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Chemical Reactor Design Homework 2

This homework assignment covers material from Chapter 1 and involves solving problems related to chemical reactor design. The problems involve determining time to consume reactants, concentrations over time, volume of continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTR) and plug flow reactors (PFR) needed based on feed rates and conversions, developing mole balances for species in an unsteady CSTR, and optional extra credit problems. Students are instructed to work with concentrations rather than conversions and show any computational work.

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Chemical Reactor Design Homework 2

This homework assignment covers material from Chapter 1 and involves solving problems related to chemical reactor design. The problems involve determining time to consume reactants, concentrations over time, volume of continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTR) and plug flow reactors (PFR) needed based on feed rates and conversions, developing mole balances for species in an unsteady CSTR, and optional extra credit problems. Students are instructed to work with concentrations rather than conversions and show any computational work.

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CHE 354-001 Chemical Reactor Design Homework #2

Spring 2021 Due 1/29/21


Note: This homework covers material from Chapter 1. Please work in terms of concentration
when solving these problems. Do not work in terms of conversion.

1. The elementary gas phase reaction A → B is carried out in a 1,000 L constant-volume batch
reactor initially charged with 8,000 mol species A. At the operating temperature, the value of
the rate constant is 0.14 h-1.
a. Determine the time it will take (in hours) to consume 90% of species A.
b. What will be the concentration of species A (in mol/L) after 8 h?
c. What will be the concentration of species B (in mol/L) after 8 h?
d. Plot the concentrations of species A and B over 25 h.

2. Given the elementary liquid phase reaction A + B → C with kA = 0.35 L/mol·h.


a. Calculate the concentration of species A after 3 h in a batch reactor if CA0 = CB0 = 8 M.
b. Calculate the volume of a CSTR necessary to consume 95% of species A if the feed is
equimolar in A and B with CA0 = 8 mol/L and υo = 1 L/h. What if υo = 5 L/h?
c. Repeat part b for a PFR.
d. Why does the value in parts b and c change when υo changes? Explain in 2-4 sentences.

3. The reaction A + B → 2C takes place in an unsteady CSTR. The feed contains only A and B
in equimolar proportions. Develop mole balances for each species using rA for each (write rB
and rC in terms of rA).

4. Fogler P1-6 Note: You must attach any Polymath or MATLAB output (including code,
graphs, etc.).

5. Optional bonus problem (3 pts extra credit): Fogler P1-2 part (a).

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