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The document contains tutorial questions focused on multiple reactor systems, including calculations for concentration changes in mixed flow and plug flow reactors, reactor sizing for desired conversions, and exploring different reactor setups for chemical reactions. It covers various reaction orders and stoichiometries, providing specific scenarios for students to analyze and solve. The questions involve both theoretical understanding and practical application of reactor design principles.

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Multiple Reactor System

The document contains tutorial questions focused on multiple reactor systems, including calculations for concentration changes in mixed flow and plug flow reactors, reactor sizing for desired conversions, and exploring different reactor setups for chemical reactions. It covers various reaction orders and stoichiometries, providing specific scenarios for students to analyze and solve. The questions involve both theoretical understanding and practical application of reactor design principles.

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Tutorial Questions on Multiple Reactor System

1. A liquid reactant stream (1 mol/liter) passes through two mixed flow reactors in a series. The
concentration of A in the exit of the first reactor is 0.5 mol/liter. Find the concentration in the exit
stream of the second reactor. The reaction is second-order with respect to A and V2/V1 = 2

2. An aqueous reactant stream (4 mol A/liter) passes through a mixed flow reactor followed by a
plug flow reactor. Find the concentration at the exit of the plug flow reactor if in the mixed flow
reactor CA = 1 mol/liter. The reaction is second-order with respect to A, and the volume of the plug
flow unit is three times that of the mixed flow unit.

3. We wish to treat 10 liters/min of liquid feed containing 1 mol A/liter to 99% conversion. The
stoichiometry and kinetics of the reaction are given by

Suggest a good arrangement for doing this using two mixed flow reactors, and find the size of
the two units needed. Sketch the final design chosen

4. The elementary irreversible aqueous-phase reaction A + B → R + S is carried out isothermally


as follows. Equal volumetric flow rates of two liquid streams are introduced into a 4-liter mixing
tank. One stream contains 0.020 mol A/liter, the other 1.400 mol B/liter. The mixed stream is then
passed through a 16-liter plug flow reactor. We find that some R is formed in the mixing tank, its
concentration being 0.002 mol/liter. Assuming that the mixing tank acts as a mixed flow reactor,
find the concentration of R at the exit of the plug flow reactor as well as the fraction of initial A
that has been converted in the system.

5. We wish to explore various reactor setups for the transformation of A into R. The feed contains
99% A, 1% R; the desired product is to consist of 10% A, 90% R. The transformation takes place
by means of the elementary reaction A + R → R + R with rate constant k = 1 liter/mol . min.
The concentration of active materials is throughout. CAo + CRo = CA +CR =Co = 1 mol/liter.
What reactor holding time will yield a product in which CR = 0.9 mol/liter (a) in a plug flow
reactor, (b) in a mixed flow reactor, and (c) in a minimum-size setup without recycle?
6. The isothermal decomposition reaction A → 3B is carried out in the flow reactors. The
laboratory measurements of the chemical reaction rate as a function of conversion are given in the
following table

XA 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.85


(-rA) 0.0053 0.0052 0.005 0.0045 0.04 0.003 0.0025 0.0018 0.0013 0.001
where, (-rA) is in mol/dm3.s

The temperature was 422 K, the total pressure 1.01 x103 KPa, and the initial charges are consisting
of an equimolar mixture of A and inerts. The gas mixture enters the reactor with a flow of 6 dm3/s.
The ideal gas constant is R = 8.309 kpa.dm3/mol.k. Using graphical method:

(a) Calculate the volume necessary to achieve 80% in one CSTR.


(b) Calculate the total volume to two CSTRs necessary to achieve 80% conversion when
intermediate conversion is 40%.
(c) Calculate the volume necessary to achieve 80% conversion in one PFR.
(d) Calculate the total volume of two PFR's necessity to achieve 80% conversion if intermediate
conversion is 40%.
(e) Calculate the individual reactor volume as well as the total reactor volume for a sequence of
CSTR and PFR in series when the intermediate conversion is 40%.
(f) Calculate the individual reactor volume as well as the total reactor volume for a sequence of a
PFR and a CSTR in series when the intermediate conversion is 40%.
7. A first order irreversible reaction A →B is carried out in PFR followed by unequally sized
CSTR in series. The concentration of A in the feed is 1K mol/ m3 and the space time in each reactor
is 3600S. The rate constant is 1/ 3600 s-1. Find the conversion of A at the exit of the system as
shown in Figure below

CA,O V1 CA,1 CA,2

XA,O XA,1 V2 XA,2

Figure: Reactors in arrangement for two reactor (PFR-CSTR) in series

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