UniversityofBahrain

CollegeofEngineering
ChemicalEngineeringDepartment

ChemicalReactorDesign
CHENG323
Semester I 2011/2012

EXAMI
Sun13/11/2011
Duration: 90 min

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Answerallthequestionsandshowyoursolutioninfulldetails

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Question1: (35points)

Thefollowingkineticdatawereobtainedfortheisothermalgasphase isomerization
reaction:A B.

X 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.57 0.6

-rA (mol/m3.s) 0.45 0.30 0.195 0.124 0.113

YouhaveaPFR followedbyaCSTR, eachwithavolumeof 0.55 m3.SpeciesAenters

the first reactorat FA0 =0.4mol/s.
a. Usethegiven data tocalculatetheconversionforeachofthereactors.
b. OnaLevenspielplot,shadetheareas that represent the reactorsvolumes.
(note:thevolumeisspecifiedwithatwosignificantfiguresnumber)

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Question2: (35points)
A200liter constantvolumebatchreactorispressurizedto20atm withamixtureof
75%Aand25%inert.Thegasphasereaction,A B+C, iscarriedoutisothermally
at227oC.

a. Assumingthattheidealgaslawisvalid, calculate theinitialconcentrationof

A.
b. Ifthereactionissecondorder withrespecttoA,with k = 0.7
L/mol.min,calculatethetime necessarytoconsume80%ofA.
c. Alsocalculatethepressureinthereactorat theendof thisprocess(i.e.when
X =0.8).

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Question3: (30points)
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A CSTR (2m )processes,isothermally, a gaseous feed(100liter/min)containing
reactantA(CA0 =100mmol/liter).Thisreactionisreversibleandrepresentedby:

a. Whatarethevalue&unitsoftheconcentrationequilibriumconstantforthis
reactionatthegivencondition?
b. Calculate theequilibrium conversion.
c. Findtheactualconversion of Ainthereactor. Howcloseistheconversionto
theequilibriumconversion(inpercentage)?
d. Isitpossibletoobtaina conversion thatishigherthantheequilibrium
conversionbyusingacatalyst.Why?

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