CH2059 – Chemical Reaction
Engineering (CRE)
CHAPTER 2 – EXERCISE
Interpretation of Batch Reactor
Data
Chapter 2
2.1 Liquid A decomposes by first-order kinetics, and in a batch reactor 50% of A is
converted in a 5-minute run. How much longer would it take to reach 75% conversion?
2.2 Repeat the problem 2.1 for second-order kinetics.
2.3 A 10-minute experimental run shows that 75% of liquid reactant is converted to
product by a 1/2-order rate. What would be the fraction converted in a half-hour run?
2.4 After 8 minutes in a batch reactor, reactant (CAo = 1 mol/liter) is 80% converted;
after 18 minutes, conversion is 90%. Find a rate equation to represent this reaction.
2.5 The first-order reversible liquid reaction
takes place in a batch reactor. After 8 minutes, conversion of A is 33.3% while
equilibrium conversion is 66.7%. Find the rate equation for this reaction
2.6 Aqueous A reacts to form R (A -> R) and in the first minute in a batch reactor its
concentration drops from CAo = 2.03 mol/liter to CAf = 1.97 mol/liter. Find the rate
equation for the reaction if the kinetics are second- order with respect to A.
Chapter 2
2.7 Aqueous A at a concentration CA0 = 1 mol/liter is introduced into a batch reactor
where it reacts away to form product R according to stoichiometry A -> R. The
concentration of A in the reactor is monitored at various times, as shown below:
For CAo = 500 mol/m3 find the conversion of reactant after 5 hours in the batch
reactor.
2.8 For the decomposition A -> R, CAo = 1 mol/liter, in a batch reactor conversion is
75% after 1 hour, and is just complete after 2 hours. Find a rate equation to represent
these kinetics.
Chapter 2
2.9 Find the conversion after 1 hour in a batch reactor for
2.10 The data in Table on the reaction of sulfuric acid with diethylsulfate in aqueous
solution at 22.9OC:
Initial concentrations of H2SO4 and (C2H5)2SO4 are each 5.5 mol/liter. Find a rate
equation for this reaction.
Chapter 2
2.11 The following data are obtained at O°C in a constant-volume batch
reactor using pure gaseous A:
The stoichiometry of the decomposition is A -> 2.5R. Find a rate equation which
satisfactorily represents this decomposition.
Chapter 2 – Half-life method
2.12 Find the overall order of the irreversible reaction
from the following constant-volume data using equimolar amounts of
hydrogen and nitric oxide:
Chapter 2
2.13 At room temperature sucrose is hydrolyzed by the catalytic action of
the enzyme sucrase as follows:
Starting with a sucrose concentration CAo = 1.0 millimol/liter and an
enzyme concentration CEO = 0.01 millimole/liter, the following kinetic data
are obtained in a batch reactor (concentrations calculated from optical
rotation measurements)
Determine whether these data can be reasonably fitted by a kinetic equation of the
Michaelis-Menten type, or
If the fit is reasonable, evaluate the constants k3 and CM. Solve by the integral method.