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Instructor: Dr. Bishnupada Mandal: Solved Problems

This document contains solutions to two reaction engineering problems involving: 1) A reversible, exothermic, first-order isomerization reaction in an adiabatic stirred tank reactor. Steady-state material and energy balances were written and solved to find the steady-state temperature and compositions. 2) An irreversible second-order reaction in a partially mixed reactor modeled as three continuously stirred tank reactors in series. The residence time distribution was derived and used to compute effluent concentrations.

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Instructor: Dr. Bishnupada Mandal: Solved Problems

This document contains solutions to two reaction engineering problems involving: 1) A reversible, exothermic, first-order isomerization reaction in an adiabatic stirred tank reactor. Steady-state material and energy balances were written and solved to find the steady-state temperature and compositions. 2) An irreversible second-order reaction in a partially mixed reactor modeled as three continuously stirred tank reactors in series. The residence time distribution was derived and used to compute effluent concentrations.

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SOLVED PROBLEMS

Instructor: Dr. Bishnupada Mandal


Course No.: CL 504 Course Name: Reaction Engineering

Prob4. The reversible, liquid phase, exothermic, first-order isomerization reaction


A B, with rate = k1CA – k-1CB
is to be carried out in a perfectly mixed adiabatic stirred tank reactor. Pure A is fed to the reactor.
The rate parameters, reactor properties, and physical properties are as follows:
Feed concentration of A = 8 moles/liter
Feed temperature = 300 K
Density of A = Density of B = 1.04 g/cm3
Specific Heat of A = Specific Heat of B = 2 J g-1 K-1
Heat of reaction = -41.6 kJ/mol
Forward rate constant = k1 = 1108 exp(-5000/T) hr-1
Reverse rate constant = k-1 = 1105 exp(-10000/T) hr-1
Feed flow rate = 100 liters hr-1
Reactor volume = 500 liters
Write the steady-state material and energy balances for this system and solve them to find the steady-
state temperature and composition in the reactor. Be sure to solve for all possible steady states.

Solution:

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Prob5. The second order, irreversible reaction A + B  C + D to be carried out in an isothermal, partially
mixed reactor. Tracer experiments show that the residence time distribution (RTD) for the reactor is well
fit by the RTD for three equally-sized, perfectly-mixed tanks in series. The feed to the reactor is an
equimolar mixture of A and B, with CAo = CBo = 5 moles/liter. The mean residence time of the reactor is
10 minutes. The reaction rate is given by r = 2 CA CB mol liter-1 hr-1, with CA and CB in moles per liter.

(a) Derive the dimensionless residence time distribution function for three equally-sized perfectly-
mixed tanks in series.
(b) Compute the concentrations of A and B in the reactor effluent using a segregated flow model using
the above RTD for 3 tanks in series.

Solution: 5(a)

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Solution 5(b):

Homework Problem
Prob2. Carry out a linear stability analysis for each set of steady-state operating conditions
found in Prob4 to show which are stable and which are unstable.

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