REACTOR DESIGN

CONTINUOUS AGITATED TANK REACTOR (CATR) WITH

PROBLEM 2.01. In a continuous process, an aqueous solution of an ester is hydrolyzed.

of monobasic organic acid by aqueous reaction of NaOH in a RCTA that contains

6 m3of liquid. Inside the reactor, there is a submerged coil that maintains the

reaction temperature at 25°C. Based on the data given below, estimate

the heat transmission area required if the cooling water enters the coil

it leaves at 20 °C. The heat losses from the reactor to the

surroundings.

Data and notes:

Ester solution: flow rate: 0.025 m325 °C3

Alkaline solution: flow rate: 0.010 m320 °C3

Reaction rate constant at 25 °C: 0.11 m3/kmol·s

Reaction heat: -1.46·107J/kmol

Global heat transmission coefficient: 2280 W/m2·K

REACTOR

TYPE: RCTA + I.C.

N° REACCIONES: 1

PHASE: LIQUID
BALANCE OF MATERIAL: 0
. + . =0

∗
ENERGY BALANCE: − ∗=
0− . = = .∑ .
, being
̅
. .( − )
0

REACTION

2
SCHEMA: − + → − + 2

1
1+ 2 → 3+ 4

THERMODYNAMICS: Exothermic

∆ 0= −1.46 × 107 / = −146000 kJ/mol

KINETICS: = . 1. 2 = 10 . (1− ( .) 20− 10 . )

= 0.11 3/ .

DATA

ENTRY:

0= 0.025 + 0.010 = 0.0353 /

(25 × 0.025) + (20 × 0.010)

1× 0.025 3
10= = 0.714 /
0.035

5 t i m e s 0.010
20= = 1.429f78o1/23
0.035
REACTOR:

= 25° C= 298K

=6 3

=?

INTERCHANGE

= 2280 / 2. = 2.28J/s. 2.

= 15°= 298K
0

= 20° = 293

RESULTS

SOLUTION: = 8.7 2
PROBLEM 2.02. In an RCTA, the irreversible endothermic reaction develops.

liquid phase 1+ 2 → 3The reactor is heated by a steam jacket to the

adequate pressure. The food consists of a mixture of A and 1A, in 2which the

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the concentration of both components is the same and equal to 2 kmol/m, which is introduced

-3 3 The
in the reactor at a temperature of 300K, with a volumetric flow rate of 30·10 m/min.

The total reaction volume is 1.2 m and3a conversion degree of 0.6 is desired.

from1A.

a) Find the steady-state temperature at which the reactor must operate to

achieve the desired conversion degree.

b) Calculate the temperature at which the heating steam should condense.

c) Determine the kg of heating steam that will condense per hour.

Data and notes

The reaction speed can be expressed as = × 1× 2in which k comes

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expressed in m/kmol·h, being 1.035 for a temperature of 300 K, varies with the

temperature according to Arrhenius' law with an activation energy of 10000 kJ/kmol.

The reaction heat at 300K is 41860 kJ/kmol of A and the

means, for the temperature range of the problem, can be considered to have the

following values:

̅ 1= ̅ 2 = 83.7 / . ̅ 3= 167.4 / .
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The heat transfer surface area is 6 m and the overall coefficient of

heat transfer from the heating fluid to the reacting mixture is 15070

2 The latent heat of vaporization of water (in kcal/kg) as a function of

temperature (in degrees Celsius) can be expressed as = 606.5 − 0.695 ×

REACTOR

TYPE: RCTA+I.C.

N° REACCIONES: 1

Phase: Liquid

MATERIAL BALANCE: . 0
+ . =0

∗
ENERGY BALANCE: − ∗=
0− . = = .∑ .
, being
̅
. .( − ) ×0
0

REACTION

SCHEME: 1+ 2 → 3

THERMODYNAMICS: Endothermic

∆ 0= 41860 /

̅ 1= ̅ 2 = 83.7 / . y̅ 3= 167.4 / .

−10000 = 300
KINETICS: = × [ ];{ }→ = 56.87 × [−1201.92]
8.32× = 1.0353 / .ℎ

= × 1× 2 = 56.87 × [−1201.92] × 2
10× (1− )2
DATA

ENTRY:

3
10 = 20= 2 /

0= 300

0= 30 × 10−3 3/ = 1.8 3 /ℎ

REACTOR:

= 1.2 3

= 0.6

) , ) 0 , ) =?

SWITCH = 15070 /ℎ. 2.

=6 2

With T(°C) = 606.5 − 0.795 × ( 0

With T(K) = 2535.17 − 2.9051× ( − 273)( 0 / )

RESULTS

SOLUTION:

a) = 400

b) = 0403

c) = 69.7 /ℎ