MODULE-3

IDEAL REACTOR DESIGN

MATERIAL BALANCE FOR REACTOR
DESIGN OF IDEAL BATCH REACTOR
For varying volume system,
SPACE TIME AND SPACE VELOCITY
DESIGN OF STEADY STATE MIXED FLOW REACTOR
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PROBLEMS
 50% conversion is obtained in a CSTR for a
homogeneous isothermal liquid phase second order
reaction. What is the conversion if the reactor volume is
five times the original-all else remaining unchanged.
PLUG FLOW REACTOR/TUBULAR
REACTOR
PROBLEM

Ans: 148 litres

PROBLEM
Acetaldehyde (A) decomposes to methane (B) and carbon
monoxide (C) according to irreversible gas phase reaction
A B+C. 1 kmol/sec of A is to be decomposed at 527
C and 1 atmosphere in a PFR. The first order rate constant
was 0.5/sec. Calculate the volume of reactor for 40%
decomposition of A.

Ans: 81.61 m3
CLASS TEST PROBLEM