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National Institute of Technology Hamirpur
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Department of Chemical Engineering

Subject: CH 322 — Chemical Reaction Engineering-II
End Semester Examination, May 2022
Branch: Chemical Engineering
Class: B. Tech. I Semester: VI I Full Marks: 50 I Time: 3.0 hou
Instruction:
• Answer all the questions. All parts (a, b, c) of any question must be written at same place.
• Graph paper is required and is to be supplied in the examination hall.
• Calculator is allowed in the examination hall.
• Missing data may be suitably assumed, if any.

1. a) Explain the wet impregnation method for catalyst preparation. (2)

b) Explain various steps in heterogeneous catalysed reactions with a schematic (3)
diagram.
c) Nitrous oxide reacts with carbon monoxide in the presence of a ceria-promoted (5)
rhodium catalyst to form nitrogen and carbon dioxide. One possible mechanism for
the reaction is given below (S represents reaction sites):
• N2 0 + S N2 0. S
N2 0. S # N2 + O. S
CO + S CO. S
CO. S + 0.S CO2 + 2S
Derive a rate expression assuming the second step is rate controlling.

2. a) Explain the principle of mercury penetration method for pore size determination of (3)
solid catalyst. (7)
b) For a catalytic reaction in packed bed, the following rate-conversion data are
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XA 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4
-rA' (mol/h.kg-catalyst) 9.1 7.14 4.65 3.17 2.32
Calculate the amount of catalyst required to treat 2500 mol of pure A at o
achieve 35% conversion at 3.2 atm. pressure.

3. a) Derive a relation for time required for complete regeneration of deactivated catalyst (4)
(by coke deposition) based on shrinking core model. State the assumptions clearly, if
any.
b) Dehydrogenation of hydrocarbon (mol. wt. = 58) was carried out over chromia- (6)
alumina catalysts at 530°C and 1 atm. The reaction follows a first order kinetics with
rate constant of 0.94 cm3 /s.g-catalyst. The spherical catalysts are of 3.0 mm
diameter and average pore radius is 11 nm. Pellets have porosity of 0.35 and density
of 1 g/cm3. The geometry of the pore can be assumed as given in the Figure given
below. The molecular diffusivity is 2.0 cm2 /s. The Knudsen diffusivity is given by the
following relation:
T 1/2
(--) cm2 /s, a is pore radius (cm).
(DK)A = 9.7 x 103 a CM)
i) Calculate the effective diffusivity.
ii) Calculate Thiele modulus and effectiveness factor.
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 Explain the mass transfer controlling resistance for a sparingly soluble gas in liquid.
b) Gaseous A absorbs and reacts with B in aqueous medium in a packed bed reactor
according to the following reaction.
A (g -} 1) + B(1) --> R (1) with -rm = k CACB
Given data:
k = 108 m3-liquid/ (mol.h) HA = 1.0 Pa. m3-liquid/mol
kAg a = 0.1 mol/ (m3-liquid.h.Pa) kAi a = 100 m3-liquid/(m3-reactor.h)
fi = 0.01 m3-liquid/m3-reactor a = 100 m2 /m3-reactor
DAi = DB1 = 10-6 m2 /h

i) Calculate the rate of reaction.

ii) Identify the major resistance and its location.
iii) What is the observed behaviour in the liquid film at a point in the reactor where pA
= 100 Pa and CB = 100 mol/m3-liquid?
iv) By what factor the reaction can be speeded up compared to physical absorption of
A in water (assume negligible amount of A present in the bulk liquid)?

5. a) What is the significance of Hatta Number?

b) Draw a concentration profile for a_ spherical pellet where both internal and external
diffusion resistances are to be considered and the reaction occurs inside the pores of
the catalyst.
c) Spherical particles of zinc sulphide (mol. wt. = 97) of radius 1 mm are roasted
in an 8% (v/v) oxygen stream at 900°C and 1 atm. The reaction proceeds
according to shrinking core model and as per the following reaction:
2 ZnS + 3 02 -÷ 2 ZnO + 2 SO2
Assume chemical reaction is the rate controlling step.
Given data:
Molar density of ZnS = 0.0425 mol/cm3
Reaction rate = 2.2 cm/s
Effective diffusivity of 02 = 0.08 cm2 /s

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i) Calculate the time required for complete conversion of a particle.
ii) Estimate the required time to achieve 70% conversion of ZnS.

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