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This document provides kinetic data and reaction rate information for several solid-catalyzed reactions. It includes experimental results from packed bed and mixed reactors, and asks questions about determining reaction orders, rate constants, and the amount of catalyst or reactor size required for various feed conditions and targeted conversions.

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Something Related To Catalysts.

This document provides kinetic data and reaction rate information for several solid-catalyzed reactions. It includes experimental results from packed bed and mixed reactors, and asks questions about determining reaction orders, rate constants, and the amount of catalyst or reactor size required for various feed conditions and targeted conversions.

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1.

The following kinetic data on the reaction AR are obtained in an experimental packed
bed reactor using various amounts of catalyst and a fixed feed rate FAO= 10 kg-mol/hr.
W, kg cat
XA

1
0.12

2
0.20

3
0.27

4
0.33

5
0.37

6
0.41

7
0.44

a.) Find the reaction rate at 40% conversion.


b.) In designing a large packed bed reactor with feed rate FAO = 400 kmol/hr how
much catalyst would be needed for 40% conversion.
c.) How much catalyst would be needed in part (b) if the reactor employed a very
large recycle of product stream.
2. The second order reaction AR is studied in a recycle reactor with very large recycle
ratio, and the following data are recorded:
Void volume of reactor:
1 liter
Weight of catalyst used:
3 gm
Feed to the reactor:
CAO = 2 mol/liter
vo = 1 liter/hr
Exit stream conditions:
CA.out = 0.5 mol/liter
(a) Find the rate constant for this reaction (give units).
(b) How much catalyst is needed in a packed bed reactor for 80%
conversion of 1000 liter/hr of feed of concentration CAO = 1 mol/liter.
No recycle.
(c) Repeat part (b) if the reactor is packed with 1 part catalyst to 4 parts
inert solid. This addition of inert helps maintain isothermal conditions
and eliminate hot spots.
Note: Assume isothermal conditions throughout.
3. Determine the order of reaction and the weight of catalyst needed for 35% conversion of
A to R for a feed of 2000 mol/hr of pure A at 117 oC and 3.2 atm. For this reaction the
stoichiometry is AR and the kinetic data are given in Example 2; also assume plug
flow in the packed bed reactor.
Note: compare answer with examples 2 and 4. The difference in values found is due to
ignoring the expansion, A in treating this system.
4. Kinetic experiments on the solid catalyzed reaction A3R are conducted at 8 atm and
700oC in a basket type mixed reactor 960 cm 3 in volume and containing 1 gm of catalyst
of diameter dp = 3 mm. Feed consisting of pure A is introduced at various rates into the
reactor and the partial pressure of A in the exit stream is measured for each feed rate. The
results are as follows:
Feed rate, liters/hr
100
22
4
1
0.6
PA,out/OA,in
0.8
0.5
0.2
0.1
0.05
Find a rate equation to represent the rate of reaction on catalyst of this size.

5. At 700oC the rate of decomposition, A3R, on a specific catalyst of given size is found
to be
r A

1 dN A
liter
CA
10
W dt
hr.gm cat

See previous problem for the data leading to this equation.) A pilot plant is to be built.
This is to be a tubular packed bed 2 cm ID using 25% of these active catalyst pellets
evenly mixed with 75% inert pellets to insure isothermal operations. For 400 mol/hr feed
consisting of 50% inert gas at 8 atm and 700 oC what must be the length of reactor so that
PA,out/OA,in = 0.111.
Data: Catalyst and inert pellets are porous, of diameter dp = 3 mm, particle density ps= 2
gm/cm3. Bulk voidage of packed bed = 50%.
6. The solid-catalyzed decomposition of gaseous A proceeds as follows:
rA kC A
AR
A tubular pilot plant reactor packed with 2 liters of catalyst is fed 2 m3/hr of pure A at
300 oC and 20 atm. Conversion of reactant is 65%.
2

In a larger plant it is desired to treat 100 m 3/hr of feed gases at 40 atm and 300 oC
containing 60% A and 40% diluents to obtain 85% conversion of A. Find the internal
volume of the reactor required.

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