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    TUTORIAL JANUARY 2020 REACTION ENGINEERING (CKB 20104)

    REACTION ENGINEERING (CKB 20104)


    TUTORIAL 2
    CHAPTER 2: CONVERSION AND REACTOR SIZING

    1. Given equal molar of gas mixture A and B enters the reactor at 250 dm3/s and 125°C. Calculate the
    initial concentration and molar flow rate of A if
    (a) The initial partial pressure of A is 250 kPa (Ans 0.076 mol/dm3, 19.0 mol/s)
    (b) The total pressure of the system is 1500 kPa. (Ans 0.2266 mol/dm3, 56.65 mol/s)

    2. A mixture of 30 mol% SO2 at 10 mol/s of O2 and the balance air is charged to a flow reactor in which
    SO2 is oxidized to form SO3.
    O + 2SO ® 2SO
    2 2 3

    Given the total initial pressure of the system as 15.0 atm and temperature of 230°C. Assume air
    contains 79 mol% of N2 and the balance O2.
    (a) Calculate the initial concentration of O2 and the initial volumetric flow rate. (Ans 0.053 mol/dm3,
    188.68 dm3/s)
    (b) Calculate the % conversion of O2 if given the outlet flowrate of O2 as 5.55 mol/s. (Ans 44.5%)

    3. A mixture consists of 3.5M pure A enters the reactor at a rate of 10.0 dm3/s.

    Conversion, X 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.85
    –rA (mol/dm3.s) 0.053 0.052 0.050 0.045 0.040 0.033 0.025 0.018 0.013 0.01

    By using the data above, calculate the total reactor volumes for all the schemes below
    (a) Scheme A: PFR à CSTR if given the intermediate conversion as 35% and the final conversion as
    75%. (Ans: 1151.51 dm3)
    (b) Scheme B: CSTR à PFR if given the intermediate conversion as 35% and the final conversion as
    75%. (Ans: 815.52 dm3)
    (c) Single CSTR with final conversion of 75% (Ans: 1693.55 dm3)
    (d) Single PFR with final conversion of 75% (Ans: 789.05 dm3)

    State the conclusion from the answers on which configuration should be selected for the reaction.

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    TUTORIAL JANUARY 2020 REACTION ENGINEERING (CKB 20104)

    4. The gas-phase reaction is given as follows

    A → B +C
    The irreversible reaction is carried out isothermally in a flow reactor. The inlet gas mixture consists of
    45 mol% of inert and the balance A. The reaction is conducted at 40.0 °C. The partial pressure of the
    inert is 5 atm. The Levenspiel plot for the reaction is given as follows.

    22
    20
    18
    16
    14
    12
    10
    8
    6
    4
    2
    0
    0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
    Conversion, X

    (a) Determine the volume of a single continuous stirred tank reactor required to achieve 60%
    conversion of reactant A with initial rate of 10 dm3/s. Subsequently, calculate the volume of a
    second plug flow reactor added in the series to the first continuous stirred tank reactor necessary to
    achieve an overall conversion of 80%. (Ans: 12.14 dm3, 6.23 dm3)
    (b) Determine the space time of a single plug flow reactor required to achieve 30% conversion of
    reactant A. Subsequently, calculate the space time of a second continuous stirred tank reactor
    added in the series to the first plug flow reactor necessary to achieve an overall conversion of 70%.
    (Ans: 0.21 s, 1.19 s)
    (c) Determine the inlet molar flow rate of a 10 dm3 single plug flow reactor and a 10 dm3 single
    continuous stirred tank reactor to achieve final conversion of 50%. (Ans: 5.22 mol/s, 2.86 mol/s)

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    TUTORIAL JANUARY 2020 REACTION ENGINEERING (CKB 20104)
    5. The isothermal (500 °C) and isobaric (4500 kPa) gas-phase pyrolysis of pure ethane (C2H6) to produce
    ethylene (C2H4) and hydrogen gas (H2) is given below

    C2 H 6 → C2 H 4 + H 2
    The following Levenspiel plot obtained for this reaction is show below

    1/–rC2H6 (L.min/mol)
    1.1
    1
    0.9
    0.8
    0.7
    0.6
    0.5
    0.4
    0.3
    0.2
    0.1
    0
    0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8
    Conversion, X

    (a) Solve the feed molar flow rate of a single 15.0 L continuous stirred tank reactor needed to achieve
    60% conversion of C2H6 (Ans: 125.0 mol/min)
    (b) Calculate the space-time of a single plug flow reactor to achieve 80% conversion of C2H6. (Ans: 0.24
    min)
    (c) Calculate the space time of a second continuous stirred tank reactor added in the series to the first
    plug flow reactor above in part (c) necessary to achieve an overall conversion of 90%. (Ans: 0.08
    min)
    (d) In the plant, there is an available 10.0 L continuous stirred tank reactor and a 10.0 L plug flow reactor.
    In order to achieve higher overall conversion of C2H6, the technologist decided to use the continuous
    stirred tank reactor connected in series with the plug flow reactor. It is targeted that the C2H6
    intermediate conversion achieved in the first reactor as 40% and overall conversion in the second
    reactor as 70% with initial flow rate of 150.0 mol/min. Evaluate whether the reactors can be used to
    achieve the targeted conversions by comparing the calculated and available reactor volumes. State
    the reason(s). (Ans: 12.0 L, 11.25 L)

    3 DR. KELLY 2020

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