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This document contains 10 multi-part chemistry and chemical engineering problems involving reaction kinetics, reactor design, and conversions in series/parallel reactors. Several problems involve determining conversions, concentrations, temperatures, or volumes for continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) and plug flow reactors (PFRs) given rate constants, volumes, feed conditions and desired conversions. Others involve selecting the optimal reactor configuration and conditions to maximize the desired product for given reaction pathways and kinetics.

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Ta 2

This document contains 10 multi-part chemistry and chemical engineering problems involving reaction kinetics, reactor design, and conversions in series/parallel reactors. Several problems involve determining conversions, concentrations, temperatures, or volumes for continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) and plug flow reactors (PFRs) given rate constants, volumes, feed conditions and desired conversions. Others involve selecting the optimal reactor configuration and conditions to maximize the desired product for given reaction pathways and kinetics.

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1) The following first-order non-reversible reaction is performed under constant density

conditions.

The reaction was carried out continuously by the system of two stirred reactors connected
in series with the volume of tank 1 being 200 l, the tank 2 was 400 l, the flow rate of input
into the tank 1 was 150 l /min with initial concentration CA o = 2mol / l , CRo = CSo = 0
a) Determine the outlet conversion of A of the two tank system
b) If a stirred tank operated continuously with volume of 600 is replaced the above, how
much of A's conversion is reduced compared to the original system.

2) Carry out the decomposition reaction of substance A in the mixture with inert gas
(ratio 50%) in an ideal stirring tank with continuous operation of a volume of 1m3.

Feed flowrate is 180 liters / minute. Concentration CA0 = 300 mmol / lit.
a. Calculate the conversion
b. Suppose to replace the above system with 3 successive reactors of equal volume. To
achieve the same conversion, what is the volume of each tank?

3) A non-reversible liquid phase reaction as follows: A + B → C is carried out in a system of 3


mixed flow reactors connected in series with the same volume. The input flow into the first
tank is 10 liters / h and the concentration of A and B in the feed stream is CAo = CBo = l, 2
mol / l. The reaction rate constant in the above conditions is 3.5 l / mol.h.
If the conversion of A at the system output is 75%, what is the volume of the reactor?

4) The gas phase reaction


2A + B ⎯
⎯→ C
is carried out in a PFR. The feed is equal molar in A and B and the entering temperature
is 500K and the entering pressure is 16.4 atm. If the exit conversion is X, then the exit
concentration of B (in mol/dm3) is

a) CB = 0.4 (1 − X) (1 − .5X)
b) CB = 0.4(1 − X)(1− 1.5X )
a) CB = 0.4
b) CB = 0.4 (1 − 0.5X) (1 − X )
c) None of the above
f) Cannot be calculated without knowing the exit conversion.

5) The following elementary liquid phase reactions are to be carried out


A + B ⎯⎯→ R

R + B⎯⎯→ S
1
Species R is the desired product. Which of the following schemes should be used?

A
(a) PFR (b) PFR (c) CSTR
A B
t=0

(d) Semibatch (e) Batch (f) Semibatch


A B
A B
A

(g)
6) In the reactors
A ⎯⎯→ B rB = kB C 2A
A + B ⎯⎯→ 2C rC = kC C AC B
What is the instantaneous selectivity of C to B? Which reactor or combination of
reactors and at what temperatures would you use for the following reaction
system?
C is the desired product.
Data :
C A 0 = 4 mol dm3 k B = 1 dm3 mol  min at 300K with E = 4000cal mol

k C = 1 dm3 mol  min at 300K with E = 12000cal mol

7) The elementary liquid phase reactions


(1) A ⎯⎯→B
(2) 2A ⎯
⎯→ C

are carried out in a 100 dm3 PFR where species B is the desired product. Pure A enters
at a molar flow rate of 40.0 mol/min and at a concentration of 4.0 mol/dm 3.
2
Additional Information
C PA = C PB = 20 cal mol K

C PC = 40 cal mol K

HRx1A = +10, 000 cal mol


HRx2A = −20, 000 cal mol
cal
Ua = 100 3
with Ta = 400K
dm  min K
k1A = 0.05 min−1 at 400K with E = 10,000 cal mol

k 2C = 0.0005 dm 3 mol min at 400K with E = 19,000 cal mol


a) For a feed temperature of 450K, what are the exit concentrations and temperature
b) The feed temperature can be varied between 400 and 700. What feed temperature
do you recommend to maximize the exit molar flow rate of B?

8) The first-order non-reversible liquid phase reaction carried out in the stable mixing tank.
Specific gravity is 1.0 g / cm3, specific heat capacity is 1.6 cal / g.OC. The input flow is 100
cm3 / s and the reactor volume is 10 liters. The reaction rate constant is: k = 105e-11500 / RT, s-
1 with T is degree K, Heat of Reaction is ∆Hr = -25000 cal / mol; Input with initial

concentration of CAo = 10mol / l and temperature of 20OC. Find the reaction temperature so
that the conversion is maximized in stable conditions.

9) For the two CSTRs in series, 40% conversion is achieved in the first reactor. What
is the volume of each of the two reactors necessary to achieve 80% overall conversion of
the entering species A?

10) Anhydric acetic is hydrolyzed in three stirred tanks connected in series. The
flowrate is 400cm3/min. The volume of three consecutive tanks are 1 litre, 2 litres and 5
litres. The reaction is first order isothermally with reaction rate constant is 0.158min-1.
Calculate the conversion after the system by graphical method via Levenpiel method.

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