Introduction to Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Reactor Design 2nd. Edition by Charles G. Hill, Thatcher W. Root | 9781118368251 | 1118368258 | Holooly

Introduction to Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Reactor Design [EXP-2820]

68 SOLVED PROBLEMS

A slug of dye is placed in the feed stream to a stirred reaction vessel operating at a steady state. The dye concentration in the effluent stream was monitored as a function of time to generate the data in the table below. Times are measured relative to the instant at which the dye was injected.

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For a constant-density system, concentrations are ...

Question: 10.3

Adiabatic Operation of a Cascade of Continuous Flow Stirred-Tank Reactors Consider the possibility of carrying out the reaction used as the basis for Illustrations 10.1 and 10.2 under adiabatic operating conditions. How much B will it be possible to produce from 2.1 million lb/yr of species A using

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The solution to this problem requires a trial-and-...

Alkanolamines are used in scrubbers to clean streams containing acid gases. Extension of existing applications to new situations involving carbon capture and sequestration of CO2 for environmental reasons will lead to increased demand for these substances. The reaction of ammonia (A) with ethylene

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(a) Because these reactions take place at constant...

Question: 13.5

Analysis of a Cascade of Two CSTBRs in the Presence of a Second Feed Stream Consider the cascade of two chemostats shown in Figure I13.5. This physical configuration differs from that analyzed in equations (13.2.71) to (13.2.80) in that the feed to the second chemostat consists of two streams: the

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Consider the steady state material balance equatio...

At 700 K the rate expression for the decomposition of HI, 2HI→H2 +I2 is given by (40)r=1.16×10^−3 [HI]^2 kmol/(m^3.s)(m 3 ⋅s)when [HI] is expressed in kmol/m^3. Compare this reaction rate expression with that predicted by the analog of equation (4.3.7),which corresponds to collisions of the type

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On the basis of equation (4.3.4), the A–A analog o...

Question: 10.6

Autothermal Operation of a Reactor Network Consisting of a Stirred-Tank Reactor Followed by a Plug Flow Reactor Consider the reaction studied in Illustration 10.1. Autothermal operation is to be achieved using a CSTR with an effective volume of 1000 gal followed by a PFR of undetermined volume.

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The analysis of the performance of the CSTR is ide...

Biordi (15) employed conductivity measurements to monitor the progress of the methanolysis of benzoyl chloride at 25°C in methanol solution:Under the conditions of the experiment, it is known that the reaction may be considered to be irreversible. From the data that follow, determine the order of

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Because a vast excess of methanol (the solvent) wa...

Burkus and Eckert (14) studied the kinetics of the triethylamine-catalyzed reaction of 2,6-toluene diisocyanate (A) with 1-butanol (B) in toluene solution. The reactions may be represented as A titrimetric method was used to follow the progress of the reaction at 39.69∘C On the basis of the data

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Because equivalent amounts of reactants were emplo...

Question: 2.1

Calculate the equilibrium composition of a mixture of the following species: N2 15.0mol% H2O 60.0mol% C2H4 25.0mol%

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The basis is 100 mol of initial gas. To calculate ...

Ciapetta and Kilpatrick (14) used a dilatometric technique to investigate the kinetics of the hydration of isobutene in perchloric acid solution at 25°C : The dilatometer readings (h) below are given in arbitrary units and are arranged in pairs taken at a fixed interval of 2 h. They are related to

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Equation (3.3.39) indicates that the natural logar...

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