P4-2 (h)

Example 4-7
The gas-phase reaction
2NOCl

2NO + Cl2

Is carried out at 425 oC and 1641 kPa (16.2 atm). Pure NOCl is to be fed, and the
reaction follows an elementary rate law. It is desired to produce 20 tons of NO per
year in a microreactor system using a bank of ten microreactors in parallel. Each
microreactor has 100 channels with each channel 0.2 mm square and 250 mm in
length.
How would the results change if the pressure were doubled and the temperature was
decreased 20oC in example 4-7 Gas-Phase Reaction in a Microreactor-Molar Flow
Rates ?

Plot the molar flow rates as a function of volume down the length of the reactor. The
volume of each channel is 10-5 dm3.
Additional Information :
To produce 20 tons per year of NO at 85% conversion would require a feed rate of
0.026 mol/s of NOCl, or 2.26 x 10-5 mol/s per channel. The rate constant is :
k =0.29

dm3
kcal
at 500 K with E=24
mol . s
mol

Jawaban :
Kondisi awal Example 4-7
P = 1641 kPa
T = 425 oC

Setelah tekanan di ubah menjadi 2 kalinya dan suhu diturunkan 20 oC, maka
kondisinya menjadi :
P = 3282 kPa
T = 405 oC
Data yang digunakan pada program POLYMATH sama dengan example 4-7, yang
berbeda hanya pada tekanan dan suhu saja.
1. Mole balances
dF A
=r A
dV
dF B
=r B
dV
dFC
=r C
dV
Dengan
A = NOCl, B = NO dan C = Cl2
2. Rate Law :
r A=k C 2A , k =0.29

dm3
mol . s

3. Stoichiometry : Gas phase with T = T0 and P = P0 then = 0

a. Relative rates :
r A rB
r
= = C
1 1 1/2
r B =r A
r C=

1
r
2 A

b. Concentration
F
F
F
C A =C T 0 A ,C B =CT 0 B , CC =CT 0 C
FT
FT
FT

FT
FT0

dengan FT =F A + F B + F C
C T 0=

P0
RT 0

Setelah menurunkan beberapa persamaan, maka untuk memplot digunakan software

Polymath, dengan rincian program sebagai berikut :

Setelah di solve didapatkan grafik sebagai berikut :