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The document discusses gas phase reactions in both batch and continuous flow reactors, detailing specific calculations for moles, pressures, and flow rates. It includes examples involving the decomposition of calcium carbonate and the reaction of methanol with oxygen. Key results include the moles of air in a sealed reactor and the volumetric flow rate of an outlet stream in a continuous reactor.

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Class Examples Theme 3

The document discusses gas phase reactions in both batch and continuous flow reactors, detailing specific calculations for moles, pressures, and flow rates. It includes examples involving the decomposition of calcium carbonate and the reaction of methanol with oxygen. Key results include the moles of air in a sealed reactor and the volumetric flow rate of an outlet stream in a continuous reactor.

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Example 1: Gas phase components in a BATCH reactor – (also: Engineering judgement, assumptions, finding information)

100 g of calcium carbonate 𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑶𝑶𝟑𝟑 is sealed in a fixed volume reactor at 25°C. The volume of the reactor is 𝑽𝑽 =
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝑳𝑳. The temperature and pressure of the contents of the reactor just after it is sealed is 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 and 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂 . The
reactor is not evacuated by any means – this implies that it also contains AIR (𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑴𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐). The reactor is now
heated to 𝑻𝑻 = 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔. At this temperature calcium carbonate decomposes according to the reaction:
𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑶𝑶𝟑𝟑 𝒔𝒔 → 𝑪𝑪𝒂𝒂𝑶𝑶 𝒔𝒔 + 𝑪𝑪𝑶𝑶𝟐𝟐 𝐠𝐠

a) Determine the moles of AIR in the sealed reactor – does this change during the process? (Ans: 𝟎𝟎. 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎)
b) What is the partial pressure and mole fraction of AIR in the reactor when the decomposition of 𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑶𝑶𝟑𝟑 is 30%
complete? (Ans: 𝒑𝒑𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌, 𝒚𝒚𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨 = 𝟎𝟎. 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 )

𝑷𝑷𝒐𝒐 = 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂 𝑷𝑷𝒇𝒇 = ? 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂


𝚫𝚫 𝒕𝒕
𝑻𝑻𝒐𝒐 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝑲𝑲 𝑻𝑻𝒇𝒇 = 𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗 𝑲𝑲

𝑽𝑽𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔,𝒐𝒐 = 𝑽𝑽𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔,𝒇𝒇 = 𝟎𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒎𝒎𝟑𝟑

At 𝒕𝒕 = 𝟎𝟎: At 𝒕𝒕 = 𝒇𝒇:
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒏𝒏𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑶𝑶𝟑𝟑 ,𝒇𝒇 , 𝒏𝒏𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪,𝒇𝒇 , 𝒏𝒏𝑪𝑪𝑶𝑶𝟐𝟐 ,𝒇𝒇 , 𝒏𝒏𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨,𝒇𝒇
𝒏𝒏𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑶𝑶𝟑𝟑 ,𝟎𝟎 = = 𝟏𝟏 𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝒏𝒏𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨,𝒐𝒐 = ?
Example 2: Gas phase components in a CONTINUOUS flow reactor (Refer to Theme 1 class example for initial calculations)

In a laboratory scale continuous flow reactor, 50 [Link]-1 of methanol (CH3OH, MM = 32) is fed to a reactor with 30
[Link]-1 of oxygen (O2). All reactants and products are present in the gas phase. Only 50% of the limiting reactant is
converted to products. The pressure of the inlet stream to the reactor is 𝑷𝑷𝑭𝑭 = 𝟑𝟑 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂 . The temperature of the
outlet product stream is controlled at 𝑻𝑻𝒐𝒐𝒐𝒐𝒐𝒐 = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 °𝑪𝑪
a) What is the volumetric flow rate of the outlet stream from the reactor in [Link]-1? (Ans: 57.9 [Link]-1)
b) What is the volume % of 𝑯𝑯𝟐𝟐 𝑶𝑶 in the outlet stream from the reactor? (Ans: 27%)
𝟏𝟏
𝑪𝑪𝑯𝑯𝟑𝟑 𝑶𝑶𝑶𝑶 + 𝑶𝑶𝟐𝟐 → 𝑯𝑯𝑯𝑯𝑯𝑯𝑯𝑯 + 𝑯𝑯𝟐𝟐 𝑶𝑶
𝟐𝟐

From Class Example in Theme 1 Slides:


𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦 𝝃𝝃 = 𝟎𝟎. 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕
𝒏𝒏𝑪𝑪𝑯𝑯𝟑𝟑𝑶𝑶𝑶𝑶,𝑭𝑭 = 𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓
𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦 F P
Reactor 𝒏𝒏̇ 𝑶𝑶𝟐𝟐,𝑷𝑷 = 𝟎𝟎. 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓, 𝒏𝒏̇ 𝑯𝑯𝑯𝑯𝑯𝑯𝑯𝑯,𝑷𝑷 = 𝟎𝟎. 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕, 𝒏𝒏̇ 𝑯𝑯𝟐𝟐 𝑶𝑶,𝑷𝑷 = 𝟎𝟎. 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕,
𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦
𝒏𝒏𝑶𝑶𝟐𝟐,𝑭𝑭 = 𝟎𝟎. 𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗
𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦 𝒏𝒏̇ 𝑪𝑪𝑯𝑯𝟑𝟑 𝑶𝑶𝑶𝑶,𝑷𝑷 = 𝟎𝟎. 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕 𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎. 𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒆−𝟏𝟏
𝒏𝒏̇ 𝑷𝑷 = 𝒏𝒏̇ 𝑭𝑭 + � 𝝂𝝂𝒊𝒊 𝝃𝝃
𝟎𝟎. 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕
𝒊𝒊 ⇒ 𝒏𝒏̇ 𝑷𝑷 = 𝟐𝟐. 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎. 𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒎𝒏𝒏−𝟏𝟏 𝒚𝒚𝑯𝑯𝟐𝟐 𝑶𝑶 = = 𝟎𝟎. 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
𝑻𝑻𝑷𝑷 = 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕 𝑲𝑲, 𝑷𝑷 =? 𝟐𝟐. 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖

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