CCB 3043 Kinetics and Reactor Design (May 2013)

Tutorial Chapter 2 Mole Balances

1. The reaction
A B
is to be carried out isothermally in constant volume batch reactor. Calculate the time
necessary to consume 99% of A if the reactor volume is 1000 dm
3
and CAo = 0. mol!dm
3
.
Assume the reaction rate -rA is"
a. -rA = k #ith
3
h.dm
mol
0 . 0 = k
b. -rA = kCA #ith
$1
s 01 . 0 = k
c. -rA = kCA
2
#ith
mol.h
dm
3
0 . 3 = k
The enterin% volumetric flo# rate is 10 dm
3
!h. &Note" FA = CAv. 'or a constant volumetric
flo# rate v= vo( then FA = CAvo. Also ( CAo = FAo!vo = ) mol!h*!)10 dm
3
!h* = 0. mol!dm
3
.+
,. The %as$-hase reaction
A B.C
is carried out isothermally in a ,0$dm
3
constant$volume batch reactor. T#enty moles of -ure
A is initially -laced in the reactor. The reactor is #ell mi/ed.
a. 0f the reaction is second order"
-rA = kC
2
A #ith
mol.min
dm ,
3
= k
calculate the time necessary to consume 19.0 mol of A.
b. 0f the tem-erature is 1,1
o
C( #hat is the initial total -ressure2 3hat is the final total
-ressure assumin% the reaction %oes to com-letion2
3. 3hat is the difference bet#een the rate of reaction for a homo%eneous system( -rA and the
rate of reaction of a hetero%eneous system( -rA2 4se mole balance to derive an e5uation
analo%ous to 65uation )1$7* )-. 11( 'o%ler 8.C.( Third 6dition* for a fluidi9ed C:T;
containin% catalyst -articles in terms of the catalyst #ei%ht( W( and other a--ro-riate terms.
1. Additional -roblem. 6/am-le 1$, )-.1( <ctave =evens-iel( Third 6dition*.
A human bein% )1 >%* consumes about 7000 >? of food -er day. Assume that the food is
all %lucose and that the overall reaction is
C781,<7 . 7<, 7C<, . 78,< $8r = ,@17 >?
'ind manAs metabolic rate )the rate of livin%( lovin%( and lau%hin%* in term of moles of
o/y%en used -er m
3
of -erson -er second.