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The document provides 4 chemistry reaction engineering problems involving the design and sizing of chemical reactors. Problem 1 involves sizing reactors for a liquid phase reaction to achieve 90% conversion. Problem 2 involves sizing a batch reactor for a daily production target. Problem 3 involves calculating reactant concentrations in a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR). Problem 4 involves sizing a plug flow reactor for a gas phase reaction at 35% conversion.

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The document provides 4 chemistry reaction engineering problems involving the design and sizing of chemical reactors. Problem 1 involves sizing reactors for a liquid phase reaction to achieve 90% conversion. Problem 2 involves sizing a batch reactor for a daily production target. Problem 3 involves calculating reactant concentrations in a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR). Problem 4 involves sizing a plug flow reactor for a gas phase reaction at 35% conversion.

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ChE 822 Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering Homework#1 Due: January 30th, 2012 100 points 1.

. (Schmidt, 1998) The aqueous reaction A products has a rate r= 2 CA/(1+CA)2 (rate in moles/L/min), and is to be carried out in a continuous reactor system. We need to process 100 moles/h of 2 molar feed to 90% conversion. Calculate the reactor volumes required in a. b. c. d. e. a PFR a CSTR two equal-volume CSTRs Use a Levenspiel plot to show these results What is the ideal combination of reactors (type and volume of each reactor) for total minimum volume for this reaction?

2. (Froment and Bischoff, 2011) A daily production of 50,000 kg (50 tons metric) of ethyl acetate is to be conducted in a batch reactor from ethanol and acetic acid: C2H5OH + CH3COOH CH3COOC2H5 + H2O (A) (B) (C) (D) The reaction rate in the liquid phase is given by: ( At 100oC, k=7.23 x 10-6 m3/kmol/s and K=2.93 A feed of 23 percent by weight of acid, 46 percent of alcohol, and no ester is to be used, with a 35 percent conversion of acid. The density is essentially constant at 1020 kg/m3. The reactor will be operated 24h per day, and the time for filling, emptying, and the like is 1 h total for reactors in the contemplated size range. What reactor volume is required? 3. (Froment and Bischoff, 2011) Kermode and Stevens [1965] studied the reaction of ammonia and formaldehyde to make hexamine: 4 NH3 + 6 HCHO -> (CH2)6N4 + 6 H2O (A) (B) (C) (D) The continuous flow reactor was a 490-cm3 baffled stainless steel tank stirred at 1800 rpm, with several precautions to ensure almost perfect mixing. The overall reaction had a rate )

rA = k CA CB2 mol A/L/s with k = 1.42 x 103 exp (-3090/T). The reactants were fed in streams of 1.50 cm3/s, with the ammonia concentration 4.06 mol/L and the formaldehyde concentration 6.32 mol/L. The temperature in the reactor was 36oC. Calculate CA and CB, the concentrations in the reactor and in the effluent.

4. (Froment and Bischoff, 2011) A gas-phase reaction, A2R is carried out in a tubular plug flow reactor at T=60oC and pt=4.75 bar. The feed consists of 50 mol-% A and 50 mol-% inert at a rate of 4000 kg/h. The molecular weights of A and inert are 40 and 20, respectively, and the rate coefficient is k=2000 h-1. Determine the reactor size for 35 percent conversion of A.

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