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1. Write differential equations describing the concentration of species A (CA1 and CA2) as a function of time in a two-tank reactor system with back mixing and constant flows. 2. Plot the function f(t) for 0 ≤ t ≤ 5 given its Laplace transform. 3. Solve the given differential equation for the function y(t).

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Last Name, First CHE426:: F C V C V C F + F F C

1. Write differential equations describing the concentration of species A (CA1 and CA2) as a function of time in a two-tank reactor system with back mixing and constant flows. 2. Plot the function f(t) for 0 ≤ t ≤ 5 given its Laplace transform. 3. Solve the given differential equation for the function y(t).

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CHE426: Problem set #3
(Need to show all the works. Except for plot or numerical calculation, Matlab solutions
are not acceptable)

1. An isothermal, first-order, irreversible reaction A B with rate constant k takes place in


the liquid phase in a constant-volume reactor. Due to imperfect mixing, the reactor system
can be modeled as a two-tank system with back mixing as shown in the sketch below3.

F + FR
F V1 V2 F
CA0 CA1 CA2 CA2
FR

Assuming F and FR are constant, write the differential equations describing the concentration
CA1 and CA1 as function of time. Do not solve the equations.

2. If a forcing function f(t) has the Laplace transform

1 e s e2 s e 3s
f(s) = +
s s2 s

Plot f(t) for 0 t 5.

3. Solve the following equation for y(t)

t dy
2 0
y( )d =
dt
+ 3y y(0) = 1

4. Express the function given in Fig. 3-4 in the t-domain and the s-domain

Figure 3-4
5. Sketch the following functions:
a) f(t) = u(t) 2u(t 1) + u(t 3)
b) f(t) = 3tu(t) 3u(t 1) u(t 2)

6. Determine f(t) at t = 1.5 and at t = 3 for the following function:

f(t) = 0.5 u(t) 0.5 u(t 1) + (t 3) u(t 2)

7. Find the solution to the following differential equations using Laplace


Transforms.
a) y + y = (t) , y(0) = 0
b) y+ y = (t 1), y(0) = 0

8. For the following transforms, find lim f(t).


t

1
(a) f(s) =
s ( s 1) 2
1
(b) f(s) =
s ( s 1) 2

9. Develop the dynamic model equations for the continuous stirred tank (CST) thermal mixer
shown in Figure 3.9.
(F1)spe c
FC

FT
F1 F2

T1 T2

TT

Figure 3.9 Schematic of a CST thermal mixing process.

The process parameters and variables are defined as:


F1: mass flow rate of stream 1 (initially 5 kg/s)
F2: mass flow rate of stream 2 (5 kg/s)
M: mass of liquid in the mixer (100 kg) = constant (perfect level control)
T1: temperature of stream 1 (25oC)
T2: temperature of stream 2 (75oC)
t: time (s)
v: the time constant for the flow controller on stream 1 (2 s)
Ts: the time constant for the temperature sensor on the product stream (6 s), the
dynamic model for the sensor is

dTs 1
= (T Ts)
dt Ts

where T is the liquid temperature in the tank and Ts is the sensor temperature.

At time equal to 10 seconds, a step change in the special flow rate for stream 1 is made from
5 kg/s to 4 kg/s. Plot the product stream temperature and the sensor temperature from 0 to
100 s. Use Matlab to plot and label the graph with your name using the Title command.
Note: The solution to this problem is in reference (4).

References

1. D.R. Coughanowr and S. LeBlanc, Process Systems Analysis and Control, McGraw-Hill,
3nd edition, 2008.
2. Mass Transfer by Hines and Maddox.
3. Process Modeling, Simulation, and Control for Chemical Engineers by Luyben.
4. Chemical and Bio-Process Control by James B. Riggs and M. Nazmul Karim

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