ChBE102: Reactor Design

Spring 2016
HW #5, due in class on 3/9/16
1. (25 points) We want to produce R from A in a batch reactor with a run time no greater than 2 hours
and a temperature somewhere between 5 and 90 C. The kinetics of the reactions is as follows.

A RS
Both reactions are first order. The rate constants depend on the temperature as follows.

( 20000
RT )
15 000
k =1.9exp (
RT )
k 1=30exp
2

min-1
min-1

R=8.314 J/(molK)
Determine the optimal temperature and run time that will maximize the concentration of R, and the
corresponding yield of R.
2. (25 points) Fogler, Problem 6-11

3. (25 points) Fogler, Problem 6-13

4. (25 points) A and B react with each other as follows.

2 A R
A + B S
2 B T

r R =k 1 C A
r S =k 2 C A C B
r T =k 3 C2B

The desired product is S. What is the optimal molar ratio of A to B in a CSTR that maximizes the
instantaneous yield of S? Assume that the reactor is isothermal and isobaric, and that the volume is
constant.