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Homework Statement
The elementary liquid phase reaction
[tex] A + B \rightarrow C [/tex]
is carried out in a 500 L reactor. The entering concentrations of streams A and B are both 2 M and the specific reaction rate is 0.01 L/(mol min).
(a) Calculate the time to reach 90% conversion if the reactor is a batch reactor filled to the brim
Assuming a stoichiometric feed (10 mol A/min) to a continuous-flow reactor, calculate the reactor volume and space-time to achieve 90% conversion if the reactor is
(b) a CSTR (Ans.: V = 22,500 L)
(c) a PFR (Ans: V = 2,250 L)
(d) redo (a) through (c) assuming the reaction is first order in B and zero order in A with k = 0.01/min.
(e) Assume the reaction is reversible with ##K_{e} = 2 \frac {L}{mol}##. Calculate the equilibrium conversion and the CSTR and PFR volumes necessary to achieve 98% of the equilibrium conversion.
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
(a)
I use the equation ##t = N_{A0} \int_0^X \frac {dX}{-r_{A}V} ##
[tex] t = C_{A0} \int_0^X \frac {dX}{-r_{A}} [/tex]
I assume this is a first order reaction with respect to A, ##-r_{A} = kC_{A}##, and I know for a liquid phase reaction, ##C_{A} = C_{A0}(1 - X)##. Therefore, ##-r_{A} = kC_{A0}(1-X)##.
[tex] t = C_{A0} \int_0^X \frac {dX}{kC_{A0}(1-X)} [/tex]
[tex] t = \frac {1}{k} \int_0^X \frac {dX}{1-X} [/tex]
[tex] t = - \frac {1}{k} ln(1 - X) = - \frac {1}{0.01} ln(1 - 0.9) = 230.3 \hspace{0.05 in} min [/tex]
(b) This is where I get stuck, I use the equation ##V = \frac {F_{A0}X}{-r_{A}}##
[tex] V = \frac {F_{A0}X}{kC_{A0}(1-X)} [/tex]
[tex] V = \frac {10(0.9)}{0.01(2)(1-0.9)} = 4,500 \hspace{0.05 in} L [/tex]
But this is not the answer given in the textbook, 22,500 L and I haven't figured out why.
For the space time,
[tex] \tau = \frac {V}{v_{0}} [/tex]
where ##v_{0}## is the initial volumetric flow rate. ##F_{A0} = C_{A0}v_{A0}##, so ##10 = 2v_{A0}##, therefore the volumetric flow rate for A is 5 L/min, and since this is a stoichiometric feed, the total volumetric flow rate is 10 L/min, so the space time is 4,500 L/10 = 450 min.
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