and molecularity of chemical reaction (any four points).
c) Write the steps for differential method of analysis of data.
d) When endothermic reaction is taking place in fixed bed reactor, chances of hot spot
formation is high. Give reason.
e) Based on Vant Hoff equation, explain why decrease in temperature is not desirable
for endothermic reaction?
12 Marks
a) Write the steps and equation for finding the entropy change when one mole of ice is
heated from -10C to steam at 110C.
b) Give the equation for temperature dependency of rate constant from
i) Arrhenius law ii) Thermodynamics iii) transition state theory iv) Collision theory
c) Draw the graph of concentration term vs time for
i) First order reaction ii) Autocatalytic reaction. Write the value of slope also.
06 Marks
16 Marks
a) Derive the performance equation for constant volume batch reactor where first order
reaction takes place. Give the graphical representation also.
b) What is catalyst regeneration? State six different methods of catalyst regeneration.
c) Define law of mass action. Derive the relation between Gibbs free energy change and
equilibrium constant.
16 Marks
-3
a) For the hydrolysis of reactant A, rate constant at 60C is 6.698 x 10 and activation
energy is 16200 calories. Calculate the rate constant at 80C.
b) At 25C rate constant for the hydrolysis of ethyl acetate by NaOH is 6.5 lit/mol.min.
Starting with concentration of base and ester of 0.03 mol/lit each, what proportion of
ester is hydrolyzed in 10 minutes.
c) How extent of reaction gets affected when pressure is decreased, for reactions whose
total number of moles of product is less than total number of moles of reactant?
d) How feed should be admitted when PFRs are connected in parallel?
e) Show graphically how to find conversion when MFRs of different sizes are connected
in series (arrangement is given and find the final conversion).