QUESTION 3: 10 marks A liquid phase isomerization reaction A--> was carried out in a Packed-...
advanced CRE subject step by step answer QUESTION 3: 10 marks A liquid phase isomerization reaction A--> was carried out in a Packed- 10 bed Reactor with a solid catalyst. The reaction is very fast and the overall rate-controlling step is the external mass transfer between catalyst surface and the bulk fluid. Recently, market demand for the product has fallen by 50%, due to Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, the management has decided to cut the production by half so that the...
Question 5 (8 Marks): The first order irreversible gas phase reaction a- A B is to be carried out in a packed bed reactor with a 1,000 kg of reforming catalyst are packed. The entering pressure is 20 atm and the pressure at the exit of the reactor is 1.0 atm. Calculate the pressure drop parameter. b- Sketch one reactor that is normally used to maximize the selectivity Briefly describe the two terms in the Arrhenius equation C- Question 5...
Exercise 4.4: Catalyst deactivation in a batch reactor Consider the irreversible, liquid-phase isomerization reaction carried out in a solvent containing dissolved catalyst at 25°C in a batch reactor Aka B The apparent first-order reaction-rate constant, ka, decreases with time because of cat- alyst deterioration. A chemist colleague of yours has studied the catalyst deactivation process and has proposed that it can be modeled by ka= Tt kat in which k is the fresh catalyst rate constant and ka is the...
Question 1: Design of isothermal reactors 30 Marks The irreversible, gas-phase reaction A+B D is to be carried out in an isotherma °C) plug-flow reactor (PFR) at 5.0 atm. The mole fractions of the feed streams are A 0 B 0.50, and inerts 0.30. The activation energy for the above reaction is 80 000 cal/mol. the pressure drop due to fluid friction in the reactor is so small that it can be ignored, perform the following tasks: 2T a s...
energy il Camor P5-30 Pressure Drop. The gas phase reaction A+B C+D is carried out isothermally at 227 C in a packed-bed reactor with 100 kg of catalyst. The reaction is first order in A and first order in B. The entering pres- sure was 20 atm and the exit pressure is 1 atm. The feed is equal molar in A onigA and B and the flow is in the turbulent regime with FA0 10 mol/min and CAO= 0.25 mol/dm3....
R1 - LIQUID PHASE CHEMICAL REACTOR The elementary liquid phase reaction given below is carried out in a CSTR by isothermal operation. k > NaOAC + EtOH k = 3.59 L/mol.min NaOH + EtOAC (A) (B) (C) (D) The volume of the CSTR is 2 L and the flowrates of the feeds in the individual streams are 50 ml/min for both reactants. The concentrations of NaOH and EtoAc are 0.05 mol/L and 0.1 mol/L, respectively. [6] a) Calculate the conversion...
7. (15 pts.) A gas-phase reaction (A+B-C+D) is carried out in a packed bed reactor. When the particle size was decreased by 15 %, the conversion remained unchanged. When the particle size was decreased by 20%, the conversion decreased. When the original particle size was increased by 15 %, the conversion also decreased. In all cases, the temperature, the total catalyst weight, and all other conditions remained unchanged. Explain the observation. 7. (15 pts.) A gas-phase reaction (A+B-C+D) is carried...
Problem 5. The gas-phase elementar isomerization A B is carried out at 20 atm in a fluidized CSTR (below) containing 100 kg of catalyst where 50% conversion is achieved. Po:20 atm FAo 100kg . P-20 atm X 0.5 Someone proposed to replace the CSTR with a packed bed reactor (PBR, below), the entering pressure was 20 atm and the exit pressure was found to be 5 atm Po-20 atm FAo (100kg) (1) What would be the conversionif No pres ro...
An acid-catalyzed irreversible liquid-phase reaction A B is carried out adiabatically in a CSTR. The reaction is second order in A. The feed is equimolar A and solvent (S, which contains catalyst), and enters the reactor at a total volumetric flow rate of 10 dm3/min at a concentration of A of 4 mol/L. The feed enters at 300 K. The product and reactant heat capacities are 15 cal/(mol°C), the solvent is 18 cal/(mol°C). The reaction rate constant at 300 K...
The irreversible elementary gas-phase reaction A + B ) C + D is carried out isothermally at 305K in a packed bed reactor with 100 kg catalyst of particle size 8 mm. The entering pressure is 20 atm and the exit pressure is 2 atm. The feed rate is equal molar in A and B and the flow is in the turbulent flow regime, with FA0-10 mol/min and CA 0.4 mol/dm3. Currently 80% conversion is achieved. a) What would be...