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Exam: - Multiphase Reactors (MFR), WBCE016-05.

Date/Time: April 8th, 2022, 8.30 – 10.30 h

Location: Exam Hall 1 D14 - H2, Blauwborgje 4

Please state the following on the first answer sheet:


- Name
- Address
- Postal code and place of residence
- Student number
- Date of birth

Please state your name on each subsequent answer sheet.

Credits:

1. 25
2. 25
3. 25
4. 25

Success!

Geert Versteeg

NB:
This exam is a so-called open book exam. The use of books and other course
material is allowed!
Problem 1
The reaction: A → P is zero-order in A.
Data:
- the liquid inlet stream exists of pure A with [A]inlet = 3.00 mol.l-1,
- k0 = 0.002 mol.l-1.s-1,
- V = 0.5*10-3 m3.s-1,
- Vreactor = 0.5 m3,
- A = P = 600 kg.m-3
a) What is the conversion in case the reaction is carried out in a CISTR?
b) What is the conversion in case the reaction is carried out in a PFR?
c) What is the conversion in case the reaction is carried out in a cascade of a CISTR and
a PFR, both 0,5 m3 and placed in series (sequence CISTR-PFR)?

Problem 2
A student wants to measure the kinetics of the reaction:

A(g) + 0,5 B(l) → P(l)

It is known that the reaction is first order in A.


As reactor a stirred vessel is used with a smooth surface! A pure gas is used, at reduced
pressure. The gas phase concentration is 4 mol.m-3.
The liquid phase is operated batch wise and is ideally mixed, the conversion of B remains
during an experiment within engineering accuracy constant.
There are three experiments:

Exp. 1: CBL = 1,000 mol.m-3, absorption rate: 2*10-5 mol.s-1,


Exp. 2: CBL = 2,000 mol.m-3, absorption rate: 4*10-5 mol.s-1,
Exp. 3: CBL = 4,000 mol.m-3, absorption rate: 8*10-5 mol.s-1,

Further data:
DAL = DBL = 10-9 m2.s-1 A = 0.01 m2
mA = 10
kL = 10-5 m.s-1 kG = 10-3 m.s-1

a) Calculate the physical absorption rate of A if no reaction occurs.


Assume that CA,L = 0 mol.m-3.

b) Determine the order in B and the value for the reaction rate constant.
Hint: look at the enhancement factor

c) Student B wants to validate the experiments and therefore he performs additional


experiments for CBL = 2,000 mol.m-3 and CBL = 4,000 mol.m-3. Unfortunately he can no
longer perform the experiments at reduced pressure, in order to realize a gas phase
concentration of 4 mol m-3 he has to work with a mixed gas.
This results in kG = 10-4 m.s-1 and kL = 3.10-5 m.s-1

However, he finds a nearly 0th-order in B and a 1st-order dependency in A and a first order
constant of 10-6 s-1.

Explain these results quantitatively.


Problem 3
* For each of the multiple-choice questions, Motivate your choice / answer.
* Notation used in I and II: AL = Hinterland ratio, Ha = Hatta number.

I. Under which conditions is the absorption rate for the reaction A(g) → P(liq.) with
RA = -k1CA, not limited by mass transfer
A. Ha < 0.2 and (AL-1)Ha2 >> 1
B. Ha < 0.2 and (AL-1)Ha2 << 1
C. Ha > 2
D. Ha =1 and AL=1,2

II. The degree of conversion in an absorption process of A(g) from an ideally mixed gas phase
into a liquid in which the zeroth order reaction A→P takes place (RA = -k0) is independent of
the inlet concentration CA,0.
This implies:
A. Ha < 0.2 and (AL-1)Ha2>>1
B. Ha < 0.2 and (AL-1)Ha2<<1
C. Ha > 2
D. The reaction order is wrong: it must be first order in CA

Problem 4
The equilibrium reaction:

A(l) = P (l),

is carried out in a packed bed reactor. The reactor is filled with non-porous catalyst granules
and the reactor can be considered an isobaric (no pressure gradient) plug flow reactor
(PFR). The reaction of the oncoming reaction follows:

RA, forward = -k”1CA mol.m-2.s-1 and for the reverse reaction:

RA, reverse = k”-1CP mol.m-2.s-1.

The mass transfer coefficient for A as P is identical and equal to kG. A gas flow rate V is fed
to the reactor, there is no P present and the concentration of A is CA0. By efficient cooling,
the reactor is kept at one, constant temperature.

a) Derive a relation for the mole flux of A expressed in CA and the given mass transfer and
reaction parameters respectively.

b) How are k”1 and k”-1 related?

c) Derive the equation by which the conversion of A can be determined, expressed in CA


and the given mass transfer and reaction parameters.

d) What is the maximum attainable conversion of A?

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