Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) is the field that studies the rates and mechanisms of

chemical reactions and the design of the reactors in which they take place.

Lecture 2

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Lecture 2 – Tuesday 1/15/2013Review of Lecture 1Definition of Conversion, XDevelop the Design Equations in terms of XSize CSTRs and PFRs given –rA= f(X)Conversion for Reactors in SeriesReview the Fall of the Tower of CRE

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Reactor Differential Algebraic Integral

The GMBE applied to the four major reactor types (and the general reaction AB)

V FA 0 FA

rA

CSTR

Vrdt

dNA

A 0

A

A

N

N A

A

VrdNtBatch

NA

t

dFA

dVrA

A

A

F

F A

A

drdFV

0

PFRFA

V

dFA

dW r A

A

A

F

F A

A

rdFW

0

PBRFA

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Reactor Mole Balances Summary

Review Lecture 1

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CSTR – Example Problem

000

0

3

0 mindm 10

AA

A

CFC

AA

AA

CFCC

0

3

0

1.0min

dm 10

0

FA 0CA

Liquid phase

V ?

Given the following information, Find V

Review Lecture 1

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CSTR – Example Problem (1) Mole Balance:

A

AA

A

AA

A

AA

rCC

rCC

rFFV

000000

AA kCr (2) Rate Law:

(3) Stoichiometry:

0AA

AFFC

Review Lecture 1

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CSTR – Example Problem (4) Combine:

V 0 CA 0 CA

kCA

(5) Evaluate:

3

01

00

3

0

1.023.01.0110

1.0min23.0

1.0min

10

1.0

dmC

CCdm

V

CC

A

AA

AA

3 3913.2

900 dmV

Review Lecture 1

Define conversion, X

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D d C c B b A a Consider the generic reaction:

D ad C

ac B

ab A

Chose limiting reactant A as basis of calculation:

fedA moles reactedA moles X

Define conversion, X

Batch

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VrdtdXN

dtdN

dXNdNXNNN

reactedAMoles

initiallyAMoles

remainingAMoles

AAA

AA

AAA

0

0

00

0

Batch

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X

AA Vr

dXNt0

0

Integrating,

The necessary t to achieve conversion X.

XXttXt

0 0

0

A A

A

dN r Vdt N

CSTR

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D d C c B b A a Consider the generic reaction:

D ad C

ac B

ab A

Chose limiting reactant A as basis of calculation:

fedA moles reactedA moles X

Define conversion, X

CSTR

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dNA

dt0Steady State

VrdVr AA

Well Mixed

V FA 0 FA

rA

CSTR

12 CSTR volume necessary to achieve conversion X.

V FA 0 FA 0 FA 0X

rA

A

A

rXFV

0

XFFFreacted

AMolesentering

AMolesleaving

AMoles

AAA 00

00 dVrFF AAA

PFR

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AA r

dVdF

XFFF AAA 00

0A

A

Fr

dVdX

XFdF AA 00 Steady State

PFR

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XXVVXV

0 0

PFR volume necessary to achieve conversion X.

dXr

FVX

A

A

0

0

Integrating,

Reactor Differential Algebraic Integral

V FA 0X rA

CSTR

FA 0dXdV

rA

X

A

A

rdXFV

0

0PFR

VrdtdXN AA 0

0

0

X

AA Vr

dXNtBatch

X

t

FA 0dXdW

r A

X

A

A

rdXFW

0

0PBR

X

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Reactor Mole Balances Summaryin terms of conversion, X

Levenspiel Plots

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Reactor SizingGiven –rA as a function of conversion, -rA= f(X), one can size any type of reactor. We do this by constructing a Levenspiel plot. Here we plot either (FA0/-rA) or (1/-rA) as a function of X. For (FA0/-rA) vs. X, the volume of a CSTR and the volume of a PFR can be represented as the shaded areas in the Levenspiel Plots shown as:

)(0 Xgr

F

A

A

Levenspiel Plots

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FA 0

rA

X

FA 0

rA

Area = Volume of CSTR

X1

10

1

Xr

FVXA

A

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CSTR

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PFR

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Levenspiel Plots

Numerical Evaluations of IntegralsThe integral to calculate the PFR volume can be

evaluated using method as Simpson’s One-Third Rule: (See Appendix A.4)

)(

1)2/(

4)0(

13 0

0

0

XrXrrFxdX

rFV

AAAA

X

A

A

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Other numerical methods are:Trapezoidal Rule (uses two

data points)Simpson’s Three-Eight’s

Rule (uses four data points)Five-Point Quadrature

Formula

)(1

2XrA

)(1

1XrA

)0(1

Ar

Ar1

0 1X 2X

Given: rA as a function of conversion, one can also design any sequence of reactors in series by defining X:

reactorfirst tofedA of molesipoint toup reactedA of moles total Xi

Only valid if there are no side streams.

Molar Flow rate of species A at point i:

0 0Ai A A iF F F X 22

Reactors in Series

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Reactors in Series

Reactor 1:

1001 XFFF AAA

1

10

1

1000

1

101

A

A

A

AAA

A

AA

rXF

rXFFF

rFFV

V1A

0A

rF

X241X

Reactors in Series

Reactor 2:

dXr

FVX

X A

A

2

1

02

V2

A

A

rF

0

X251X 2X

Reactors in Series

00

33300200

3332

VrXFFXFFVrFF

AAAAA

AAA

V3 FA 0 X3 X2

rA 3

V3

A

0A

rF

X263X1X 2X

Reactors in SeriesReactor 3:

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Reactors in Series

Space time τ is the time necessary to process 1 reactor volume of fluid at entrance conditions.

V0

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Reactors in Series

KEEPING UPThe tower of CRE, is it stable?

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Reaction Engineering

Mole Balance Rate Laws Stoichiometry

These topics build upon one another.

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Mole BalanceRate Laws

StoichiometryIsothermal Design

Heat Effects

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CRE Algorithm

Mole Balance

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Be careful not to cut corners on any of the CRE building blocks while learning this material!

Rate Laws

Mole Balance

Rate LawsStoichiometry

Isothermal DesignHeat Effects

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End of Lecture 2

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