Batch Reactor Volume Calculations
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ISOTHERMAL
PROPOSED PROBLEM 4.2
Determine the necessary volume to produce 1000Kg daily of B in a batch reactor. The reaction
that is verified in the liquid phase
Solution
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PROPOSED PROBLEM 4.2
IN A BATCH REACTOR, THE REVERSIBLE REACTION TAKES PLACE . LA
FEEDING CONTAINS A CONCENTRATION OF 1M OF A AND THE REACTION RATE IS
GIVEN BY:
OBTAIN THE ANALYTICAL SOLUTION OF THE DESIGN EQUATION AND EVALUATE THE TIME REQUIRED
PARA OBTENER UNA CONVERSION a) 76% , b) 96%
Solution
The limiting reagent is the only reagent -> a and since it is a liquid phase we can write:
So the concentrations will be:
Since the reaction is reversible, the conversion at equilibrium is taken into account:
Substituting into the velocity equation
We know that
Setting it to zero
a) Because the conversion is very
close to 76% we proceed to find the 0.76
time according to: XA
t C
( rA)
A or
0
0.76
XA
t C
( rA)
To the
0
0.76
XA
t C Ao
0
(0.04C(1 X) 0.01X
And or A
C) A Ao
0.76
XA
t C
X) 0.01X
And to
0
(0.04C(1
A or A
C) A A or
0.76
XA
t
0
(0.04(1 X) 0.01X
A A
0.76
XA
t
0
(0.04 0.05X) A
We multiply everything by 0.05
0.8 0.76
Solving the integral: 0.05t ln( )
0.8 X A
0
0.8 0.8
0.05t ln( ) ln( )
0.8 0.76 0.8 0
0.8
0.05t ln( )
0.8 0.76
0.05t 2.995
Clearing the weather is: t 60 min
b) For case b, because the conversion of 96% is very distant from the equilibrium conversion
As can be seen, it is not feasible to develop it for this design equation.
PROPOSED PROBLEM 4.3
In a small plant, only one 8-hour shift is worked to produce B in a batch reactor of 5.4.
m3The diet consists of a 2.1M solution of A. The relevant overall reaction is .The
kinetics is second order→Burden regarding A and the corresponding velocity constant for moles of
The reaction is 0.107 l/mol min. Preparing the first load of the day takes 20 min, the loads and unloads.
Intermediates in total require 10 minutes, and the download and cleanup after the last load takes 25.
Calculate the daily molar production of B if the product must contain 86% molar of B (not considering
the solvent).
Solution
Due to the problem at hand, it is known that the system operates in the liquid phase:
2A→ B
t = 0 CA0 --
t> 0 CA0xCA0CA0x/2
t = t C AC B
The problem indicates that the reaction is of second order, according to the kinetic equation:
We know that B must contain 86% molar, with which we will calculate x:
We know that B must contain 86% molar and from the reaction:
Replacing in (2):
PROBLEM PROPOSED BY THE GROUP
An aqueous feed of A and B (400 L/min, 100 mmol/L of A, 200 mmol/L of B) will be converted
in a product in a piston flow reactor. The reaction kinetics is represented by:
A + B→ R -rA200 C.C
A Bmol/L min
Calculate the volume of the reactor required to achieve 99.9% conversion of A into product.
Solution
Liquid system, so the density is constant
A + B→ R
Replacing in the velocity equation, we have:
Since the conversion is very close to 99.9%, we proceed to find the time according to:
It is known that:
It is replaced in the resulting equation:
Calculating the total volume:
We have: