UNI- Facultad de Ingeniera Qumica y Textil

DETERMINACIN DEL TAMAO

DEL REACTOR Y TIEMPO DE
OPERACIN REQUERIDO PARA
LA PRODUCCIN DE ZEOLITA A
EN UN REACTOR POR LOTES.

Presentado por: Lev Zuta Tafur

 DETERMINATION OF HOLDING TIME
AND REACTOR SIZE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ZEOLITE A
IN A BATCH REACTOR

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 Zeolites are hydrous aluminosilicates that are widely used as
catalysts in the chemical process industry. Zeolite A is
usually synthesized in the sodium form from aqueous
solutions of sodium silicate and sodium aluminate. Kerr and
Liu studied an alternative method of synthesis from
amorphous sodium aluminosilicate substrate and aqueous
sodium hydroxide solution. The reaction (essentially a
crystallization or recrystallization process) can be viewed as:

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 Lius description of the kinetics of the zeolite formation
process can be formulated in terms of the following equation:

Where:

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 Since the total weight of solids in a batch reactor must satisfy
an overall material balance, we require that the quantity be a
constant equal to the total weight of the charge divided by the
effective reactor volume. Note that the reaction is catalyzed
by the presence of product in that the zeolite concentration
appears in the numerator of the rate expression.
Consequently, it is desirable to include some zeolite in the
feed to the reactor to enhance the reaction rate. Reactions of
this type are labeled as autocatalytic.
At 100C the following values of the rate constants are
appropriate for use:

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 a. If one utilizes a slurry containing 1 kgm of zeolite and
24 kgm of amorphous substrate, determine the time
necessary to achieve 98% conversion of the substrate to
zeolite A in a well-stirred batch reactor. The conditions to
be considered are isothermal operation at 100C and a
hydroxide concentration of 1.5 kmolm.

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SOLUCIN
a) Se tienen los siguientes datos:

Como se trata de una suspensin, el volumen del reactor ser

considerado constante:

Ecuacin de diseo
De las etapas de reaccin:

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Sumando ambas, se obtiene la reaccin global:
Reaccin autocataltica

Inicio:
Reaccin:
Final:

Con esto:

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Reemplazando todo en la ecuacin cintica se tiene:

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Reemplazando en la ecuacin de diseo, para

Resolviendo:

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b) Assuming the reaction conditions noted in part a, determine
the reactor size and total weight of charge necessary to
produce zeolite A at an average rate of 2000 kg/day. Only one
reactor is to be used, and it will be necessary to shut down for
0.5 hours between batches for removal of product, cleaning,
and startup. The zeolite to be recycled to the reactor will come
from the 2000 kg produced daily.

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SOLUCIN
b) Para el 98% de conversin, el reactor requiere 0.982 h de
tiempo de operacin. El reactor requiere, adems, 0.5 horas
de espera entre cargas (vaciado, limpieza y puesta en marcha)
es por esto que, el tiempo total de produccin en el reactor
ser 1.482 h.
Para producir 2000 Kg de zeolita A por da:

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 Para calcular el volumen de un reactor batch, utilizaremos
la densidad de la zeolita A:

NOTA: Obsrvese que en este caso el reactor discontinuo est

funcionando en modo de produccin slo dos tercios del
tiempo.
Esta situacin no es extraordinaria, as que para satisfacer los
requisitos de diseo debern tenerse debidamente en cuenta los
tiempos de inactividad.
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Bibliografa

Hill, C., & Root, T. (2014). Introduction to Chemical Engineering

Kinetics and Reactor Design 2nd edition. University of Wisconsin
- Madison: Wiley. Page 227.

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