Que. No.

1) Choose Correct Answer

(25)

1) The rate of a reaction increases, if the concentration of reactants is a) Increased b) decreased c) Always unaffected e) uncertain

2) An exothermic reaction is that in which the reacting substances a) Have more energy than the products b) have less energy than products c) have a much energy as the products d) are at a higher temp. than products 3) Chemical kinetics can predict the --a) Rate of reaction c) Both a and b 4) Molecularity of a reaction --a) May not be equal to the order of reaction c) both a and b b) cant have a fractional value d) None of these b) feasibility of reaction d) none of these

5) Transition state theory relates the above quantities are --a) k e E/RT c) k T 6) In autocatalytic reactions --a) one of the reactants acts as a catalyst b) one of the products acts as a catalyst c) catalysts have very high selectivity 7) Equilibrium state is --a) Dynamic c) Neither dynamic nor static b) static d) sometimes static & sometimes dynamic d) no catalyst is used b) k T. e E/RT d) k T 0.5

8) For a zero order reaction, concentration of product increases with --a) increase of reaction time c) total pressure b) increase in initial concentration d) decrease in total pressure

9) A batch reactor is characterized by ------a) constant residence time b) the variation in extent of reaction and propert

ies of the reaction mixture with time c) variation in reactor volume d) very low conversion 10) Space velocity ---a) describes the extensive operating characteristics of a tubular flow reactor b) is the maximum feed rate pre unit volume of reactor for a given conversion c) is a measure of the ease of the reaction 11) Space time equals the mean residence time --a) when the density of the reaction mixture is constant reactor c) for narrow dia. tubular reactor b) for large dia. tubular d) for CSTR d) all of those

12) In a homogeneous chemical reaction, the rate of reaction can be affected by a) temperature only c) both temp. and pressure b) pressure only d) temp. pressure and composition

13) A space velocity of 5 hr-1 means that --a) five reactor volumes of feed (at specified conditions) are being fed into the reactor per hour b) after every 5 hours, rector is being filled with feed

c) cent per cent conversion can be achieved in at least 5 hours d) a fixed conversion of a given batch of feed takes 5 hours 14) The ratio of moles of a reactant converted into the desired product to that converted into unwanted product is called ---a) operational yield c) selectivity b) relative yield d) None of these

15) The performance of a cascade of CSTR,s can be improved by adding ---

a) a P.F.reactor in series c) more CSTRs in series

b) a P.F.reactor in parallel d) more CSTRs in parallel

16) The most suitable reactor for carrying out an auto thermal reaction is --a) batch reactor c) semi batch reactor 17) Promoter -----a) initiates a chemical reaction and is a catalyst by itself b) atlers the position of equilibrium in a reversible reaction c) increases the number of active centres by increasing the unevenness of catalyst surface and by creating discontinuities in the crystals d) None of these 18) A catalyst --a) initiates a reaction b) lower the activation energy of reacting molecules c) is capable of reacting with any one of the reactants d) can not be recovered chemically unchanged at the end of a chemical reaction. 19) The dimensionless (D / uL) called the vessel dispersion number, for plug Flow is equal to --a) b) 0 c) 2100 d) 400 b) CSTR d) plug flow reactor

20) Reaction rate of a first order reaction which is half completed in 23 minutes will be -----a) 0.03 sec-1 b) 0.03 min-1 c) 0.03hr-1 d) 0.05 min-1

21) What is the response curve for a step input signal from a reactor ---a) S - curve b) C - curve c) I - curve d) None

22) Autocatalytic reactions are best carried out in a ------a) CSTR c) plug flow reactor b) SCTR in series d) recycle reactor

23) The response curve for a step input signal from a reactor is called C-curve The variance of C-curve in a tanks in series model comprising of m tanks Is equal to -----a) m b) 1 / m c) m d) m2

24) If given irreversible reaction A + B = 2C is elementary, then rate of reaction is defined as -----25) For a zero order solid catalyzed reactor having a Thiele modulus equal to One, one value of effectiveness factor is -----a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) None of these

Section II
Answer the following

1)The data given below represents a continuous response to a pulse input into a closed vessel. Calculate the mean residence time of fluid in vessel t , Calculate Variance, Calculate vessel dispersion number. (3x2)

t, min Cpulse,g/lit

0 0

5 3

10 5

15 5

20 4

25 2

30 1

35 0

2) The vessel is to be used as a reactor for decomposition of liquid A with the stoichiometry : A = Products And rate -rA = KCA , K = 0.307 min -1

Refer the table in Q.1 for concentration readings and estimate a) the fraction of reactant unconverted in real reactor b) Compare this with fraction unconverted in PFR of same size. (2x2) 3) On doubling the concentration of reactant the rate of reaction triples. Find the reaction

order. Given : -rA = KCAn (2x1) 4) The activation energy of a bimolecular reaction is about 9150 cal/mol. How much faster is this reaction takes place at 500k than at 400k (2x1) 5) At 500k the rate of a bimolecular reaction is ten times the rate at 400k. Find the activation energy for this reaction from collision theory. (2x1) 6) Decomposition of a gas is second order. When the initial concentration of gas is 5x10-4 mol/lit, it is 40% decomposed in 50 min. Calculate the value of rate constant. (2x1) 7) The half life period for certain first order reaction is 2.5 x 103 S. How long will take for of the reactant to be left behind. (2x1) 8) In case of first order reaction show that the time required for 75% conversion is double the time required for 50%conversion. (2x1) 9) Find the first order reaction rate constant of the gas reaction 2A = P if on holding the Pressure constant, the volume of reaction mixture starting with 80 mole % A & 20 Mole % inerts , decreases by 20% in 3 minutes. (2x1) 10) Define the following terms a) Molecularity of reaction b) Order of a reaction (2x2)

11) Write the performance equation of the following reactors a) Batch reactor b) Plug flow reactor c) Mixed flow reactor (3x2)

12) In an isothermal batch reactor the conversion of a liquid reactant A is 70% in 13 Min. Find the space time necessary to effect this conversion in plug flow reactor And mixed flow reactor. Consider first order kinetics. (2x2) 13) Discuss in detail the significance of following a) E Curve b) F Curve c) C- Curve (3x2)

14) Milk is pasteurized if it is heated to 36*C for 30 minutes, but if it is heated to 74*C , it needs 15 sec. for the same result. Find the activation energy for Sterilization process.

(1x2) 15) Define the following terms ---

a) Effectiveness factor b) Residence time distribution (RTD) (2x2)