B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering) Sixth Semester (C.B.S.

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Chemical Reaction Engineering Paper - IV
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Time : Three Hours *0520* Max. Marks : 80
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Notes : 1. All questions carry equal marks.
2. Answer any five questions.
3. Assume suitable data wherever necessary.
1. For second order reversible reaction 16
K1
A+B 2R
K2
Show that
ln
X Ae  ZXAe 1 X A
X Ae  X A
 Z K1 1 1 CA0 t
X Ae
 
2. a) Show that the following scheme 6
K1
N2O5 NO2  NO3
K2

NO3 
3 NO  O
K
 2

NO  NO3 

K
4 2NO
2

is consistent with and can explain, the observed first order decomposition of N 2 O5 .
b) In the mid-nineteenth century the entomologist Henri Fabre noted that French ants busily 4
bustled about their business on hot days but were rather sluggish on cool days. Checking
his results with Oregon ants, I find.
Running Speed, M/hr 150 160 230 295 370
Temperature, ºC 13 16 22 24 28
What activation energy represents this change in bustliness ?
c) Derive performance equation for a plug flow reactor. 6

3. a) Hellin and Jungers, Bull. Soc. Chim. France, 386 (1957), present the data in following table 10
on the reaction of sulfuric acid with diethyl sulfate in aqueous solution at 22.9ºC
H 2SO 4   C 2 H5 2 SO 4  2 C 2 H 5 SO 4 H
Initial concentrations of H 2 SO 4 and  C2 H5 2 SO 4 are each 5.5 mol/liter. Find a rate
equation for this reaction.
C2 H5 SO 4 H C2 H5 SO 4 H
t (min) t (min) mol lit
mol lit
0 0 180 4.11
41 1.18 194 4.31
48 1.38 212 4.45
55 1.63 267 4.86
75 2.24 318 5.15
96 2.75 368 5.32
127 3.31 379 5.35
146 3.76 410 5.42
162 3.81 00 (5.80)

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 b) At room temperature sucrose is hydrolyzed by the catalytic action of the enzyme sucrose 6
as follows.
Sucrose
Sucrose  Pr oducts
Starting with a sucrose concentration CA0  1.0 millimol/liter and an enzyme concentration
CE0  0.01 millimol/liter, the following kinetic data are obtained in a batch reactor.
CA millimol/lit 0.84 0.68 0.53 0.38 0.27 0.16 0.09 0.04 0.018 0.006 0.0025
T (hr) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Determine whether these data can be reasonably fitted by a kinetic equation of the
k C C
Michaelis-Menten type  rA  3 A E0 where C M = Michaelis constant If the fit is
CA  CM
reasonable, evaluate the constants K 3 and CM . Solve by the integral method.

4. a) Pure gaseous A at about 3 atm and 30ºC (120 mmol/lit) is fed into a 1-lit mixed flow reactor 10
at various flow rates. There it decomposes, and the exit concentration of A is measured for
each flow rate. From the following data find a rate equation to represent the kinetics of the
decomposition of A. Assume that reactant A alone affects the rate.
V0 (lit/min) 0.06 0.48 1.5 8.1
CA mmol/lit 30 60 80 105
A  3R

b) For second order reaction carried out in a variable volume batch reactor show that. 6
1A  V
V0 A  V

 A ln 1  V
V0 A
 kt
5. a) At present conversion is 2/3 for our elementary second order liquid reaction 2A  2R 6
when operating in an isothermal plug-flow reactor with a recycle ratio of unity. What will
be the conversion if the recycle stream is shut off ?

b) Aqueous feed containing reactant A C A 0  2 mol

lit
 
enters a plug flow reactor (10 lit) which 10

has a provision for recycling a portion of the flowing stream. The reaction kinetics and
stoichiometry are.
A  R  rA 1CA CR mol
lit  min
and we wish to get 96% conversion. Should we use the recycle stream ? If so, at what value
should we set the recycle flow rate so as to obtain the highest production rate, and what
volumetric feed rate can we process to this conversion in the reactor.

6. a) Reactant A decomposes in an isothermal batch reactor  CA0  100  to produce wanted R 10

and unwanted S, and the following progressive concentration readings are recorded.
CA (100) 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 (0)
CR (0) 1 4 9 16 25 35 45 55 64 (71)
Additional runs show that adding R or S does not affect the distribution of products formed
and that only A does. Also it is noted that the total number of moles of A, R and S is constant.
i) Find the Q versus CA curve for this reaction with feed of CAo  100 and CAf  10 ,
find CR.
ii) From a mixed flow reactor
iii) From a plug flow reactor

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 b) For first order followed by zero order reaction carried out in plug flow reactor, Derive 6
expressions for CR max and CR, max .

7. a) Explain the concept of resistance time distribution (RTD) and discuss the relationship 8
between F and E curves.

b) What is optimum temperature progression ? Explain the concept in details. 8

8. Write short note on any four. 16

i) Catalyst deactivation.

ii) Catalyst poisoning and regeneration.

iii) Product distribution in multiple reactions.

iv) Catalyst classification.

v) Integral method for determination of rate law.

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