3. (15 points): The reaction of is carried out isothermally in a continuous flow reactor. Calculate...
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Question 2: The elementary, reversible, organic, liquid-phase reaction is carried out adiabatically in a CSTR where 65% conversion is achiewd Ated'anonn of A and 50% excess 8, enters the reactor at 27°C with a volumetric flow rate of 2 L/s and a Cos of O.1 mol/L culate the temperature inside the reactor 2. Calculate the equilibrium conversion at the operating temperature. How close (in 3. Calculate the CSTR volume percentage) the conversion is from the equilsbrium conversion? If the...
Suppose that a flow reactor operates isothermally at 800 K and 3 atm where ideal gas behavior can be assumed. A gas mixture at 800 K and 3 atm containing 90% N2, 8% O2 and 2% NH3 by volume flows into the reactor at a rate of 4 L min-1 and reacts according to reaction . 4NH3+5O2----->4NO+6H20 (a) If this reactor was being used to generate kinetics data, it might be necessary to write an expression for the outlet partial...
The exothermic reaction: A B+C was carried out adiabatically and the following data recorded: Table 1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.0053 0.0052 0.0050 0.0045 0.0040 -TA mol/(1-s) X0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.85 ·TA 0.0033 0.0025 0.0018 0.00125 0.00100 mol/(l.s) The entering molar flow rate of A was 5 mol/s. What are the PFR and CSTR volumes necessary to achieve 60% conversion?
The biodiesel formation reaction is carried out in a plug flow reactor. Oil is fed at a flowrate of 10 mol/s. Methanol is fed at a flowrate of 30 mol/s. Determine the volume of the reactor required for a conversion of 95%. Assume that the reaction is irreversible and the reaction is first order with respect to both oil and methanol. Assume that the density of the mixture stays constant along the reactor as 5000 mol/m3. The rate constant for...
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...
21) The following reaction: 4NH3 +502 + 4NO + 6H20 Is carried out adiabatically in a flow reactor. An equal molar feed in A and B enters at 27 °C, and the volumetric flow rate is 2 dm /s and Cao = 0.1 mol/dm. Calculate the CSTR volume necessary to achieve 85% conversion. Additional Information -41 kcal/mol HR (273) --20 kcal/mol. H (273) -- 15 kcal/mol. HE (273) C = = 15 cal/mol K C = 30 cal/mol K k...
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 production of methyl bromide is an irreversible liquid-phase reaction that follows an elementary rate law. The reaction CNBr (A) + CH3NH2 (B)àCH3Br (C) + NCNH2 (D) is carried out isothermally in a semi-batch reactor. A solution of methylamine (B) in extra dry ethanol at a concentration of 0.025 mol/L is to be fed at a rate of 0.05 L/s to an solution of bromine cyanide (A) in extra dry ethanol contained in a glass-lined reactor. The initial volume of...
Problem (15 points) A complex reaction (A-> products) involving 2 enzymes occurs in an ideal steady state mixed flow reactor (constant flowrate, outlet concentration is the same as reactor concentration). Both reactions consume reactant A. See the diagram below. The reaction constants for the enzymes and reactor volume/flow are given below. If needed, enzymatic reaction rate model is, r= -Vm*C/(Km+C) Reactor volume, V=100 L flowrate, q = 5 L/hr CA.=100 mol/L Vml=3.3 mol/L-hr Kml=0.05 mol/L| (reaction 1) Vm2 = 5...
5.33. When B is mixed with A, the liquid phase reaction A+BC rkCA has a rate constant k 0.2 min. This reaction is to be carried out isothermally in a CSTR at steady state. The reactant A costs $2/mol and reactant B costs $0.10/mol. The product C sells for $6/mol. The cost of operating the reactor is $0.05 per liter per hour. We wish to produce 360,000 moles of C per day to meet the market demands The available reactants,...