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    The reaction occurs in droplets within a plug flow reactor, which behave like batch reactors. The kinetics are second order. Using the kinetics, the space time required for 90% conversion is calculated to be 9000 seconds. For a different reactor, the conversion predicted by the tanks-in-series model increases from 50% to 90.2% when the temperature increases from 300K to 310K.

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    The reaction occurs in droplets within a plug flow reactor, which behave like batch reactors. The kinetics are second order. Using the kinetics, the space time required for 90% conversion is calculated to be 9000 seconds. For a different reactor, the conversion predicted by the tanks-in-series model increases from 50% to 90.2% when the temperature increases from 300K to 310K.

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    The reaction occurs in droplets within a plug flow reactor, which behave like batch reactors. The kinetics are second order. Using the kinetics, the space time required for 90% conversion is calculated to be 9000 seconds. For a different reactor, the conversion predicted by the tanks-in-series model increases from 50% to 90.2% when the temperature increases from 300K to 310K.

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    The reaction occurs in droplets within a plug flow reactor, which behave like batch reactors. The kinetics are second order. Using the kinetics, the space time required for 90% conversion is calculated to be 9000 seconds. For a different reactor, the conversion predicted by the tanks-in-series model increases from 50% to 90.2% when the temperature increases from 300K to 310K.

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    1. A reactant, A, is polymerized by emulsion polymerization in the droplet phase (i.e.

    , dispersed
    globules) of a plug flow reactor. Batch reactor experiments have provided the following
    overall rate expression for this reaction: -rA = kC A2 with k = 1 ´ 10 -3 dm 3 /mol × s . Pure A is fed
    to the reactor at a concentration of 1 mol/dm 3 . Determine the space time of the PFR that is
    necessary to achieve a conversion of 90%.

    Solution
    The reaction occurs in droplets, which are essentially macrofluid or miniature batch reactors
    travelling through a PFR. Thus, they will have a residence time distribution of a PFR, but the
    kinetic properties of batch reactors (You need to use the Segregation model to describe the
    reaction behavior of macrofluid). The average conversion (X) out of the PFR will be:

    ¥
    X = ò X batch E (t )dt
    0

    ktC A0
    For 2nd order reaction X batch =
    1 + ktC A0
    E (t ) = d (t - t PFR )
    Therefore
    ¥ ktC kt PFR C A0
    X =ò A0
    d (t - t PFR )dt = = 0.9
    0 1 + ktC
    A0 1 + kt PFR C A0
    ® kt PFR C A0 = 9
    9 9
    ® t PFR = = = 9000 s
    kC A0 0.001 ´ 1

    2. The following E(t) curve was obtained from a tracer test on a reactor.
    E (t ) = 0.25t 0£t £2
    = 1 - 0.25t 2<t £4
    =0 t>4
    t in minutes.
    The conversion predicted by the tanks-in-series model for the isothermal elementary reaction
    A® B
    was 50% at 300 K. If the temperature is to be raised by 10 oC (E = 25,000 cal/mol) and the
    reaction carried out isothermally, what will be the conversion predicted by the Tanks-in-series
    model?

    Solution

    Conversion of T-I-S and Maximum Mixedness model


    XT-I-S = 0.5

    For a first order reaction

    1
    1
    X MM = X T - I - S = 1 - n
    æ t ö
    ç1 + k ÷
    è n ø
    ¥ 2 4
    t = t m = ò tE (t )dt = ò t (0.25t )dt + ò t (1 - 0.25t )dt = 2 min
    0 0 2
    ¥ ¥ 2
    s 2 = ò (t - t m ) 2 E (t )dt = ò t 2 E (t )dt - t 2 = min 2
    0 0 3
    t2
    n= =6
    s2

    From the conversion it is possible to determine k at 300 K:


    1 1
    -1 6 -1
    k=
    n
    1 - X = 1 - 0.5 = 0.367 min -1
    t 2
    n 6
    The conversion at T = 310 K is given by:

    æ E E ö
    k310 = k300 expçç - ÷÷
    è R(300) R (310) ø
    æ (25000cal / mol ) (25000cal / mol ) ö
    = 0.367 expçç - ÷÷
    è (1.986cal / mol × K )(300 K ) (1.986cal / mol × K )(310 K ) ø
    = 1.42 min -1

    Therefore the conversion at T = 310 K will be:

    1 1
    X MM = X T - I - S = 1 - n
    = 1- 6
    = 0.902
    æ t ö æ 2 ö
    ç1 + k ÷ ç1 + (1.42) ÷
    è n ø è 6 ø

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