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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE - SEMESTER– VII (NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2021
Subject Code:2170501 Date:23/11/2021
Subject Name:Chemical Reaction Engineering - II
Time:02:30 PM TO 05:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.
Marks
Q.1 (a) Gaseous reactant A diffuses through a gas film and reacts on the surface of a 03
solid B according to a reversible first order reaction:
- r = ks (Cs – Ce)
where Ce is the equilibrium concentration of A. Develop an expression for the
rate of reaction accounting for both the mass transfer and reaction steps.
(b) Write the limitations of the shrinking core model. 04
(c) In slurry reactor pure reactant gas is bubbled through liquid containing 07
suspended catalyst particles. Initially the reactant gas which enters the liquid
must diffuse through the liquid film into the main body of liquid, and then
through the film surrounding the catalyst particle. At the surface of particle
reactant yields product according to first order kinetics. Draw the concentration
profile of gaseous reactant in slurry reactor and derive an expression for the rate
of reaction in terms of resistances encountered in the reactor.
Q.2 (a) Discuss basics of non-catalytic reaction of particles surrounded by fluid for 03
changing and unchanging size of particles with suitable examples.
(b) Derive the relation between time and conversion of solid for shirking spherical 04
particles when chemical reaction controls.
(c) Reduction of iron ore of density B = 4.6 gm/cm3 and size R = 5 mm by hydrogen 07
can be approximated by the unreacted core model. With no water vapor present
the stoichiometry of reaction is: 4H2 + Fe3O4  4H2O + 3Fe with rate
approximately proportional to the concentration of hydrogen in the gas stream.
The first order rate constant has been measured by the following equation.
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k s  1.93 x 10 e
5 RT
cm / sec
 (a) Taking De = 0.03 cm2/sec as the average value of the diffusion coefficient for
hydrogen penetration of the product layer calculate the time necessary for
complete conversion of a particle from oxide to metal at 600 0C. (b) Does any
particular resistance control? If not, what is the relative importance of the various
resistance steps? The molecular weight of Fe is 56.
OR
(c) Spherical solid particles containing B are roasted isothermally in an oven with 07
gas of constant composition. Solids are converted to a firm non-flaking product
according to the SCM as A(g) + B(s)  R(g) + S(s) with CA = 0.01 kmol / m3 and
B = 20 kmol / m3. The following conversion data are available.
Particle diameter (mm) Conversion of solid Time (min.)
1 1 4
1.5 1 6

Determine the rate controlling mechanism for the transformation of solid.

Q.3 (a) Discuss the importance of solubility data for determination of kinetic regime for 03
fluid – fluid reaction.
(b) State the significance of direct delta function and write the equation of RTD 04
study in batch and plug flow reactor using the same.
(c) Discuss in brief about segregation model and maximum mixedness model with 07
suitable examples.
OR
Q.3 (a) State the normalized RTD function required to study the flow performance in 03
the reactor of different sizes.
(b) Discuss the enhancement factor as a function of rate of infinitely fast reaction 04
and maximum possible conversion.
(c) Using the equation of mean conversion in segregation model, derive the equation 07
of mean conversion in ideal PFR and CSTR.
Q.4 (a) Derive the rate equation for the fast reaction with high concentration of liquid 03
reactant in case of fluid – fluid reaction.
(b) Discuss in brief: role of Hatta modulus. 04
(c) Derive the rate expression for instantaneous reaction with low concentration of 07
liquid reactant and negligible gas phase resistance.
OR
Q.4 (a) State the various cases of kinetic regimes for fluid – fluid reactions. 03
 (b) Discuss the relation between liquid hold up, specific interfacial area and volume 04
of liquid for generalized rate equation for gas – liquid reaction along with its
assumptions.
(c) Gaseous A absorbs and reacts with B in liquid according to: A(g) + B(l)  R(l) in 07
a packed bed reactor. By assuming infinitely fast reaction, calculate
enhancement factor and Hatta modulus. Also calculate the rate of reaction for
the above reaction at pA = 100 Pa and CB=100 mol/m3 of liquid.
Data: k=108 m3 liquid/mol hour, HA=1 Pa m3 of liquid/mol, KAl,a=100 m3 of
liquid/m3 reactor hour, KAg,a=0.10 mol/(hour m3 of liquid Pa), fl=0.01 m3 of
liquid/m3 reactor, a=100 m2/m3 reactor, DAl = DBl = 10 – 6 m2/hour.
Q.5 (a) Describe in brief the fixed bed reactor with neat sketch. 03
(b) Mention the steps involved in heterogeneous catalytic reaction with rate 04
equation for each steps.
(c) The decomposition of cumene is carried out over the platinum catalyst to form 07
benzene and propylene. Draw a conceptual model depicting the sequences of the
steps in this reaction and derive the rate law if surface reaction is the rate
limiting.
OR
Q.5 (a) Define the following. 03
(i) Turnover frequency and dispersion for catalyst (ii) Monolithic catalyst (iii)
Molecular sieves.
(b) Discuss the different methods of catalyst deactivation with suitable examples. 04
(c) To remove oxides of nitrogen (NO) from automobile exhaust, a scheme has been 07
proposed that uses unburned carbon monoxide in the exhaust to reduce the NO
over a solid catalyst, as per the reaction: CO + NO  Products (CO2, N2).
Experimental data for a particular solid catalyst indicate that the reaction rate
can be well represented over a large range of temperature by:
k PN PC
 rN 
1  k1 PN  k 2 PC 
2

(i) Proposed an adsorption – surface reaction – desorption mechanism consistent

with rate equation (ii) It is desirable to operate with a very large stoichiometric
excess of CO to minimize the catalytic reactor volume. Do you agree or
disagree? Explain.

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