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Home Work Assignment #2 Due Monday, October 7, 2024 at 11:59 PM

The document outlines homework assignment #2 for CH E 446, due on October 7, 2024, which includes five problems related to chemical engineering concepts. Students are required to derive equations for a CSTR, develop a dynamic model for two connected tanks, analyze a batch reactor's heating procedure, model a stirred-tank blending system, and find Laplace transforms for given functions. Each problem involves mathematical modeling and analysis relevant to chemical processes.

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Home Work Assignment #2 Due Monday, October 7, 2024 at 11:59 PM

The document outlines homework assignment #2 for CH E 446, due on October 7, 2024, which includes five problems related to chemical engineering concepts. Students are required to derive equations for a CSTR, develop a dynamic model for two connected tanks, analyze a batch reactor's heating procedure, model a stirred-tank blending system, and find Laplace transforms for given functions. Each problem involves mathematical modeling and analysis relevant to chemical processes.

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CH E 446, Fall 2024

Home work assignment #2


Due Monday, October 7, 2024 at 11:59 pm

1. Consider a CSTR operating at constant volume with the following set of series and parallel reactions:
!! !"
𝐴→𝐵→𝐶
!#
𝐴+𝐴→𝐷
Write material balances to obtain the ODEs for the concentrations of A and B leaving the reactor. For
writing the kinetic expressions, assume that these are elementary reactions.. Then, given the
following parameter and steady state information, calculate the steady state values of the dilution
rate (feed or product volumetric flow rate divided by the volume of the CSTR) and the concentration
of B leaving the reactor.
5 5 𝐿
𝑘" = 𝑚𝑖𝑛#" , 𝑘$ = 𝑚𝑖𝑛#" , 𝑘" = 1
6 3 𝑚𝑜𝑙. 𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑙
𝐶%&' = 10 (𝑖𝑛𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛), 𝐶%̅ = 3 (𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒)
𝐿 𝐿
Finally, linearize the model, assuming there is one input (the dilution rate) and two state variables
(the concentrations of A and B).

2. Consider the two tanks connected in the way shown in the figure below. Develop a dynamic
(nonlinear) model for this system that can be used to find out h1, h2, w2 and w3 as functions of time
for variations in the input w1. Assume that the density of the incoming liquid is constant. The cross-
sectional areas of the two tanks are A1 and A2. w2 is positive for flow from tank 1 to tank 2. Assume
∆𝑃
that the relations between flow and pressure drop across the valves are 𝑤$ = 𝐶$ C (G𝜌) and 𝑤* =

∆𝑃(G
𝐶* C 𝜌) , where C2 and C3 are characteristic constants of the valves, ∆𝑃( is the pressure drop
across the valve, and 𝜌) is the specific gravity of the fluid. Finally, linearize the nonlinear model.
3. The start-up procedure for a batch reactor includes a heating step where the reactor temperature
is gradually heated to the nominal operating temperature of 75oC. The desired temperature profile
T(t) is shown in the figure below. What is T(s)?

4. A stirred-tank blending system initially is full of water and is being fed pure water at a constant
volumetric flow rate, F. At a particular time, an operator shuts off the pure water flow and adds
caustic solution at the same volumetric flow rate but with concentration 𝑐̅& . If the liquid volume
V is constant, the dynamic model for this process is
𝑑𝑐 𝐹
= (𝑐̅ − 𝑐)
𝑑𝑡 𝑉 &
with c(0)=0. Solve the ODE using Laplace transforms to obtain the solution for the concentration
+# !,
response 𝑐(𝑡) and also sketch it. Use 𝑉 = 4 𝑚* , 𝐹 = 1 +&'
, 𝑐̅& = 40 +#
.

5. Find the Laplace transform of


(i)𝑓(𝑡) = 𝑡
"
(ii) 𝑓(𝑡) = - (𝑒 #-" . − 𝑒 #-! . )
! #-"

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