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The document presents a series of questions related to chemical reaction engineering, focusing on reactor selection for parallel reactions, ideal reactor types, and parameters affecting product selectivity. It also includes calculations for reaction rates, design equations for PFR systems, and heat of reaction for ammonia synthesis. The questions require knowledge of reaction orders, selectivity, and thermodynamic properties.

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Worksheet 2

The document presents a series of questions related to chemical reaction engineering, focusing on reactor selection for parallel reactions, ideal reactor types, and parameters affecting product selectivity. It also includes calculations for reaction rates, design equations for PFR systems, and heat of reaction for ammonia synthesis. The questions require knowledge of reaction orders, selectivity, and thermodynamic properties.

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1.

For the parallel reaction, A→B of order n1 and A→C of order n2, if B is the desired product,
then which of the following reactor/ combination of reactors is used if n1 > n2?

A. CSTR
B. CSTR followed by Bubbling bed reactor
C. PFR
D. CSTR followed by PFR

2. For the parallel reaction, A→B, represented as −𝒓𝑨 = 𝒌𝟏 𝑪𝟓𝑨 and A→C represented as −𝒓𝑨 =
𝒌𝟐 𝑪𝟑𝑨, the ideal reactor preferred is ____

A. CSTR
B. CSTRs in parallel
C. CSTRs in series
E. PFR

3. If the reactions A→B and A→C are represented as −𝒓𝑨 = 𝒌𝟏 𝑪𝟑𝑨 and −𝒓𝑨 = 𝒌𝟐 𝑪𝟔𝑨 (-of activation
energies 130 and 150 J/ mol, then which of the following is the right selection of process
parameters to increase selectivity of B?

A. CSTR, High temperature


B. PFR, High temperature
F. CSTR, Low temperature
C. PFR, Low temperature
4. The following elementary reactions were carried in a PFR system

𝐴 + 2𝐵 → 2𝐶

1
2𝐶 + 𝐵 → 3𝐷
2

3⁄
Considering that 𝑘1𝐴 = 0.1 (𝑑𝑚3 ⁄𝑚𝑜𝑙 )2 𝑚𝑖𝑛−1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘2𝐷 = 2 (𝑑𝑚3 ⁄𝑚𝑜𝑙 ) 2 𝑚𝑖𝑛−1 , determine

A. The net rates of formation for A, B, C and D

B. The design equation of PFR


5. Calculate the heat of reaction for the synthesis of ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen at
110oC in kcal/mol of N2 reacted, considering the heat of formation of ammonia at 25oC as
- 8.54 cal/mol.
𝑵𝟐 + 𝟑𝑯𝟐 → 𝟐𝑵𝑯𝟑

Additional information:

𝐶𝑃𝐻2 = 6.992 𝑐𝑎𝑙⁄𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐻2 . 𝐾 , 𝐶𝑃𝑁2 = 6.984 𝑐𝑎𝑙⁄𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑁2 . 𝐾, 𝐶𝑃𝑁𝐻3 = 8.92 𝑐𝑎𝑙⁄𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑁𝐻3 . 𝐾

𝑛
0
∆𝐻𝑅𝑋 = ∑ 𝑣𝑖 𝐻𝑖
𝑖=1

0
∆𝐻𝑅𝑋 = ∆𝐻𝑅𝑋 + ∆𝐶𝑃 (𝑇 − 𝑇𝑅 )
𝑂
6. Calculate ∆𝐻𝑅𝑋 , ∆𝐶𝑃 , ∆𝐻𝑅𝑥 (400) for the reaction A →2B + C.

Additional information

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