TE- sem-YL CcBS659— chemited—_ cRE-IE Crertcal Reactiny Bing ners Be eran tabelié Duration: hours Total Marks: 80 N.B. Gi) Question number ome is compulsory. Gi) Answer any three questions from the rest. Gi) Assume suitable data wherever necessary. O Qua) Write short note on Fixed bed reactor s) ») What is significance of Hatta number in Fluid Fluid reactions? & © (0s) ©) Differentiate between Physical adsorption and Chemical adsorpti (0s) C5 EW 03) 2.) An 8.01 gm sample of Glaucosil is studied with Nz ad: C3 -195.8°C. The (12) following data are obtained: Pressure, mmHg 6 725 | 140 320 [430 [505 ) Volume adsorbed, 6 [127 [170 97 ‘215 [230 [277 1335 om{at O°C & t atm) @) Define Residence Time Distribution (RTD) and explain curve, ‘The vapor pressure of Nz at -195.8°C iB m/gm of the sample. The density 308 emice. e b) Write short note on Slurry Readyyr (08) Q3a) A bateh of solids of uniformmsize 19 treated by gas in a uniform enviroment, (10) Solid is converted to giv faking product according to the shrinking core model, Conversiongisyabout) 7/8 for reaction time 1 hr. conversion is complete in 2 hes wehanism is rate controlling? b) Write short note on the reactors used for solid ~fluid non catalytic reactors. (10) & TURN OVERQP CODE : 574400 2 Q.4) We plan to remove 90% of an undesirable impurity (A) present in a gas stream (20) by absorption in water containing reactive B in a packed tower. Aaand B reacts in the liquid as follows: Ag+ D+BO +R], -te=kCACe Determine the volume of tower needed for countercurrent operation usit following data F,=90000 moihatz=10°Pe, Paw=1000Pa, Pon = 100 t F,= 900000 mol/n, — Cyn = 55.56 mol/m? kaga= 0.36 mol(h.m'.Pa), kasa=72h"!, a= 100mi/m* h=(V/V)=0.08, D=36x10%mh e Cy = $5556 mol Hj O/m! liquid, at all Cy Hy=105(Pam’ymol and k =2.6x 10’ m'i(mol hy Q.5) A tracer with number of dividing baffles is to be used -y Gut the reaction (20) A> R.The results ofa pulse tracer test are given t, min 0 f4 2 16 [20 [24 Tresrouipit Concentration 0 | 3 2 fr jo (mg/l) f | on 2) PC @, EC and Faye b) Caleulate mean residence aS ©) Calculate Variance ard deviation. €). Find the fraction o that has spent time between 4 and § min in the reactor Qé.a) In a Plug Flow ean co & Hy are passed over Ni catalyst to generate (15) methane, CO+3H2 CH, + H,0 The rate equat - mol! gcat.h) is'carsied out under isothermal conditions at one atmosphere. CO fed in stoichiometric proportion with 1 mol/n of CO, Calculate the of catalyst required for 20% conversion of CO. ; Bulk density of catalyst = 480 kgm’ xplain Tanks in series Model. (05)