NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TIRUCHY-620 015

B. TECH-CHEMICAL ENGG
SUBJECT: CLPC21 CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING

Answer all the Questions

Time: 1 hour Max marks: 25

Date: 07/09/2021

1. Write down the method of explaining mechanism of non-elementary reaction

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2. Derive the expression for finding out composition of various reactants and
products using constant volume method
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3. The gas reaction 2A --->R +2S is approximately second order with respect to A.
When pure A introduced at atm into a constant-volume batch reactor, the
pressure rises by 40% in 3 minutes. For a constant pressure batch reactor find
(a) time for the same conversion and (b) the fractional increase in volume.
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4. Aqueous A reacts to form R (A  R) and in the first minute in a batch reactor its
concentration drops from CA0 = 2.6 to CAf = 1.97 mol/lit. Find the rate equation
for the reaction if the kinetics are second order with respect to A. Also find out the
conversion after 5 and 10 minutes.
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5. Derive the rate equation for autocatalytic reaction and sketch the curve of rate vs
time and conversion vs time
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