Chap. 8 PB-26¢ CS Mt Hall of Fame ‘Questions and Problems: 585 below, plot the temperature and the motar flow rates of each species as a fune~ tion of catalyst weight up to a weight of 100 kg. (a) Find the lowest concentration of o-xylene achieved in the reactor. (b) Find the highest concentration of m-xylene achieved in the reactor. (c)_ Find the maximum concentration of o-xylene in the reactor. (@)_ Repeat parts (a) to (c) for a pure feed of o-rylene. (e) Vary some of the system parameters and describe what you lear. (What do you believe to be the point of this problem? Additional information:'! All heat capacities are virtually the same at 100 J/mol:K. Cy) =2 mol/dme AH aig = — 1800 J/mol o-xylene!! Ago = ~1100 J/mol o-xylene k, = 0.5 exp[2(1 ~ 320/7)] dm'/kg cat.-min ky = ky Ke ky = 0.005 exp ({4.6(1 — (460/T))]} dm/kg cat.-min Ke = WO exp[4.8(430/T ~ 5.5)] T) = 330K T, = 500K Uallpy = 16 J/kg cat.-min “°C W= 100 kg (Comprehensive Problem on multiple reactions with heat effects) Styrene can be produced from ethylbenzene by the following reaction: ethylbenzene ——> styrene + Hy w However, several irreversible side reactions also ocet ethylbenzene ——+ benzene + ethylene @) ethylbenzene + H; ——+ toluene + methane (3) J. Snyder and B. Subramaniam, Chem. Eng. Sci., 49, 5585 (1994)]. Ethylben- zene is fed at a rate of 0.00344 kmol/s to a 10.0-m? PFR (PBR) along with inert steam at a total pressure of 2.4 atm. The steam/ethylbenzene molar ratio is initially [ie., parts (2) to (c)] 14.5:1 but can be varied. Given the following data, find the exiting molar flow rates of styrene, benzene, and toluene along with Ss:sr for the following inlet temperatures when the reactor is operated adiabatically. (a) Ty = 800 K (b) 7) = 930K (©) T) = 100K "1 Obtained from inviscid pericosity measurements.586 Steady-State Nonisothermal Reactor Design Chap. 8 (@) Find the ideal inlet temperature for the production of styrene for a steam/ethylbenzene ratio of 58:1. (Hint: Plot the molar flow rate of sty- rene versus To. Explain why your curve looks the way it does.) (©) Find the ideal steam/ethylbenzene ratio for the production of styrene at 900 K. (Hint: See part (d).) (© It is proposed to add a coumer current heat exchanger with Ua = 100 ki/min/K where T, is virtually constant at 1000 K. For an entering stream to ethylbenzene ratio of 2, what would you suggest as an entering temperature? Plot the molar flow rates and Swat. (g) What do you believe to be the points of this problem? (h) Ask another question or suggest another calculation that can be made for this problem. Additional information: Heat capacities Methane 68 J/mol-K Styrene 273 Mmol-K Ethylene 90 J/mol-K Ethylbenzene 299 J/mol-K Benzene 201 J/mol-K Hydrogen 30J/mol-K Toluene 249 J/mol-K Steam 40 J/mol-K p = 2137 kg/m? of pellet > =04 AHpyig9 = 118,000 kJ/kmol ethylbenzene AHayze9 = 105,200 kJ/kmol ethylbenzene AHfgasen = ~53,900 kI/kmol ethylbenzene Kn ~on +B, wn) +usarvogr> tht} atm by = -1734 by = -2314x 107 by = - 1.302 10* bs = 1.302 10-° by = 5.051 bg = ~4.931 10-3 The kinetic rate laws for the formation of styrene (St), benzene (B). and tolu- ene (T), respectively, are as follows. (EB = ethylbenzene) PuPu,\ 925 _ PaPu, jst a )(P Xi | Ome 10, nis = p(~ 6) on{ 089 - rp = p14) vo[ 529228008) 2 (kmol/m?-5) re = (1-6) exp(0236 ~ 00) CrP) {kmol/m?-s) ‘The temperature 7 is in kelvin.