CHE 631: Chemical Reaction

Engineering

Animangsu
g Ghatak

Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur

 Lecture 4
Number
Nu be average
ave age chain
c a length
e g

Rn : number/conc. of radicals with n monomer, Rn  n1    n 1R


Total number of radicals:
R
n 1
1
n


Total number of monomers in radicals:  nR
n 1
n

Number average chain length, i.e. average number of monomers in radicals:

nL   nRn
  n (1   ) n 1
R
  n n 1

 Rn  (1   ) Rn 1
  n 1
 1
S n     1      ........ 
n 2

1
dS n 1
Sn  
d (1   ) 2

dS n
Sn   1  2  3 2     n n 11
d n 1


1
 n
n 1
n 1

(1   ) 2
1
(1   ) 2 1
No. average chain length : nL  
1 1
1
 Weight Average Chain Length

Mw : Molecular weight of a monomer

nM w : Molecular weight of a radical having n monomers

wn  nRn .M w : Molecular weight of all radicals having n monomers

Weight average chain length, nw   nwn

  2
n RM n w
  n (1   )
2 n 1
R
w n  nR M n w  n(1   )n 1
R

Sn   n  1     2  

dS n
 1  2  3    S n
2

d
dS n
    2  3  
2 2

d
 
d dS n
( )  1  2   3   ...   n 2 n 1  S n
2 2 2

d d n 1

dS n 1

d 1   2

dS n  1   1 1 1
    
d (1   ) 2
(1   ) 2
(1   ) 1  
2

d dS 2 1 2 1  1
( n )    
d d (1   )3 (1   ) 2 (1   )3 (1   )3

1
S n (1   )3 1  
nw   
Sn 1 1
(1   ) 2
 nw 1   1  
Polydispersity   . 1
nL 1   1

For long polymer chain,  1

Polydispersity  2.0
 Steps involving heterogeneous catalytic reaction

Bulk Fluid Stream

CA CR
1 7
S
C AsS C Rs

2
6 Catalyst pore
3 C As
C Ai
4
CRi

5
C Rs