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This document contains 3 problems related to chemical engineering process design: 1. The first problem involves the production of acetic anhydride from acetone and acetic acid in two stages, with calculations required to determine the economic potential assuming 100% yield by suppressing an unwanted side reaction. 2. The second problem provides experimental rate data for a simple reaction and asks to determine the kinetic order and rate constant. 3. The third problem involves determining residence times for 95% conversion of component A in different reactor configurations, including mixed-flow and plug-flow reactors, for an irreversible first-order reaction.

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This document contains 3 problems related to chemical engineering process design: 1. The first problem involves the production of acetic anhydride from acetone and acetic acid in two stages, with calculations required to determine the economic potential assuming 100% yield by suppressing an unwanted side reaction. 2. The second problem provides experimental rate data for a simple reaction and asks to determine the kinetic order and rate constant. 3. The third problem involves determining residence times for 95% conversion of component A in different reactor configurations, including mixed-flow and plug-flow reactors, for an irreversible first-order reaction.

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Chemical Engineering Department

CEB 4013 – Process Plant Design


Problem Set - 1

1. Acetic anhydride is to be produced from acetone and acetic acid. In the first stage of the process,
acetone is decomposed at 700◦C and 1.013 bar to ketene via the reaction:

Unfortunately, some of the ketene formed decomposes further to form unwanted ethylene and
carbon monoxide via the reaction:

Laboratory studies of these reactions indicate that the ketene selectivity S (kmol ketene formed
per kmol acetone converted) varies with conversion X (kmol acetone reacted per kmol acetone
fed) follows the relationship:

The second stage of the process requires the ketene to be reacted with glacial acetic acid at 80C
and 1.013 bar to produce acetic anhydride via the reaction:

The values of the chemicals involved, together with their molar masses are given in Table 1.1

Table 1.1: Data for acetic anhydride production

Assuming the plant will produce 15,000 t/y acetic anhydride, calculate the economic potential
assuming the side reaction can be suppressed and hence obtain 100% yield.
2. Experimental data for a simple reaction showing the rate of change of reactant with time are
given in Table 1.2

Table 1.2: Experimental data for a simple reaction

a. Show that the data gives a kinetic equation of order 1.5.


b. Determine the rate constant.

3. Component A reacts to form Component B in an irreversible reaction in the liquid phase. The
kinetics are first order with respect to A with reaction rate constant kA = 0.003/min.

Find the residence times for 95% conversion of A for:


a. A mixed-flow reactor.
b. 3 mixed-flow reactors in series of equal volume.
c. A plug-flow reactor.

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