The liquid-phase reaction is given as below:

A 2B C 2D

As a design engineer, you are required to design a CSTR to accommodate the

requirement as given below with the assumption that it is an adiabatic system. For the
conditions similar to those at which this CSTR are operating, it is found that the reaction
is first order with respect to A and first order with respect to B.

Additional information
Steam jacket area = 10 ft2
Overall heat-transfer coefficient of jacket, U = 120 Btu/hr.ft2.oF
Jacket steam saturation temperature = 310.5 oF
18000
( )
Specific reaction rate constant, k 9.99 10 e
7 RT
ft 3 / lb mol.hr (E a are in Btu / lb mol )

From the following data given below (Table Q2 and Figure Q2),

(a) Calculate the exit temperature at which the reaction is conducted.

(12 marks)

(b) Evaluate the CSTR volume if the desired conversion of A is 50 %.

(8 marks)

Reactant A Reactant B
FA0 =15 lb mol/hr FB0 = 30 lb mol/hr

Feed temperature,
To = 80 oF
 Figure Q2: Single steam jacketed continuous stirred tank reactor.

Table Q2: Data of component A, B, C and D

Component
Data
A B C D
Feed molar flow rate (lb mol/hr) 15 30 - -
Feed volumetric flow rate (ft3/hr) 100 100 - -
Feed temperature (oF) 80 80 - -
Enthalpy of formation, Hi(68 oF), -66,000 -123,000 -226,000 -50,000
Btu/lb mol
Constant heat capacity, Cpi, 51.0 44.0 47.5 24.0
Btu/lb mol. oF