CHE 244

CHAPTER 3:
DESIGN OF IDEAL
REACTOR FOR SINGLE
REACTION
PREPARED BY:
ARBANAH MUHAMMAD
SALMI NUR AIN SANUSI

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CONTENT

3.1 IDEAL BATCH REACTOR

3.2 STEADY STATE CSTR

3.3 STEADY STATE PFR

3.4 SIZE COMPARISON SINGLE

REACTOR – LEVENSPILE PLOT

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INTRODUCTION

Purpose to design an ideal reactors. Design/performance

equation:

1. Rate of reaction, r (mol/dm3.s)

2. Conversion, X (%)
3. Reactor volume, V (dm3)
4. Volumetric flowrate, ѵ (dm3/s)
5. Concentration, C (mol/dm3)
6. No of mol, N (mol) or molar flowrate, F (mol/s)

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3.1 IDEAL BATCH REACTOR (BR)

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3.3 STEADY STATE CONTINUOUS
STIRRED TANK REACTOR (CSTR)

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3.4 STEADY STATE PLUG
FLOW REACTOR (PFR)

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SUMMARY OF REACTORS
MOLE BALANCES

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STEPS FOR ISOTHERMAL REACTION
DESIGN ALGORITHM FOR MOLE BALANCE:

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