Time : Three Hours 10. Reg. No. : B.E/B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2018 Sixth Semester Chemical Engineering CH 6602 - CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING - I (Regulations 2013) Answer ALL questions PART-A (10x2=20 Marks) Differentiate between elementary and non-elementary reactions. Milk is pasteurized if it is heated to 63°C for 30 min., but if it is heated to 74°C it only needs 15 sec. for the same result. Find the activation energy of this sterilization process. Differentiate between holding time and space time. In an isothermal batch reactor 70% of liquid reactant is converted in 13 min. What space time is needed to effect the same conversion in a PFR ? For the reaction A -> R~» S conducted in a CSTR the optimum time for maximum concentration of R is 10 min. What is the optimum time yop would obtain for a PER given k,/k, = 0.2. Determine the conditions (if applicable) such as reactor type and Cyo, Cyy. XT (high, low, intermediate) which will favour the formation of the product indicated. Recycle and rouse of the material is not allowed. A'>R>S n=2,n,=1,E, = 25, E,=35. Write the Vant Hoff equation showing the temperature dependency of equilibrium constant. . What is falling temperature progression ? When is it used ? Find the number of tanks in series that would represent a closed vessel for which Dial = 0.55. What are the different forms of non-idealities that one can observe in a reactor ? Maximum : 100 Marks40868 2. ‘A A PART-B (5*13=65 Marks) 11. a) The aqueous phase reaction A -> R proceeds as follows : t,sec. 780 2080 3540 7200 X,% 11.2 25.7 36.7 55.2 Find the reaction rate constant and order of the reaction. Determine the time required for 50% conversion of A. Assume C,, = 0.05 mol/lit. (OR) b) The thermal decomposition of N,O in the gas phase at 1000 K is studied in a constant volume reaction at various initial pressure. The half-life data obtained is as under ; Py»mmHg55 140-290 360 tysec. 850 465 255 212 Determine the rate equation for the above data. 12. a) The hydrolysis of acetic anhydride is conducted in a reaction battery consisting of two vessels. ‘The temperature of the first reactor is maintained at 10°C and the second at 15°C. The reaction is the first order with specific reaction rates as below : Temperature (°C) 10 15 k, min* 0.0567 0.0806 The inlet composition is 177 kg mol/m’ the feed rate is do9s m'*/min the vessels are all of the same size, and the desired conversion 95%. Calculate : i) The size of the vessels needed ii) The size of the vessel if only one is used at 10°C. (OR) b) Under appropriate conditions, acetaldehyde vapour reacts to give methane and carbon monoxide by the reaction, CH,CHO + CH, + CO.0.1 kg/sec. of acetaldehyde vapour is to be decomposed at 520°C and 1 atm in a tubular reactor. The reaction is irreversible and second order with respect to acetaldehyde. Value of rate constant k = 0.43 m*/kg mole sec. What will be the volume of the reactor for 35% and 90% decomposition of acetaldehyde ?(AME 2 40868 13. a) Reactant A in a liquid produces R and S by the following reactions : R a s Both these reactions are first order. A feed with C,, = 1, C,,= 0 and C,,=0 enters in two mixed flow reactors in series (T, = 2 min ; T, = 5 min). The composition in the reactor is C,, = 0.40, Cy, = 0.40 and C,, = 0.2. Find the composition leaving the second reactor. (OR) b) Ina reactive environment, reactant A decomposes as follows : mse ss Where k, = 0.1 (min)* and k, = 0.1 (min) Ris to be produced from 1000 Wh of feed (C,, = 1 mol/l, Cyy= Cy, = 0). i) What size of plug flow reactor will maximize the concentration of R? ii) What size of mixed flow reactor will maximize the concentration of R ? iii) What is C,.,,, in the effluent stream from each of these reactors ? 14. a) A first order liquid phase reaction is carries out in a mixed flow reactor. The concentration of reactant in feed is 3 kmol/m® and volumetric flow rate is 60 x 10° m/s. The density and specific heat of reaction mixture are constant at 10° kg/m* and 4.19 x 10° J/(kg.K) the volume of reactor is 18 x 10m‘, ‘The reactor operates adiabatically. If feed enters at 298 K, what are steady conversions and temperature in the product stream ? ‘Take AH, =-2.09 x 10° J/k mol \ And rate = 4.48 x 10° exp (-62800/RT) C, kmol/(m*.s) Cis the concentration of reactant. Tis in K and Eis in J/mol. (OR) b) Determine the equilibrium conversion for the elementary reaction between °C and 100°C. AoR At 298 K: AG* =-14130 J/mol, AH, = — 75300 J/mol, C,, = C,, = constant i) Construct a plot of temperature against conversion ii) What restriction should be placed on a reactor operation isothermally if conversion of 75% or higher is desired ?