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Reactor Design

This document contains 8 questions related to chemical reaction engineering and reactor design. The questions cover topics such as determining rate equations from experimental data, calculating conversion, time, or reactor size needed based on kinetic parameters, and the impact of changing recycle ratio on processing rate for a plug flow reactor. The instructor is listed as Assistant Professor Dr. Mohammad Fadhil Abid and the questions appear to be related to an undergraduate course on reactor design.

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Reactor Design

This document contains 8 questions related to chemical reaction engineering and reactor design. The questions cover topics such as determining rate equations from experimental data, calculating conversion, time, or reactor size needed based on kinetic parameters, and the impact of changing recycle ratio on processing rate for a plug flow reactor. The instructor is listed as Assistant Professor Dr. Mohammad Fadhil Abid and the questions appear to be related to an undergraduate course on reactor design.

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Chemical Engineering Department Unit Operation Branch Reactor Design for Undrgraduated Students

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Instructor : Asst. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Fadhil Abid

Typical Questions and Answers Q1) When a concentrated urea solution is stored it slowly condenses to biuret by the following elementry reaction: 2NH2-CONH2 NH2-CO-NH-CO-NH2 + NH3

To study the rate of condensation a sample of urea (C= 20 mol/L) is stored at 100 C and after 7 hr 40 min we find that 1 mol% has turned into biuret. Find the rate equation for this condensation reaction. [Data from W. M. Butt, Pak. I. Ch. E., 1. 99 (1973). ] Q2) The thermal decomposition of hydrogene iodide 2HI is reported as follows: T, deg. C K,cm3/mol.s 508 0.1059 427 0.0031 393 0.000588 356 80.9x10-6 283 0.942x10-6 H 2 + I2

Find the complete rate equation for this reaction. Q3) The Rate of a gaseous irreversible reaction A B at 450 K is 33 times its rate value at 400 K. If the frequency factor in Arrhenuius equation is 5x10+10 1/sec. At what temperature will the reaction have a half-life of 1 min.

Q4) A gas-phase reaction A + B

C is to be conducted in a l0-L (initially) isothermal

batch reactor at 25C at constant prssure. The reaction is second-order with respect to A, with
kA =0.023 L/ mol s. Determine the time required for 75% conversion of 5 mol A.

Q5) Consider a liquid-phase, first-order reaction A

C, occurring in a reactor of

volume V, with a specified shut down-time, td. The reactor initially contains 5 moles of pure A. Determine the reaction time which maximizes the production rate of C(i.e., Pr(C)) , given kA = 0.021 1/min, and td = 30 min; and calculate the maximum value of Pr(C).

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Q6) At elevated temperatures, acetaldehyde (CH3CHO, A) undergoes gas-phase decomposition


into methane and carbon monoxi de. The reaction is second-order with respect to acetaldehyde, with kA = 22.2 L/ mol. min at a certain T. Determine the fractional conversion of acetaldehyde that can be achieved in a 1500-L CSTR, given that the feed rate of acetaldehyde is 8.8 kg/ min, and the inlet volumetric flow rate is 2.5 m3/ min. Assume T and P are unchanged.

Q7) A gas-phase reaction between methane (A) and sulfur (B) is conducted at 600C and 101 kPa in a PFR, to produce carbon disulfide and hydrogen sulfide. CH4 + 2S2 CS2 + 2H2S The reaction is first order with respect to each reactant, with kB = 12 m3/ mole. h (based upon the disappearance of sulfur). The inlet molar flow rates of methane and sulfur are 23.8 and 47.6 mol/ h, respectively. Determine the volume (V) required to achieve 18% conversion of methane, and the resulting residence or space time.

Q8) At present we have 90% conversion of a liquid feed( CA0= 10 mol/L) to our plug flow reactor with recycle of product ( R= 2 ). If we shutt off the recycle stream, by how much will this lower the processing rate of our feed to the same 90%conversion. The reaction kinetics is first order.

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