TUTORIAL SEPT 2015

REACTION ENGINEERING (CKB 20104)

REACTION ENGINEERING (CKB 20104)

TUTORIAL 3
CHAPTER 3: RATE LAWS AND STOICHIOMETRY
1. Given the elementary reaction below as

C2H4 + 3O2 2CO2 + 2H2O

a) State the rate law for this reaction?
b) What are the reaction order with respect to the reactant and also the overall order?
c) State the unit for k if given the concentration unit as mol/dm3 and time in second.
d) Calculate the rates of disappearance of C2H4 and O2. Subsequently calculate the rate of formation
of CO2 and H2O. Given the concentrations of C2H4 as 1.5 mol/dm3 and O2 concentration of 0.9
mol/dm3. The reaction rate constant of the equation is 2 (unit to be substituted according to answer
in c above)
2. The formation of orthonitroanalyine (ONA) an importance intermediate in dyes called fast orange is
formed from the reaction of orthonitrochlorobenzene (ONCB) and aqueous ammonia.
NO 2

NO 2

NH2

Cl

2NH 3

NH 4Cl

The non-elementary liquid-phase reaction is second order with respect to ONCB and zero order with
respect to NH3.
a) Write the rate law for the rate of disappearance of ONCB in terms of concentration.
b) State the unit for reaction rate constant, k if given the concentration of mol/L and time of min.
c) Calculate the reaction rate constant, k at 100 C if given the activation energy as 12.80 kJ/mol and
pre-exponential factor of 0.005 L/mol.min.
d) Determine the rate of reaction of ONCB at 150 C, with concentration of ONCB as 1.8 mol/L.
e) Calculate the rate of disappearance of ammonia
3.

It is observed that the 2.0 mol/L of A undergo a liquid phase reaction in a 10L batch reactor.

1
A B C
2
The irreversible reaction follows an elementary rate law. The inlet mixture contains 40 mol% of reactant
B with the remaining mol% of reactant A. Develop a stoichiometric table for the above reaction and
subsequently express the outlet concentration of each species in the reaction. All values should be in
function of conversion only by evaluating numerically all symbols (e.g., , , and C i). Subsequently

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determine the rate of reaction for A if given its conversion as 50%. Given the activation energy of the
reaction as 2.5 kcal/mol at 500K with frequency factor of 0.04 L0.5/mol0.5.s
4. Set up a stoichiometric table for the following reaction and express the outlet concentration of each
species in the reaction as a function of conversion by evaluating all constants (e.g., , ).
Subsequently, determine the rate law for the reaction solely in the function of conversion if given the
reaction is second order with respect to C 2H6. The isothermal, isobaric gas phase pyrolysis is given
below as

C2H6 C2H 4 H 2
Pure ethane at the rate of 10 dm3/min enters the flow reactor at total pressure of 5 atm and 1000K.

5. The liquid-phase reaction is first order with both A and B with k = 1.7 dm3/mol.min.
A + 2B 2C
The initial entering concentrations of A and B are 1.8 mol/dm 3 and 5.4 mol/dm3 respectively with initial
flow rate of 10 dm3/min.
a) Setup a stoichiometric table for a flow system as a function of conversion evaluating all constant
(e.g., , )
b) Express the exiting concentration of each species in the reaction
c) Calculate the exiting concentration of A, B and C in mol/dm 3 and subsequently rA and if given
conversion as 70%.
6. The gas phase reaction is given as following for an isothermal isobaric flow system with equimolar feed
of N2 and H2. Given the entering total pressure as 16.4 atm and temperature of 1500 oC. The initial flow
rate of nitrogen gas is given as 10 mol/s.

N 2 3H 2 2NH 3
a) Construct a stoichiometric table for a flow system as a function of conversion evaluating all
constant (e.g., , ).
b) Calculate the exiting concentration of N2, H2 and NH3 in mol/L if given conversion as 20%.

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