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This document contains two assignments for a chemical reactor analysis and design course. The first assignment asks the student to calculate the weight of porous solid needed to reduce the NO concentration in an effluent stream to 0.004% using given reaction parameters and properties. The second assignment asks the student to determine the controlling resistance in a pilot-plant slurry reactor for hydrogenation based on experimental data, identify the problem, and recommend corrective steps with calculations.

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Assignment IV

This document contains two assignments for a chemical reactor analysis and design course. The first assignment asks the student to calculate the weight of porous solid needed to reduce the NO concentration in an effluent stream to 0.004% using given reaction parameters and properties. The second assignment asks the student to determine the controlling resistance in a pilot-plant slurry reactor for hydrogenation based on experimental data, identify the problem, and recommend corrective steps with calculations.

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Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT (BHU)

Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design (CHE504)


Assignment IV

1) Reducing Nitrous Oxides in a Plant Effluent


The nitric oxide plays a role in smog formation and the incentive we would have for reducing
its concentration in the atmosphere. It is proposed to reduce the concentration of NO in an
effluent stream from a plant by passing it through a packed bed of spherical porous
carbonaceous solid pellets. A 2% NO-98% air mixture flows at a rate of 1*10-6 m3/s (0.001
dm3/s) through a 2-in.-ID tube packed with porous solid at a temperature of 1173 K and a
pressure of 101.3 kPa. The reaction NO + C → CO + 0.5 N2 is first order in NO that is
rNO
'
 kSa CNO and occurs primarily in the pores inside the pellet, where Sa = internal surface
area = 530 m2/g, k= 4.42*10-10 m3/m2.s. Calculate the weight of porous solid necessary to
reduce the NO concentration to a level of 0.004%.
Additional information
At 1173 K, the fluid properties are
υ = kinematic viscosity = 1.53* 10-8 m2/s
DAB= gas-phase diffusivity = 2.0*10-8 m2/s
De = effective diffusivity = 1.82*10-8 m2/s
The properties of the catalyst and bed are
Density of catalyst particle= 2.8 g/cm3 = 2.8* 10-6 g/m3
Bed porosity = 0.5
Bulk density of bed = 1.4* 10-6 g/m3
R = pellet radius = 3*10-3 m
γ = 1.0
2) Determining the Controlling Resistance
The catalytic hydrogenation of methyl linoleate was carried out in a laboratory-scale slurry
reactor in which hydrogen gas was bubbled up through the liquid and catalyst. Unfortunately,
the pilot-plant reactor did not live up to the laboratory reactor expectations. The catalyst particle
size normally used was between 10 and 100 μm. In an effort to deduce the problem, the
experiments listed in the Table were carried out on the pilot plant slurry reactor at 121°C.
Note that Henry's law: H’PH2= CH2, with H' = 0.00233 mol H2/atm.dm3.

a) What seems to be the problem (i.e. major resistance) with the pilot-plant reactor, and what
steps should be taken to correct the problem? Support any recommendations with calculations.
(b) For the 80-μm particle size, what are the various percentage resistances to absorption,
diffusion, and so on, when the catalyst charge is 0.40 kg/m3?

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