Chapter 3 –Part 2

Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) is the

field that studies the rates and mechanisms of
chemical reactions and the design of the reactors in
which they take place.

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Chapter 3- Part 2
 Block 1
 Mole Balances
 Size CSTRs and PFRs given –rA=f(X)
 Block 2
 Rate Laws
 Reaction Orders
 Arrhenius Equation
 Block 3
 Stoichiometry
 Stoichiometric Table
 Definitions of Concentration
 Calculate the Equilibrium Conversion, Xe

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Review Chapter 2
Reactor Mole Balances Summary
in terms of conversion, X
Reactor Differential Algebraic Integral
X
X
dX
Batch N A0
dX
 r AV t  N A0 
dt 0
 rAV
t
FA 0 X
CSTR V
rA
X
dX V  FA0 
dX
PFR FA 0  rA
dV  0
 rA
X
X
dX dX
PBR
 FA 0   rA W  FA0 
3 dW 0
 rA
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W
Review Chapter 2
Levenspiel Plots

FA 0
rA

 X

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Review Chapter 2
PFR

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Reactors in Series

moles of A reacted up to point i

Xi 
moles of A fed to first reactor
Only valid if there are no side streams

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Reactors in Series

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Two steps to get rA  f X 

Step 1: Rate Law  rA  g Ci 


Step 2: Stoichiometry Ci   h X 

Step 3: Combine to get  rA  f  X 

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Review Chapter 3
Building Block 2: Rate Laws
Power Law Model:
  α order in A
 rA  kC A C B
β order in B
Overall Rection Order  α  β
2 A  B  3C
A reactor follows an elementary rate law if the reaction
orders just happens to agree with the stoichiometric
coefficients for the reaction as written.
e.g. If the above reaction follows an elementary rate law
 rA  k AC A2C B
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2nd order in A, 1st order in B, overall third order
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Arrhenius Equation

k  Ae  E RT
k
T k  A
E = Activation energy (cal/mol)
T 0k 0
R = Gas constant (cal/mol*K)
T = Temperature (K) T
A = Frequency factor (same units as rate constant k)
(units of A, and k, depend on overall reaction order)

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Review Chapter 3
Reaction Engineering

Mole Balance Rate Laws Stoichiometry

These topics build upon one another

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Review Chapter 3
Algorithm
How to find  rA  f  X 

Step 1: Rate Law  rA  g Ci 

Step 2: Stoichiometry Ci   h X 

Step 3: Combine to get  rA  f  X 

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Building Block 3: Stoichiometry

We shall set up Stoichiometry Tables using species
A as our basis of calculation in the following
reaction. We will use the stoichiometric tables to
express the concentration as a function of
conversion. We will combine Ci = f(X) with the
appropriate rate law to obtain -rA = f(X).

b c d
A  B C  D
a a a
A is the limiting reactant.
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Stoichiometry
NA  NA 0  NA 0 X
For every mole of A that reacts, b/a moles of B react. Therefore
moles of B remaining:
b æ N B0 b ö
N B = N B0 - N A0 X = N A0 ç - X÷
a è N A0 a ø
Let ΘB = NB0/NA0
Then:
 b 
N B  N A0   B  X 
 a 
c  c 
NC  NC 0  N A 0 X  N A 0 C  X 
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Batch System - Stoichiometry Table

Species Symbol Initial Change Remaining
A A NA0 -NA0X NA=NA0(1-X)
B B NB0=NA0ΘB -b/aNA0X NB=NA0(ΘB-b/aX)
C C NC0=NA0ΘC +c/aNA0X NC=NA0(ΘC+c/aX)

D D ND0=NA0ΘD +d/aNA0X ND=NA0(ΘD+d/aX)

Inert I NI0=NA0ΘI ---------- NI=NA0ΘI
FT0 NT=NT0+δNA0X
Ni0 Ci 00 Ci 0 yi 0 d c b
Where:      and      1
N A0 C A00 C A0 y A0
i
a a a
δ = change in total number of mol per mol A reacted
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Stoichiometry Constant Volume Batch

Note: If the reaction occurs in the liquid phase
or
if a gas phase reaction occurs in a rigid (e.g. steel)
batch reactor

Then V  V0
NA N A 0 1  X 
CA    CA 0 1  X 
V V0
NB N A 0  b   b 
CB  
 B  X  CA 0 B  X 
V V0  a   a 

etc.
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Stoichiometry Constant Volume Batch

Suppose rA  kA CA2 CB

Batch: V  V0

æ b ö
-rA = kAC (1- X ) ç QB - X ÷
3
A0
2

è a ø
Equimolar feed: B  1
b
Stoichiometric feed:  B 
a
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Stoichiometry Constant Volume Batch

If  rA  k AC A2 C B , then

 b 
 rA  C A0
3
1  X    B  X  Constant Volume Batch
2

 a 

and we have  rA  f  X 

1
 rA

X
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Batch Reactor - Example

Calculate the equilibrium conversion for gas phase
reaction, Xe .

Consider the following elementary reaction with

KC=20 dm3/mol and CA0=0.2 mol/dm3.
Find Xe for a batch reactor.

2A  B
 2 CB 
 rA  k A C A  
 KC 
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 Chapter 3

Batch Reactor - Example

Calculate Xe C A0  0.2 mol dm 3
K C  20 dm 3 mol
dX  r V
Step 1:  A
dt N A0
Step 2: rate law:  rA  k A C 2A  k B C B
 2 CB 
 rA  k A C A  
 K C

kA
KC 
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Batch Reactor - Example

Symbol Initial Change Remaining
A NA0 -NA0X NA0(1-X)
B 0 ½ NA0X NA0 X/2

Totals: NT0=NA0 NT=NA0 -NA0 X/2

C Be
@ equilibrium: -rA=0 0C 2
Ae
KC
CBe N Ae
Ke  2 CAe   CA 0 1  X e 
CAe V
Xe
CBe  CA 0
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Batch Reactor - Example

Solution:
 2 C Be  C Be
At equilibrium  rA  0  k A C Ae   KC  2
 K C  C Ae
Xe
CA0
2 Xe
Ke  
CA 0 1  X e  2CA 0 1  X e 2
2

 220 0.2  8
Xe
2K e C A 0 
1  X e 2

X eb  0.703
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Flow System – Stoichiometry Table

Species Symbol Reactor Feed Change Reactor Effluent

A A FA0 -FA0X FA=FA0(1-X)
B B FB0=FA0ΘB -b/aFA0X FB=FA0(ΘB-b/aX)

Where: i  Fi0  Ci0 0  Ci0  y i0

FA 0 CA 0 0 CA 0 yA 0
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Flow System – Stoichiometry Table

Species Symbol Reactor Feed Change Reactor Effluent
C C FC0=FA0ΘC +c/aFA0X FC=FA0(ΘC+c/aX)
D D FD0=FA0ΘD +d/aFA0X FD=FA0(ΘD+d/aX)
Inert I FI0=A0ΘI ---------- FI=FA0ΘI
FT0 FT=FT0+δFA0X

Where: i  Fi 0  Ci 0 0  Ci 0  yi 0 d c
and      1
b
FA 0 C A 0 0 CA0 yA0 a a a
FA
Concentration – Flow System CA 
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Flow System – Stoichiometry Table

Species Symbol Reactor Feed Change Reactor Effluent

A A FA0 -FA0X FA=FA0(1-X)
B B FB0=FA0ΘB -b/aFA0X FB=FA0(ΘB-b/aX)
C C FC0=FA0ΘC +c/aFA0X FC=FA0(ΘC+c/aX)
D D FD0=FA0ΘD +d/aFA0X FD=FA0(ΘD+d/aX)
Inert I FI0=FA0ΘI ---------- FI=FA0ΘI
FT0 FT=FT0+δFA0X
Fi 0 C  C y d c b
Where: i   i0 0  i0  i0 and    1
FA 0 C A 0 0 C A 0 y A 0 a a a

FA
Concentration – Flow System C A 
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Stoichiometry
FA
Concentration Flow System: CA 

Liquid Phase Flow System:   0

FA FA 0 1  X 
CA    CA 0 1  X  Flow Liquid Phase
 0
N A 0 
NB b   b 
CB   B  X  CA 0B  X 
  0  a   a 
etc.
We will consider CA and CB for gas phase
reactions in the next lecture
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 Algorithm

Isothermal Design

Stoichiometry
Rate Laws
Mole Balance

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