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Work Sheet - Reactor Design

This document contains 12 questions regarding reactor design calculations for batch, continuous stirred tank, and plug flow reactor systems. The questions cover topics like time to reach a specific conversion, reactor sizing, and determining operating conditions needed to achieve a given outlet concentration. Kinetic models include zero, first, second, and mixed order reactions.

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Work Sheet - Reactor Design

This document contains 12 questions regarding reactor design calculations for batch, continuous stirred tank, and plug flow reactor systems. The questions cover topics like time to reach a specific conversion, reactor sizing, and determining operating conditions needed to achieve a given outlet concentration. Kinetic models include zero, first, second, and mixed order reactions.

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Distanced learning activities and readings: Reactor Design

Q1) The following reaction is carried out in a constant-volume batch reactor:


AB -rA = kCA and k = 0.046 min-1
Calculate the time required to achieve 90% conversion of A.

Q2) The gas-phase reaction A + B  C is carried out isothermally in a 20 dm3 constant-volume batch reactor.
20 moles of pure A is initially placed in the reactor. The reactor is well mixed.
a) If the reaction is first order: -rA = kCA; k = 0.865 min-1, calculate the time required to reduce the number
of moles of A in the reactor to 0.2 mol.
b) If the reaction is second order: -rA = kC2A; k = 2 dm3/mol.min, calculate the time required to consume 19
moles of A.

Q3) The gas-phase reaction A + B  C is carried out isothermally in a 1.8 dm3 constant-volume batch reactor.
25 moles of pure A is initially placed in the reactor. The reactor is well mixed.
a) If the reaction is zero order: -rA = k with k = 0.005 mol/dm3.s, calculate the reaction time (in min.)
required to reduce the number of moles of A in the reactor to 12.5 mol.
b) If the reaction is first order: -rA = kCA; k = 0.95 min-1, calculate the reaction time required to reduce the
number of moles of A in the reactor to 0.25 mol.
c) If the reaction is second order: -rA = kC2A; k = 2 dm3/mol.min, calculate the reaction time necessary to
consume 20 moles of A.

Q4) The irreversible liquid phase second order reaction is carried out in a CSTR.

The entering concentration of A, CA0 is 2 mol/dm3 and the exit concentration of


A CA is 0.1 mol/dm3. The entering and exiting volumetric flow rate, v0 is
constant at 3 dm3/s. What is the corresponding reactor volume?

Q5) The reaction A  B is to be carried out isothermally in a continuous-flow reactor. Calculate both the CSTR
and the PFR volumes necessary to consume 99% of A when the entering flow rate is 5 mol/h and the entering
volumetric flow rate is 10 dm3/h, assuming the reaction rate (-rA):
(a) -rA = k with k = 0.05 mol/dm3.h
b) -rA = kCA; k = 0.0001 s-1
c) -rA = kC2A; k = 3 dm3/mol.h

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Distanced learning activities and readings: Reactor Design

Q6) A first order irreversible reaction A  B with k = 0.01 s-1is required to reach 30% conversion (assume
constant volume).
a) How long will it take in a batch reactor?
b) What CSTR reactor volume and residence time would be required given a volumetric flow rate of 10-3
m3s-1.
c) What PFR reactor volume and residence time would be required given a volumetric flow rate of 10-3
m3s-1.

Q7) Enzyme E catalyzes the fermentation of substrate A (the reactant) to product R. The kinetics of the
fermentation at this enzyme concentration are given by

Find the size of mixed flow reactor needed for 95% conversion of reactant in a feed stream (25 liter/min) of
reactant (2 mol/liter) and enzyme.

Q8) A gaseous feed of pure A (1 mol/liter) enters a mixed flow reactor (2 liters) and reacts as follows:

Find what feed rate (liter/min) will give an outlet concentration CA = 0.5 mol/liter.

Q9) A gaseous feed of pure A (2 mol/liter) enters a mixed flow reactor (4 liters) and reacts as follows:
2A  R, -rA=0.005 CA2
Find what feed rate (liter/min) will give an outlet concentration of CA= 1 mol/liter.

Q10) What size of mixed flow reactor is needed for 75% conversion of feed stream of FA0=1000 mol/hr when
CA0=1.2 mol/liter? This is a liquid reaction as given below:
AR Assume –rA = 0.5 mol/liter.min.

Q11) The elementary liquid phase reaction 2A  B is carried out isothermally in a CSTR. Pure A enters the
CSTR at a volumetric flow rate of 25 dm3/s and at a concentration of 0.2 mol/dm3. What will be the required
volume of CSTR to achieve 90% conversion when k = 10 dm3/mol.s?

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Q12) A gas phase reaction A  4B is performed inside a batch reactor. Initially, 2 moles of A was charged in
the reactor and the pressure was 5 bar. Assuming the volume of the reactor is kept constant throughout the
process, determine how long it will take the reactor pressure to reach 10 bar assuming the rate constant for the
reaction is 0.1/min

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