ASSIGNMENT 1-Please answer all the questions below with a clear and proper steps of

calculations for each answer. The due date of this individual assignment is on 27th
October 2014 (Monday). Please draw the graph manually on graph paper. Any late
submission will not be entertained and will be penalized. Any form of plagiarisms is
strictly not acceptable.

Question 1 (PO5, CO2)

A laboratory scale batch reactor which operates isothermally has produced ethylene glycol
(MW=62 kg/kmol) from the mixing of 600 ml of a 2.5 M solution of ethylene oxide I water
with 600 ml of water. The reaction is first-order with respect to ethylene oxide. Assuming the
concentration of water is constant during the course of the reaction, the concentration of
ethylene glycol is recorded as a function of time as given in the following table.

Ethylene oxide
Time (min)
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
3.0
4.0
6.0
10.0

Ethylene glycol

Concentration of ethylene glycol

(mol/L)
0.000
0.145
0.270
0.376
0.467
0.610
0.715
0.848
0.995

Use an appropriate method to determine the rate constant, k of the reaction.

Question 2 (PO5, CO2)

For the liquid phase reacting C2H4 + H2O C2H5OH which is carried out isothermally in a
flow reactor. The two feeds stream to the reactor mix at 310K to form a single feed stream
that is equal molar in C2H4 and H2O before entering a 250 dm3 CSTR that can be operated at
350 K. Determine the conversion occurs at the CSTR.
Given that at 310K, k=0.05 dm3/mol.min, E=85,000 J/mol.K, CA0= CB0=2.5 mol/dm3 and
A0= B0=6 mol/dm3

Question 3 (PO1, CO1)

Gas phase reaction of benzene producing diphenyl and hydrogen takes place in constant
volume batch reactor.

A series of data is collected at reaction temperature of 25 C as below;

t (min)
0
CA
0.05
3
(mol/dm )

50
0.038

100
0.0306

150
0.0252

200
0.0222

250
0.0195

300
0.0174

a) Using the differential method (numerical method), determine the reaction order with
respect to benzene and its specific reaction rate constant.
b) Setup a stoichiometric table for this chemical reaction.
c) Taking the activation energy, E as 13,350 cal/mol, express the rate law as a function of
conversion, if this reaction is taking place in reaction temperature of 100 C.

Question 4 (PO1, CO1)

The stoichiometric reaction of reactants A and B is as follows:
A+BC+D
The liquid-phase reaction is first order with respect to A and B. The rate constant, k, of this
reaction is equal to 0.0017 m3/kmolmin at 188oC with an activation energy, E, of 47,166
kJ/kmol. The initial entering concentrations of A and B are 1.8 and 6.6 kmol/m3, respectively.
Given the universal gas constant, R, as 8.314 kJ/kmolK.
a) Set up a stoichiometric table for this reaction and express -rA, in terms of conversion (XA).
b) Calculate the initial rate of reaction (XA = 0) at 188oC and 25oC.