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RTD

Q. 1. The concentration readings in Table 1. represent a continuous response to a pulse input into a
closed vessel which is to be used as a chemical reactor. Calculate the mean residence time of fluid
in the vessel t, and tabulate and plot the exit age distribution E. (Levenspiel example 11.1)

Tracer output
Time, min concentration,
Cpulse gm/l fluid
0 0
5 3
10 5
15 5
20 4
25 2
30 1
35 0

Q. 2. A large tank (860 liters) is used as a gas-liquid contactor. Gas bubbles up through the vessel and
out the top, liquid flows in at one part and out the other at 5 liters/s. To get an idea of the flow
pattern of liquid in this tank a pulse of tracer (M = 150 gm) is injected at the liquid inlet and
measured at the outlet, as shown in Fig. 1. Determine

(a) Is this a properly done experiment?

(b) If so, find the liquid fraction in the vessel.

(c) the E curve for the liquid.

(d) Qualitatively what do you think is happening in the vessel? (Levenspiel example 11.2)

Fig.1

Q. 3. Let us illustrate the use of the convolution equation, with a very simple example in which we want
to find Cout given Cin, and the E curve for the vessel, as shown in Fig. 2. (Levenspiel example
11.3)
Fig. 2

Q. 4. The vessel of Question. 1 is to be used as a reactor for a liquid decomposing with rate
−𝑟𝐴 = 𝑘𝐶𝐴 , 𝑘 = 0.307 𝑚𝑖𝑛−1
Find the fraction of reactant unconverted in the real reactor and compare this with the fraction
unconverted in a plug flow reactor of the same size. (Levenspiel example 11.4)
𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟
Q. 5. Dispersed non-coalescing droplets (CAo = 2 mol/liter) react (𝐴 → 𝑅, −𝑟𝐴 = 𝑘𝐶𝐴2 , 𝑘 = 0.5 𝑚𝑜𝑙.𝑚𝑖𝑛)

as they pass through a contactor. Find the average concentration of A remaining in the droplets leaving
the contactor if their RTD is given by the curve in Fig. 3. (Levenspiel example 11.5)

Fig. 3
Q. 6. A pulse input to a vessel gives the results shown in Fig. 4. Check (a) the material balance with the
tracer curve to see whether the results are consistent. (b) If the result is consistent, determine t, V and
sketch the E curve. (Levenspiel 11.1)

Fig. 4
Q. 7. Repeat Question-6 with one change: The tracer curve is now as shown in Fig. 5. (Levenspiel 11.2)

Fig. 5
Q. 8. A pulse input to a vessel gives the results shown in Fig. 6. Find (a) Are the results consistent?
(Check the material balance with the experimental tracer curve.) (b) If the results are consistent,
determine the amount of tracer introduced M, and the E curve. (Levenspiel 11.3)
Fig. 6
Q. 9. A pipeline (10 cm I.D., 19.1 m long) simultaneously transports gas and liquid from here to there.
The volumetric flow rate of gas and liquid are 60 000 cm3/s and 300 cm3/s, respectively. Pulse tracer
tests on the fluids flowing through the pipe give results as shown in Fig. 7. What fraction of the pipe is
occupied by gas and what fraction by liquid? (Levenspiel 11.6)

Fig. 7
Q. 10. A liquid macrofluid reacts according to 𝐴 → 𝑅 as it flows through a vessel. Find the conversion
𝑚𝑜𝑙 0.5
of A for the flow patterns of Fig. 8. Given: CAo = 1 mol/liter , −𝑟𝐴 = 𝑘𝐶𝐴0.5 , 𝑘 = 2
𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟 0.5 .𝑚𝑖𝑛

(Levenspiel 11.7)

Fig. 8

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