@ ) © @ © ® teaction Engineer ‘Tutorial 2 PAI Consider the production of ethyl benzene 2 Ethylene +Toluene ——>ethyl benzene + proplylene CHs CHyCHs 2CHyCH2+ a +CHe The gas feed consists of 25% toluene and 75% ethylene. Set up a stoichiometric table to determine the ‘concentrations of each of the reacting species and then to write the rate of reaction solely as a function 7 fmol? of conversion, Assume the reaction is elementary with *T ~ *30 (= [root ), ‘The entering pressure is 8.2 atm and the entering temperature is 227°C and the reaction takes place isothermally with no pressure drop, What is your basis of calculation? ‘What are the entering concentrations of ethylene and toluene? Construct the complete stoichiometric table including total molar flow rates. Write the volumetric flow rate in terms of conversion, Write the concentration of toluene and ethylene in terms of conversion Write the rate of disappearance of A, r4 solely as a function of conversion ‘What are the relative rates of reaction of A and B?1 (a) The stoichiometric ratio is one toluene to two ethylene (1/2). However, the feed is one toluene to three ethylene (1/3) and there is not sufficient toluene to consume all the ethylene. Therefore toluene is the limiting reactant and thus the basis of calculation, (b) os Let A = toluene,B = ethylene, C = ethyl benzene and D = propylene A+2B— C+D Py mol Pe 92 Crone 02 285 4 R Pao =7a00m “740 eh toluene, i.e, A, is the limiting reactant and has a stoichiometric coefficient of 1 A+2B— C+D B= (1+1-1-2)= Yan = 0.25 #=yqgd = 0.25)-1)= 0.25 Complete the stoichiometric table including coolant flow rates ‘Symbol [Entering change ___] A Fao F0X I B Fa = 3Fao -2FyoX Fa = Fao(3- 2X) Ethyl benzene _(C pb *FaoX Io = FaoX. [Propiyene D +FyoX Fp = FaoX [Fr = 4,0 ~ FaoX(@)__. Write the volumetric flow rate in terms of conversion Py T a u(1+exyo 2 ve ve(lts YP P=Poand To 8™y 408" (0.251 + 1- 1-2) =-0.25 0 = v9(1-0.25X) (©) _.Interms of conversion: 5 Cy ae For a flow system at constant T and P c, = =a 1-9) 6 1-x) By Uolitek) *° (rex! a 925K Fe Fao(2-2X)_, G-20 Cane Vo (1* aX) no G = OaEx (® —_ Anterms of conversion: wt ECAC Cyo(1-) Ca Ge - (as) = ta [naa fo oma + tie’) Geaaayy We now have -t4 solely asa function of X and ean use the methods in Ch.2to design reactors. 3. xo ba 196 = at wh mol(g) _Interms of conversion: " } 1-xY3-x) sn 7]} (1-0.25K) sats a (1-y3-xF fan? 025K)