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Interview Questions On Chemical Reaction Engineering

This document discusses several topics related to chemical reactors and catalysis including: 1) The functions of a catalyst and factors that influence catalyst activity. 2) Two methods for preparing catalysts. 3) Concepts like conversion, reactor sizing, and E and F curves for reactor combinations. 4) The difference between elementary and non-elementary reactions. 5) Models for non-ideal behavior of tubular reactors and determining maximum concentrations. 6) Concepts like optimum temperature progression and shrinking core models.

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Interview Questions On Chemical Reaction Engineering

This document discusses several topics related to chemical reactors and catalysis including: 1) The functions of a catalyst and factors that influence catalyst activity. 2) Two methods for preparing catalysts. 3) Concepts like conversion, reactor sizing, and E and F curves for reactor combinations. 4) The difference between elementary and non-elementary reactions. 5) Models for non-ideal behavior of tubular reactors and determining maximum concentrations. 6) Concepts like optimum temperature progression and shrinking core models.

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What are the functions of a catalyst - activation energy?

What are the geometric properties that influence the activity of a catalyst?
Name two methods of preparation of catalysts.
Define Peclet Number.
Catalyst poisoning
Promoters and Inhibitors uses.
How the deactivated catalysts regenerated?

Plug flow and the stirred tank reactors behaving ideally. Derive expressions for overall
conversions for a reaction of known order.
Derive the relation between conversion and temperature for an adiabatic reactor using
the energy balance and explain how you determine the reactor size for adiabatic
operation of a plug flow and a stirred tank reactor.
Briefly explain the E and the F - curves. Draw the E and the F - curves for series and
parallel combinations of one plug flow and one stirred tank reactors with unequal
volumes. Comment.
Differentiate between an elementary and a non-elementary reaction with suitable
examples.
What is understood by order of a chemical reaction? Indicate the methods available for
determining the order of a given reaction. How is this different from "molecularity
of the reaction", if a difference between the two exists.
Derive an expression for the concentration in the N-th reactor, if N equal sized stirred
tank reactors are assembled in series. Assume first order reaction.
Discuss, how best you will arrange two unequal-sized stirred tank reactors for a given
conversion and reaction order.
Briefly discuss the models to explain the non-ideal behavior of tubular reactors.
An elementary reaction A _____>R _____>S, takes place in a mixed flow reactor. Find the

condition for maximum concentration of R. What is its value? (Assume no R and S


initially)
"There exists a conversion below which the performance of a mixed flow reactor is
better or at least equal to that of plug flow reactor for adiabatic exothermic
reaction" - Explain.
Discuss briefly the shrinking core model used for describing the global rate of fluid-solid
non-catalytic reactions.
What is understood by 'optimum temperature progression'? Illustrate with an example
of reversible exothermic reaction using a given feed material.
Feasibility of reactions
Non-ideal flow patterns ins real reactor systems
Space time and holding time of flow reactors.

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