1. The following kinetic data on the reaction A→R are obtained in an experimental packed bed reactor using various amounts of catalyst and a fixed feed rate FAO= 10 kg-mol/hr. W, kg cat XA 1 0.12 2 0.20 3 0.27 4 0.33 5 0.37 6 0.41 7 0.44 a.) Find the reaction rate at 40% conversion. b.) In designing a large packed bed reactor with feed rate FAO = 400 kmol/hr how much catalyst would be needed for 40% conversion. c.) How much catalyst would be needed in part (b) if the reactor employed a very large recycle of product stream. 2. The second order reaction A→R is studied in a recycle reactor with very large recycle ratio, and the following data are recorded: Void volume of reactor: 1 liter Weight of catalyst used: 3 gm Feed to the reactor: CAO = 2 mol/liter vo = 1 liter/hr Exit stream conditions: CA.out = 0.5 mol/liter (a) Find the rate constant for this reaction (give units). (b) How much catalyst is needed in a packed bed reactor for 80% conversion of 1000 liter/hr of feed of concentration CAO = 1 mol/liter. No recycle. (c) Repeat part (b) if the reactor is packed with 1 part catalyst to 4 parts inert solid. This addition of inert helps maintain isothermal conditions and eliminate hot spots. Note: Assume isothermal conditions throughout. 3. Determine the order of reaction and the weight of catalyst needed for 35% conversion of A to R for a feed of 2000 mol/hr of pure A at 117oC and 3.2 atm. For this reaction the stoichiometry is A→R and the kinetic data are given in Example 2; also assume plug flow in the packed bed reactor. Note: compare answer with examples 2 and 4. The difference in values found is due to ignoring the expansion, εA in treating this system. 4. Kinetic experiments on the solid catalyzed reaction A→3R are conducted at 8 atm and 700oC in a basket type mixed reactor 960 cm3 in volume and containing 1 gm of catalyst of diameter dp = 3 mm. Feed consisting of pure A is introduced at various rates into the reactor and the partial pressure of A in the exit stream is measured for each feed rate. The results are as follows: Feed rate, liters/hr 100 22 4 1 0.6 PA,out/OA,in 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.05 Find a rate equation to represent the rate of reaction on catalyst of this size. 5. At 700oC the rate of decomposition, A→3R, on a specific catalyst of given size is found to be 1 dN A liter C A rA 10 W dt hr.gm cat See previous problem for the data leading to this equation.) A pilot plant is to be built. This is to be a tubular packed bed 2 cm ID using 25% of these active catalyst pellets evenly mixed with 75% inert pellets to insure isothermal operations. For 400 mol/hr feed consisting of 50% inert gas at 8 atm and 700oC what must be the length of reactor so that PA,out/OA,in = 0.111. Data: Catalyst and inert pellets are porous, of diameter dp = 3 mm, particle density ps= 2 gm/cm3. Bulk voidage of packed bed = 50%. 6. The solid-catalyzed decomposition of gaseous A proceeds as follows: rA kC A 2 A→R A tubular pilot plant reactor packed with 2 liters of catalyst is fed 2 m3/hr of pure A at 300 oC and 20 atm. Conversion of reactant is 65%. In a larger plant it is desired to treat 100 m3/hr of feed gases at 40 atm and 300oC containing 60% A and 40% diluents to obtain 85% conversion of A. Find the internal volume of the reactor required.