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This document contains a tutorial on reactor design with 8 multiple choice questions. The questions cover topics like the design equation for a batch reactor, the mole balance for a CSTR with a first order reaction, the type of reactor that usually has the easiest temperature control, the rate of appearance of product B in a reaction where A reacts to form B, the type of mathematical equation used to express a rate law, the dimensions of the rate constant k, and using information about concentrations and flow rates to calculate the volume of a CSTR for a second order reaction.

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Tutorial One

This document contains a tutorial on reactor design with 8 multiple choice questions. The questions cover topics like the design equation for a batch reactor, the mole balance for a CSTR with a first order reaction, the type of reactor that usually has the easiest temperature control, the rate of appearance of product B in a reaction where A reacts to form B, the type of mathematical equation used to express a rate law, the dimensions of the rate constant k, and using information about concentrations and flow rates to calculate the volume of a CSTR for a second order reaction.

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Reactor Design H83RED

Tutorial one

1. Which equation is used in arriving at the design equation for a batch reactor?
A. G
j
= V*r
j

B. dN
j
/dt = 0
C. F
jo
= F
j
= 0
D. E=mc^2

2. What does the mole balance for a CSTR become if r
j
= -k*C
j
?
A. C
j
= (F
jo
-F
j
)/V
B. too complicated
C. V = (F
jo
- F
j
)/(k*C
j
)
D. V = (F
jo
-F
j
)/k

3. Which of the following reactors usually have the easiest temperature control?
A. Semibatch reactors
B. CSTRs
C. Tubular reactors
D. Batch reactors

4. What is the rate of appearance of B in the reaction A -> B?
A. very slow
B. r
B
= r
A

C. r
B
= -r
A

D. r
B
= (r
B
-r
A
)

5. What type of mathematical equation is used to express the rate law?
A. Irreversible equation
B. Differential equation
C. Unsolvable equation
D. Algebraic equation

6. What are the dimensions of k in the equation r
A
= k C
A
?
A. moles^2/volume^2/time
B. time/mole/volume
C. three
D. 1/time






7. The irreversible liquid phase second order reaction


is carried out in a CSTR. The entering concentration of A, C
A0
, is 2 molar and the exit
concentration of A, C
A
is 0.1 molar. The entering and exiting volumetric flow rate, v
o
, is constant
at 3 dm
3
/s. What is the corresponding reactor volume?

8. What assumptions were made in the derivation of the design equation for:
a) batch reactor?
b) CSTR?
c) PFR?

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