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CHE 416 - Module 2

This document provides information about the Chemical Reaction Engineering II course offered at Landmark University. It includes the course code, credits, lecturer information, office location and consultation hours. The course content covers various topics related to ideal reactors including classification of reactors, material and energy balances, design equations for batch, mixed flow and plug flow reactors. It presents the characteristics of these three ideal reactors and provides examples of using the design equations to solve problems for a single reaction occurring in each reactor type.

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CHE 416 - Module 2

This document provides information about the Chemical Reaction Engineering II course offered at Landmark University. It includes the course code, credits, lecturer information, office location and consultation hours. The course content covers various topics related to ideal reactors including classification of reactors, material and energy balances, design equations for batch, mixed flow and plug flow reactors. It presents the characteristics of these three ideal reactors and provides examples of using the design equations to solve problems for a single reaction occurring in each reactor type.

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING,

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,
LANDMARK UNIVERSITY, OMU-ARAN

Chemical Reaction Engineering II


CHE 416 - 3 Credits

2021/2022 SESSION
COURSE: CHE 416 (Chemical Reaction Engineering II) (3 Units).

Lecturer: ADEREMI, Benjamin Olufemi


B. Eng., M.Eng. (UNIBEN), PhD Chem. Eng. (ABU),. LLB (NOUN), FMSN, MNSChE, MNSE, Reg. Engr.
(COREN),

Department of Chemical Engineering,


College of Engineering,
Landmark University, Omu-Aran,
Kwara State, Nigeria.
E-mail: [email protected] ; [email protected]

Office Location: Rm A001, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1st College Building.

Consultation Hours: 1.00-3.00pm Tuesday and Thursday.

2
Course Content
• Classification and types of reactors;
• Ideal reactors’ design equations and methods of operation;
• Material and energy balance concept
• Ideal reactors for a single reaction
• Size comparison of single reactors
• Multiple reactor systems
• Recycle Reactor
• Autocatalytic reactions
• Product distribution in parallel and series reactions
• Temperature effect;
• Heat of reaction and temperature
• Equilibrium conversion and thermodynamics
• Modes of operation
• Optimization of yield;
• Product distribution and temperature
MODULE 2

Design Equations for single ideal reactors


LEARNING OBJECTIVES

❖At the end of this module, students should be


able to :
1. recall the basic nomenclatures for constant and
varying density systems (relationship between CA
and XA)
2. understand what ideal reactors are
3. understand the characteristics of the ideal reactors
4. understand the route/rule for ideal reactors’ design :
✓Batch reactor
✓Mixed flow reactor
✓Plug flow reactor
The Business itself
Recall the relationships between CA and XA
For the reaction aA + bB rR
Example 1
Solution

Hence from
Eq. 6
The Main Ideal Reactors

Figure 4: The three types of ideal reactors (a) batch reactor, BR


(b) plug flow reactor, PFR and (c) mixed flow reactor, MFR
Characteristics of the ideal reactors
• Batch reactor – the reactants are initially charged into the reactor, are
well mixed, and are left to react for a certain period before discharging
the resultant mixture. It is an example of unsteady-state operation
• Plug flow reactor (slug flow, piston flow ideal tubular or unmixed flow
reactor) – the flow of fluid through the reactor is orderly with no
element of fluid overtaking or mixing with any other element ahead or
behind. There could be mixing along the radial (lateral) direction but
not along the axial direction
• Mixed flow reactor (mixed reactor, backmix reactor ideal stirred tank
reactor, C*, CSTR, CFSTR) – content are well stirred and uniform
throughout . Therefore, the exit stream from this reactor has the same
composition as the fluid within the reactor
Design of Ideal Reactors for a Single Reaction
Ideal Batch Reactor
➢Making material balance for the limiting component A, the conservation
law equation becomes
=0 =0
input = output + disappearance + accumulation
OR

 rate of loss of reactant A   rate of accumulation 


   
 within reactor due to  = − of reactant A 
 chemical reaction   within the reactor 
   
By replacing these two terms in Equation 1, it gives

(− rA )V = N AO dX A
(2)
dt
XA
dX A
 t = N AO 
0
(− rA )V
(3)
Steady-state mixed flow reactor

=0

input = output + disappearance + accumulation


Graphical representation of the design
equations for mixed flow reactor
For first-order reaction and constant density system:
Example 2
Solution
Steady-state plug flow reactor
Analytical integration
Example 3
Solution
To start with, generate the following table:
Graphical Integration
Numerical Integration using Simpson’s rule
Example 4
Solution
(− rA )V = N AO dX A
(2)
dt
XA
dX A
 t = N AO 
0
(− rA )V
(3)

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