Chemical Reaction Engineering

Lecture 5: Review of Undergraduate Material

Jayant M. Modak Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Objective
!! Ideal

reactors mass balances !! Ideal reactors - comparison

Indian Institute of Science

General mole balance

Fj0
Fj0, Fj v0, v Gj V Cj t

Gj

Fj

molar flow rate (moles/min) volumetric flow rate (dm3/min) molar generation rate (moles/min) Volume(dm3) concentration (moles/dm3) time (min)

General mole balance

Fj 0 ! Fj + " rj dV =

dN j dt

Batch Reactor

dN j dt

= rjV

Continuous-Stirred Tank Reactor

V =

Fj 0 ! Fj ! rj

Plug flow reactor

dFj dV

= rj

Packed bed reactor

dFj dW

=r

' j

Example
A1 ! products

! =

"

C1

C10

dC1 r

C10 " C1 ! = r

Ideal reactors - comparison

r = kC1n
-1 0 1 2
n

rate(C1)

C10-C1

Ideal reactors - comparison

! =

"

C1

C10

dC1 r

C10 " C1 ! = r

1/rate(C1)

-1 0 1 2

C10-C1

Nominal space times (Engineering of Chemical Reactions, Schmidt)

Summary
!! Mole

balances !! Ideal flow pattern !! Batch and continuous reactors !! Plug flow reactor !! Residence time