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The document consists of a series of exercises and assignments related to chemical reaction engineering, focusing on determining reaction orders and rate constants using various methods such as integral, differential, and least squares. It includes data from batch reactors for different reactions, including the decomposition of dimethyl ether and reactions involving methanol and triphenyl. Each section requires the application of specific mathematical techniques to analyze concentration-time data and derive kinetic parameters.

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The document consists of a series of exercises and assignments related to chemical reaction engineering, focusing on determining reaction orders and rate constants using various methods such as integral, differential, and least squares. It includes data from batch reactors for different reactions, including the decomposition of dimethyl ether and reactions involving methanol and triphenyl. Each section requires the application of specific mathematical techniques to analyze concentration-time data and derive kinetic parameters.

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Chemical Reaction Engineering I Worksheet on Chapter on Five (Tutorial #3#)

1. Measured concentrations as a function of time in a constant volume batch reactor are


tabulated. Determine the order of the reaction and the rate constant using integral method.
t, min 0 5 13 20 30
CA, mol/L 5 0.93 0.41 0.27 0.18

2. The reaction A B + C was carried out in a constant-volume batch reactor where the
following concentration measurements were recorded as a function of time.

t(min) 0 5 9 15 22 30 40 60
3
CA(mol/dm ) 2.50 1.69 1.35 1.05 0.82 0.66 0.53 0.37
Use integral method determine the reaction order α and the specific reaction rate k. (Assignment)

3. The Concentration with the corresponding reaction time recorded during an experiment in
batch reactor was given in the table below.

t, min 0 3 5 7
CA, mol/L 4.4 2.5 1.3 0.45
The fourth order polynomial fitting equation of concentration as a function of time was
2 3 4
correlated as: C A=5−1.2366 t+ 0.0777 t +0.0029 t −0.0003 t
Determine the reaction order and reaction rate constant? Use differential method

4. The Liquid-phase reaction of methanol and triphenyl takes place in batch reactor at 25°C.

CH3OH + (C6H5)3CCl (C6H5)3COCH3 + HCl

A B C D

For an equal molar feeds, the following concentration-time data was obtained for methanol:

CA(mol/dm3) 1 0.75 0.55 0.40 0.30 0.25


t(h) 0 10 20 30 40 50
Determine the rate law and rate law parameters. Use least square method.

5. The Liquid-phase reaction of methanol and triphenyl takes place in batch reactor at 25°C.
CH3OH + (C6H5)3 CCl (C6H5)3COCH3 + HCl

A B C D

The following concentration time data was carried out for an initial methanol concentration of
0.1mol/dm3 and an initial triphenyl concentration of 0.3 mol/dm3:

CA(mol/dm3) 0.1 0.075 0.055 0.04 0.03 0.025


t(h) 0 1 2 3 4 5
Determine the rate law and rate law parameters. Use least square method? Assignment
6. The Liquid-phase reaction of methanol and triphenyl takes place in batch reactor at 25°C.
CH3OH + (C6H5)3 CCl (C6H5)3COCH3 + HCl

A B C D

The following concentration time data was carried out for an initial methanol concentration of
0.1mol/dm3 and an initial triphenyl concentration of 1.0mol/dm3:

CA(mol/dm3) 0.1 0.075 0.055 0.04 0.03 0.025


t(h) 0 1 2 3 4 5
Determine the rate law and rate law parameters. Use differential method?

7. An irreversible reaction, (CH3)2O CH 4 + H2 + CO is a gas-phase constant-volume


o
decomposition of dimethyl ether at 504 C in a batch reactor. Initially, only (CH3)2O was present.
Determine the reaction order α and specific reaction rate k.

t(s) 0 390 780 1170 1560 1950


PT(mmHg) 300 400 500 600 700 800
Use integral and deferential (graphical, numerical) methods to compute α and k. Assignment

8. A given A B + C is an irreversible, gas phase, constant volume decomposition reaction.


The following data were obtained at 250C:

t(min) 10 20 30 40 50 60
3
CA(mol/dm ) 2.45 1.74 1.23 0.88 0.62 0.44
Determine reaction rate parameters? (Use linear least square method).

9. The gas-phase decomposition is carried out in a constant -volume batch reactor. Runs 1 through
6 were carried out at 100oC. From the data in the table below, determine the reaction order
and reaction rate constant.

Run Initial concentration,CA0(mol/lliter) Half-life,t1/2 (min)


1 0.0250 4.1
2 0.0133 7.7
3 0.010 9.8
4 0.05 1.96
5 0.075 1.3

10. A given reaction A B is starting with initial concentration CA0 = 4.0 millimol/liter. The
following kinetic data are obtained in a batch reactor:
CA(milimol/liter) 2 1.2 0.6 0.35 0.2 0.1 0.06 0.03 0.018 0.009 0.005
t(hr) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Determine reaction rate parameters.


11. For the reaction A + B C + D, the rate parameters were determined using initial rate
method. Initial rates at corresponding initial reactant concentrations were given as follows for
two cases. Take the Units of concentration in moldm-3 and rate in moldm-3s-1.

Case 1: keeping CB0 constant Case 2: keeping CA0 constant


Run CA0 CB0 r0 Run CA0 CB0 r0

1 1 1 8.7*10^-4 1 1 1 8.7*10^-4

2 2 1 3.48*10^-3 2 1 5 4.35*10^-3

3 4 1 1.39*10^-2 3 1 10 8.69*10^-3

4 6 1 3.13*10^-2

Find the rate parameters?

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