Questions and Answers of Chemical Reaction Engineering

An injected slug of tracer material flows with its carrier fluid down a long, straight pipe in dispersed plug flow. At point A in the pipe the spread of tracer is 16 m. At point B, 1 kilometer
A refinery pumps products A and B successively to receiving stations up to 100 km away through a 10-cm ID pipeline. The average properties of A and B are ρ = 850 kg/m3. μ = 1.7 X 10-3 kglm-s, D =
Last autumn our office received complaints of a large fish kill along the Ohio River, indicating that someone had discharged highly toxic material into the river. Our water monitoring stations at
A 12-m length of pipe is packed with 1 m of 2-mm material, 9 m of 1-cm material, and 2 m of 4-mm material. Estimate the variance in the output C curve for a pulse input into this packed bed if the
The kinetics of a homogeneous liquid reaction are studied in a flow reactor, and to approximate plug flow the 48-cm long reactor is packed with 5- mm nonporous pellets. If the conversion is 99% for a
Tubular reactors for thermal cracking are designed on the assumption of plug flow. On the suspicion that nonideal flow may be an important factor now being ignored, let us make a rough estimate of
Fit the tanks-in-series model to the following mixing cup output data to a pulse input. t C 0-2 2-4 4-6 6-8 8-10 2 10 8 4 2 10-12 0
Fluid flows at a steady rate through ten well-behaved tanks in series. A pulse of tracer is introduced into the first tank, and at the time this tracer leaves the systemmaximum concentration = 100
From the New York Times Magazine, December 25,1955, we read: "The United States Treasury reported that it costs eight-tenths of a cent to print dollar bills, and that of the billion and a quarter now
Referring to the previous problem, suppose that during a working day a gang of counterfeiters put into circulation one million dollars in fake onedollar bills.Data from in previous problemFrom the
Fit the RTD of Fig. P14.7 with the tanks-in-series model. C 1 Area₁ = A1 Width = Figure P14.7 ~/3. 2 4 A₂ = حاس t v = 1 7 V = 5 A3 = A₁ 9 10
A reactor with a number of dividing baffles is to be used to run the reaction(a) Find the area under the C versus t curve.(b) Find the E versus t curve.(c) Calculate the variance of the E curve.(d)
Strongly radioactive waste fluids are stored in "safe-tanks" which are simply long, small-diameter (e.g., 20 m by 10 cm) slightly sloping pipes. To avoid sedimentation and development of "hot spots,"
From a pulse input into a vessel we obtain the following output signalWe want to represent the flow through the vessel with the tanks-in-series model. Determine the number of tanks to use. Time,
A reactor has flow characteristics given by the nonnormalized C curve in Table P14.11, and by the shape of this curve we feel that the dispersion or tanks-in-series models should satisfactorily
Aqueous A (CA0 = 1 mol/liter) with physical properties close to water (p = 1000 kg/m3, CB = m2/s) reacts by a first-order homogeneous reaction (A→R, k = 0.2 s-I) as it flows at 100 mm/s through a
A viscous liquid is to react while passing through a tubular reactor in which flow is expected to follow the convection model. What conversion can we expect in this reactor if plug flow in the
A viscous liquid is to react while passing through a tubular reactor in which flow is expected to follow the convection model. What conversion can we expect in this reactor if plug flow in the
Assuming plug flow we calculate that a tubular reactor 12 m long would give 96% conversion of A for the second-order reaction A --+ R. However, the fluid is very viscous, and flow will be strongly
Aqueous A (CAO= 50 mol/m3) with physical properties close to water (p =1000 kg/m3, D-9 = m2/s) reacts by a second-order reaction (k = m3/mol · s) as it flows at 10 mm/s through a tubular reactor (dt
Gaseous reactant A diffuses through a gas film and reacts on the surface of a solid according to a reversible first-order rate,where CA, is the concentration of A in equilibrium with the solid
In slurry reactors, pure reactant gas is bubbled through liquid containing suspended catalyst particles. Let us view these kinetics in terms of the film theory, as shown in Fig. P17.3. Thus, to reach
Example 17.4 gives the final rate expression for film mass transfer followed by a second-order rate expression for reaction on a plane surface. Please derive this expression and show that it is
We want to model the flow of fluid in a flow channel. For this we locate three measuring points A, B, and C, 100 m apart along the flow channel. We inject tracer upstream of point A, fluid flows past
The reversible first-order gas reactionis to be carried out in a mixed flow reactor. For operations at 300 K the volume of reactor required is 100 liters for 60% conversion of A. What should be the
The first-order reactionsare to be run in two mixed flow reactors in series anywhere between 10 and 90°C. If the reactors may be kept at different temperatures, what should these temperatures be for
Qualitatively find the optimum temperature progression to maximize C, for the reaction scheme 1 R-²³² - Sa U V desired 5. T W
Starting with separate feeds of reactant A and B of given concentration (no dilution with inerts permitted), for the competitive-consecutive reactions with stoichiometry and rate as shownsketch the
Under appropriate conditions A decomposes as follows:R is to be produced from 1000 literlhr of feed in which CAo = 1 mollliter, cRo= cso= 0.(a) What size of plug flow reactor will maximize the
Pure A (CAo = 100) is fed to a mixed flow reactor, R and S are formed, and the following outlet concentrations are recorded. Find a kinetic scheme to fit this data. Run 12 CA 75 25 CR 15 45 Cs 10 30
Pure A (CAo = 100) is fed to a mixed flow reactor, R and S are formed, and the following outlet concentrations are recorded. Find a kinetic scheme to fit this data.
Pure A (CAo = 100) is fed to a mixed flow reactor, R and S are formed, and the following outlet concentrations are recorded. Find a kinetic scheme to fit this data.
In grinding a continuous flow of pigments for paint, our company finds that too many too-small and too many too-large particles exit from our well-mixed grinder. A multistage grinder, approximating
The liquid phase reaction of aniline with ethanol produces wanted monoethylaniline and unwanted diethylaniline(a) An equimolar feed is introduced into a batch reactor, and reaction is allowed to
Consider the following elementary reactions:(a) One mole A and 3 moles B are rapidly mixed together. The reaction is very slow, allowing analysis of compositions at various times. When 2.2 moles B
Under the action of mixed enzymes reactant A is converted to products as follows:where the rate constants are dependent on the pH of the system.(a) What reactor set-up (plug flow, mixed flow, or
Under the action of mixed enzymes reactant A is converted to products as follows:where the rate constants are dependent on the pH of the system.(a) What reactor set-up (plug flow, mixed flow, or
Monoethylaniline can also be produced in the vapor phase in a fluidized bed using natural bauxite as the solid catalyst. The elementary reactions are shown in the previous problem. Using an equimolar
The progressive chlorination of o- and p-dichlorobenzene proceed with second-order rate, as shown in Fig. P8.12.For a single-feed stream having CAo = 2, CB0 = 1, and 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene as the
Chemicals A and B are thrown into a vat and react away according to the following elementary reactions:What can you say about these six rate constants if an analysis of the mixture shows thatat the
Consider the following first order decompositions with rate constants as shownIf a colleague reports that Cs = 0.2 CAo in the exit stream of a plug flow reactor, what can you say about the
With a particular catalyst and at a given temperature, the oxidation of naphthalene to phthalic anhydride proceeds as follows:What reactor type gives the maximum yield of phthalic anhydride? Roughly
Sandy's Rock and Gravel Company wants to shift a mountain of gravel, estimated at about 20,000 tons, from one side of their yard to the other. For this they intend to use a power shovel to fill a
A large fully automated municipal incinerator is being designed. A survey estimates the garbage load to be 1440 tons/day. This will be harvested by a fleet of compaction trucks which will disgorge
Upper Slobbovians and Lower Slobbovians are always at it. . . , crushing skulls, slitting throats, and so on. . . . At any gathering the rate at which Upper Slobs are killed is directly proportional
Chemical X, a powdered solid, is slowly and continuously fed for half an hour into a well stirred vat of water. The solid quickly dissolves and hydrolyses to Y, which then slowly decomposes to Z as
When oxygen is bubbled through a high temperature batch of A-containing liquid material, A oxidizes slowly to give a slowly decomposing intermediate X and final product R. Here are the results of an
Chemical A reacts to form R (k1 = 6 hr-1) and R reacts away to form S (k1= 3 hr-l). In addition R slowly decomposes to form T (k2 = 1 hr-I). If a solution containing 1.0 mollliter of A is introduced

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