P11-11B

The irreversible gas-phase reaction

is carried out adiabatically over a packed bed of solid catalyst particles. The reaction is first
order in the concentration of A on the catalyst surface:

=
The feed consists of 50% (mole) A and 50% inerts and enters the bed at a temperature of 300
K. The entering volumetric flow rate is 10 dm3/s (i.e.,10,000 cm3/s). The relationship between
the Sherwood number and the Reynolds number is
= 100 1/2
As a first approximation, one may neglect pressure drop. The entering concentration of A is
1.0 M. Calculate the catalyst weight necessary to achieve 60% conversion of A for
a) Isothermal operation
b) Adiabatic operation
c) What generalizations can you make after comparing parts (a) and (b) ?

Additional information:

Kinematic viscosity: = 0.02 2 /
Particle diameter: = 0.1
Superficial velocity: = 10/
Catalyst surface area/mass of catalyst bed: = 60 2 / cat.
Diffusivity of A: = 102 2 /

Heat of reaction: = 10,000 / A
Heat capacities:
= = 25 /.
() = 75 /.

(300 ) = 0.01 3 /. = 4000 /

PENYELESAIAN:
Pada soal, diketahui bahwa:
Reaksi irreversibel dan fasa gas
Reaksi berada pada kondisi adiabatik
Reaksi berlangsung pada reaktor packed bed.
Diasumsikan bahwa pressure drop diabaikan

a) Kondisi Isotermal
Neraca mol:

0 . = mol/gcat s
Dimana
3
0 = 0 . 0 = 1 . 10 = 10 /