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    1. The document provides information about a chemical reaction converting chemical A to chemical R using a packed bed reactor with non-porous spherical beads. 2. It defines the specific surface area, bulk density, and porosity of the packed bed. 3. It gives the rate equation for the disappearance of chemical A as being proportional to the concentration of A and defines the rate constant as 0.1 units.

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    1. The document provides information about a chemical reaction converting chemical A to chemical R using a packed bed reactor with non-porous spherical beads. 2. It defines the specific surface area, bulk density, and porosity of the packed bed. 3. It gives the rate equation for the disappearance of chemical A as being proportional to the concentration of A and defines the rate constant as 0.1 units.

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    John Patrick S.

    Nunez
    BS ChE—3B
    ChE 127
    Homework

    PROBLEM
    Chemical A is being converted into chemical R in a vessel packed with non-porous, spherical
    beads. The specific surface area of the bed is 60 ft2/ft3 of packed bed, its bulk density is 180
    lb/ft3 of packed bed and the porosity of the bed is 0.4. The stoichiometry is
    𝐴 → 2𝑅
    and the rate if disappearance of A on unit mass of catalyst is
    proportional to the concentration of A present in the gas. Thus in
    English units, using hours, we found from experiment:
    1 𝑑𝑁𝐴
    −𝑟𝐴 ′ = − = 0.1 𝐶𝐴
    𝑊 𝑑𝑡
    1. Write our the equation given, showing units of various terms
    2. Find the expression of the rate equation:
    a. −𝑟𝐴′′′′
    b. −𝑟𝐴
    c. −𝑟𝐴 ′′

    Solution
    1. Based on unit interfacial surface in 2-fluid systems or unit surface of solid in gas solid
    systems
    ′′
    c. −𝑟𝐴
    1 𝑑𝑁𝑖 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑖 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑
    𝑟𝑖 ′′ = =
    𝑆 𝑑𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 ∙ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒

    𝑓𝑡 2 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑑
    𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 60
    𝑓𝑡 3 𝑟𝑥𝑡𝑜𝑟

    𝑙𝑏 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐴 1 𝑑𝑁𝑖
    −𝑟𝐴 ′′ ( )=
    𝑓𝑡 2 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑
    𝑏𝑒𝑑 ∙ ℎ𝑟 𝑆 𝑑𝑡
    1 𝑓𝑡 3 𝑟𝑥𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑏𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑡 3 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑑 𝑙𝑏𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐴
    =( 2
    ) (180 3
    ) 0.1 ( ) 𝐶𝐴 ( 3 )
    60 𝑓𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑡 𝑟𝑥𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑏 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑡 ∙ ℎ𝑟 𝑓𝑡 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑑

    −𝑟𝐴′′ = 0.3 𝐶𝐴

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