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LIST OF CHEMICALS/MATERIALS
Agitation
system
Conductivity
meter
Heating
system
Reagents
inlet
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BATCH AND CSTR SETUP
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Avoid skin contact with the reagents specially ethyl acetate. Inhalation of the
vapors for long periods of time should be avoided. Skin contact should likewise be limited.
Spills should be dispersed on paper toweling immediately and the toweling removed at
once to the fume hood for evaporation of the liquid.
INTRODUCTION
In chemical engineering, there are various equipment that had been used to
improve the production of different products from raw materials (Moncada, Lopez, &
Marin, 2015). One common equipment are reactors which chemical engineers usually
design. There are many types of reactors like Batch Reactor, Continuous Stirred Tank
Reactor (CSTR), Plug Flow Reactor (PFR), Semi-batch Reactor and Catalytic Reactor. In
this research, we will focus on one reactor which is the CSTR. CSTRs are one of the most
used chemical reactors since it can be easily operated under steady conditions of
temperature, pressure and compositions (Moncada, Lopez, & Marin, 2015). The feed or
reactant is continuously added in the tank and there is also a continuous output flow in
the process (Benitez, Bermudez, &Rodriguez-Calo, 2017). Also, the exit stream has the
same conditions as those inside the tank. The nature of its flow is better for certain
reactions because it provides “smoothing” of time fluctuation of reactants or product to
aid process control (Jones, Taşkin, & Yianneskis, 2009).
Reactants
Products
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𝑉
∫𝑉 𝑟𝑗 𝑑𝑉 - rate of generation of j by chemical reaction within the
𝑜
system (moles/time)
At steady state,
𝑑𝑁𝑗
=0 Eq. 2
𝑑𝑡
∫ 𝑟𝑗 𝑑𝑉 = 𝑉𝑟𝑗 Eq. 3
𝑉𝑜
By substituting the Eq. 2 and Eq.3 in the general mole balance, the design
equation for a CSTR will be derived and defined as,
𝐹𝐽0 − 𝐹𝑗
𝑉= Eq. 4
−𝑟𝑗
𝐹𝑗 = 𝐹𝐽0 ( 1 − 𝑥𝐽 )
Eq. 5
𝐹𝐽0 𝑥𝐽
𝑉= Eq. 6
−𝑟𝑗
In liquid phase,
𝐹𝐽0 = 𝐶𝐽𝑜 𝑣𝑜 Eq. 7
The design equation will be able to give the volume of the reactor needed to
reduce the entering flow rate of species, 𝐹𝐽0 , and the exit flow rate, 𝐹𝐽 (Fogler, 2004).
Space time, Ʈ, is the time necessary to process one reactor volume of fluid based
on entrance conditions. For constant density systems, space time is equal to the
residence time. It is defined as:
𝑉
Ʈ= Eq. 9
𝑣𝑜
𝑉 𝐶𝐽𝑜 𝑥𝐽
=
𝑣𝑜 −𝑟𝑗
Therefore,
𝐶𝐽𝑜 𝑥𝐽
Ʈ= Eq. 11
−𝑟𝑗
PROCEDURE
Procedure:
1. Switch ON the unit and the software
2. Place 250 ml of 0.1M NaOH inside the tank/reactor
3. Add 250 ml of 0.1M Ethyl Acetate and immediately turn on the stirrer and set it to
100% agitation rate.
4. Place the conductivity meter after the last drop of ethyl acetate and record the
initial conductivity.
5. Record the conductivity every 20 seconds for 30 minutes.
Procedure:
1. Fill up the two reagent bottles with 1L of water each
2. Fill the tank with 500 mL water
3. Activate AB-2 pump and set it to 100%
4. Simultaneously record the time to fill up every 20 mL volume (20 mL, 40 mL, 60 mL,
80 mL and 100 mL)
5. Close AB-2 pump
6. Activate AB-3 pump and set it to 100%
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7. Simultaneously record the time to fill up every 20 mL volume (20 mL, 40 mL, 60 mL,
80 mL and 100 mL)
8. Set AB-3 pump to other rate (about 70%-80%) until the flow rate of AB-3 is equal or
almost same as AB-2
9. This set-up will be the foundation for the next part.
Procedure:
1. Place the 6L Reagents at the back of the set-up and place the tubes in their
respective places.
2. Add 50 ml of water in the tank and use this to prime the pumps. Make sure that
both valves are open.
3. If the bubbles are completely purged out, activate the pumps with the set-up from
the previous experiment. The pumps must be at equal flow rates.
4. Place the conductivity meter and record the conductivity from the first reading
and every after 5 seconds. Note that you can use camera to take a video of the
conductivity meter and record it later.
5. Place an empty discharge 15L bottle at the end of the overflow tube.
6. Record the conductivity for 1 and a half hour.
7. Plot the recorded conductivity vs time
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