Exersice 4.
1
The reaction to form butyl acetate on a batch reactor at 1000C, with
H2SO4 as catalyst. The inlet mixture consists of 4,97mol butanol/mol acid
acetic while the catalyst concentration is 0.032% by weight. The reaction
rate equation is (-rA) = kCA2 with k = 17,4 ml/mol.min. The density of
H2SO4 is 0.958g/ml, butanol= 0,742g/ml, butyl acetate is 0.796g/ml.
Assume, the density of the mixture is constant at 0.75g/ml.
a) Calculate the time to achieve 50% conversion.
b) Calculate the reactor volume and weight of the feed to produce
100kg/h ester. Given the interval time between two batches is 30min
and well mixed.
Exercise 4.2
Nitrous oxide is destroyed according to the second order reaction: 2N O 2
-> 2N2 + O2
With k = 977cm3/mol.s at 8950C. Calculate the conversion at 1s, 10s, 10
min in a constant volume batch reactor. The reversible reaction rate is
negligible and initial pressure of pure N2O is 1 at
Exercise 4.3
The reaction of propionate sodium with chloric acid to form propionate acid as
below:
C2H5COONa + HCl -> C2H5COOH + NaCl
The reaction is 2nd order reversible. The kinetic study was conducted by taking
100ml of the reaction mixture at various times and neutralize the remaining HCl
with NaOH0,515N. The initial moles of HCl and NaOH are equal. Experimental
data are as below:
t, min 0 10 20 30 50
NaOH, ml 52.5 32.1 23.5 18.9 14.4 10.5
Determine the volume of batch reactor to produce 500kg/h acid propionic. The
feeding, and heating time to 500C is 20min, the time to cool and empty the reactor is
10min. Required conversion for sodium propionate is 75%. The feeding mixture
consist of 0,314kg C2H5COONa and 0,12kg HCl each litre. Asuming constant density
1,215kg/l.
Exercise 4.4
• The given reaction as followed: A -> R -> S, with k1 = 0.15min-1, k2 = 0,05min-
1. The reaction is carried out continuously with feed rate is 150l/min and
intial concentration is CA0, CR0 = CS0=0.
Among the following reactors, which type giving highest R?
a) One CSTR having voume V = 300l.
b) Two CSTR in series with volume of each tank is 150l
c) Two CSTR in parallel, each tank volume is 150l
d) PFR with V = 300l.
Exercise
4.5 Determine Xe for a PFR with no pressure drop, P = P0
Given that the system is gas phase and isothermal, determine the
reactor volume when X = 0.8 Xe.
Exercise
4.6
Solve for X = 0.9
Applying the algorithm to the above reaction occurring in a Batch,
CSTR, and PFR.
4.7 The elementary gas phase reaction
takes place in a CSTR, FPR and batch reactor at constant temperature
(500 K) and constant pressure (16.4 atm). The feed is equal molar in A
and B.
Exercise
4.8 Batch reactor with reversible reaction:
The following reaction follows an elementary rate law
Initially 77% N2, 15% O2, 8% inerts are fed to a batch reactor
where 80% of the equilibrium conversion (Xe = 0.02) is reached
in 151 s. What is the specific reaction rate constant k1?
Additional Information
Exercise 4.9
Batch reactor optimization:
The following irreversible liquid phase reaction follows an elementary rate law
A+B → C
Determine the minimum number of batch reactors 1.0 cubic meter in size to produce
10,000 moles of C in a 300 day period. The processing time to fill, empty and clean the
reactor between batches is 4.5 hours. The feed is equal molar in A and B and the initial
concentration of A is 1.0 moles per cubic meter. In a trial run it was found that 50%
conversion was achieved in 2 hours
Example 5.1
Ethyl acetate is an extensively used solvent and can be formed by the vapor-
phase etherification of acetic acid and ethanol.
The reaction was studied using a microporous resin as a catalyst in a packed bed
reactor. The reaction is first order in ethanol and pseudo zero order in acetic acid.
For an equal molar feed rate of acetic acid and ethanol, the specific reaction rate is
1.2 dm3/g cat • min. The total volumetric feed rate is 25 dm3/min, the initial pressure
is 10 atm, the temperature is 118°C, and the pressure drop parameter, a, is 0.01 g–1.
a.Calculate the maximum weight of catalyst that one could use and maintain an exit
pressure above 1 atm. (Ans.: W = 99g)
b.Determine the catalyst weight necessary to achieve 90% conversion. (Ans.: W =
57 g)
Exercise 5.1
Exercise 5.2
Exercise 5.3
FAo = 0.1 mol/s
CAo = 10 mol/dm3
k = 0.1111 dm3 s-1 kg-1
Po = 10 atm
What is the conversion in the first PFR?
If the particle size is decreased, the pressure drop becomes an important factor. If the
pressure drop is modeled by the equation:
and alpha = 0.0011, what is the new conversion? What is the final pressure?
