Soal TRK 1.

Fluid cracking crackers (FCC). FCC reactors are among the largest processing units used in the
petroleum industry. Figure P1.3 shows an example of such units. A typical unit is 4-10 m ID and
10 – 20m high and contains about 50 tons of p = 800 kg/m3 porous catalyst. It is fed about 38.000
barrels of cruide oil perday ( 6000 m3 / day at a density P = 900 kg/m3) and it cracks these long
chain hydrocarbons into shorter molecules.
To get an idea of the rate of reaction in these giant units, let us simplify and suppose that the feed
consists of just C20 Hydrocarbon or

If the 60% of the vaporized feed is cracked in the unit, what is the rate of reaction, expressed as –
r’ ( mols reacted/ kg cat . s)and as rm (mols reacted/ m3 cat .s)
Penyelesaian:
 Diketahui: unit typical = 4 x 10 M
Tinggi = 10 x 20 M
Feed = 6000 m3 / day ( 900kg/m3)
Weat = 50 Ton = 50.000 kg
P eat = 800 kg/m3
P = 900 kg/m2

weat 50.000 kg
 V eat = = = 62,5 m3
P eat 800 kg /m 3
1 Kg
Mr C20H42 = (C20 (12 gr/mol ) + H42 ( 1 gr/mol ) ) =0,282kg /mol
1000 g
F feed = 6000 m3 / day x 900kg/m3 = 5,4 x 106 kg/day
dN C 20 H 42 6 kg 1 mol 1hari
=5,4 x 10 x x x 60 %=133 mol reacted /s
dF day 0,282 kg 86.400 s

 Rate of reaction
1 dN 1
a – r’ = x = x 133 mol reacted /s=0,0026 6 mol reacted /kg . s
weat dF 50.000

1 dN 1
b r’’ = x = x 133 mol reacted / s=2,128 mol reacted /m3 cat s
v eat dF 62,5 m3