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The main aim of the experiment was to find the reaction rate parameters
such as the rate constant, order of reaction, etc of the reaction between
ethyl acetate with sodium hydroxide to produce ethanol and sodium acetate.
The saponification reaction was carried out in three different reactors: Batch,
LFR and CSTR. The order of the reaction was found to be 2 whereas the order
of NaOH and ethyl acetate was found to be 1. The rate constants found were
1.0588
L
mol . s
(= 63.258
L
0
mol . min ) @ T = 40.8 C and 0.1245
L
mol . s
(=
L
7.47 mol . min ) @ T = 20.60C. The rate constant of the reaction that was
L
mol . min
@ T = 21.30C. The
L
mol . min
@T=
36.50C.However, the rate constant for CSTR was eliminated since the results
were not consistent with literature. The Activation energy was found to be
84536.8 J/mol whereas the pre-exponential factor was found to be 7.48 x
1015 L/mol.Among all the reactors, the most accurate results were found
using the LFR, followed by the Batch and CSTR being the least accurate.
This experiment aims to find the rate law parameters for the saponification
of ethyl acetate (EA) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution, to determine
the effects of reaction temperature and reactants flow rate on saponification
process in continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) and to compare the
performance of constant volume batch reactor (CVBR) and CSTR in handling
this chemical reaction. Chemical Reactor Trainer CE 310 incorporated with a
combined temperature and conductivity sensor was used to study this