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Reactor Design: Batch & Continuous Calculations

The document presents a tutorial on reactor design, specifically focusing on a liquid phase reaction A+B→C in a 500 dm3 reactor. It includes calculations for time to reach 90% conversion in batch and continuous flow reactors, considering different reaction orders and equilibrium conditions. The tutorial aims to provide practical applications of reactor design principles through various scenarios and calculations.

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Reactor Design: Batch & Continuous Calculations

The document presents a tutorial on reactor design, specifically focusing on a liquid phase reaction A+B→C in a 500 dm3 reactor. It includes calculations for time to reach 90% conversion in batch and continuous flow reactors, considering different reaction orders and equilibrium conditions. The tutorial aims to provide practical applications of reactor design principles through various scenarios and calculations.

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Introduction to Reactor Design IRDCHA3

Tutorial Six

Question One

The elementary liquid phase reaction


A+B→C
is carried out in a 500 dm3 reactor. The entering concentrations of streams A and B
are both 2-molar and the specific reaction rate is 0.01 dm3/(mol*min).
1.1 Calculate the time to reach 90%conversion if the reactor is a batch reactor
filled to the brim.
1.2 Assuming a stoichiometric feed (10 mol A/min) to a continuous flow reactor,
calculate the reactor volume and space-time to achieve 90% conversion if the
reactor is
1.2.1 CSTR
1.2.2 PFR
1.3 Redo questions (a) and (b) assuming the reaction is first-order in B and zero-
order in A with k = 0.01 /min.
1.4 Assume the reaction is reversible with Ke = 2 dm3/mol. Calculate the
equilibrium conversion and the CSTR and PFR volumes necessary to achieve 98%
of the equilibrium conversion.

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