Chemical Reaction Engineering Exam 2 Equation Sheet Fall 2013

Unit Conversions
Length Energy
1 cm = 10-2 m 1 cal = 10-3 kcal
= 0.3937 inch = 4.186 joule
= 0.03281 foot = 4.186x107 erg
= 6.214x10-6 mile = 1.163x10-6 kWh
=3.968x10-3 BTU
Weight = 1.559 hp h
1g = 10-3 kg
= 0.002205 lb Power
= 0.03527 oz 1 watt = 1 joule/sec
= 1.102x10-6 ton = 0.7376 ft lb/sec
= 10-6 metric ton = 3.413 BTU/h
= 0.001341 hp
Volume
1L = 103 cm3 Temperature
= 10-3 m3 0°C = 273.15 K
= 1 dcm3 = 491.67 °R
= 0.008386 barrel (U.S. liquid)
=0.03532 ft3 Pressure
= 61.02 in3 1 atm = 1.013 bar
= 0.2642 gal = 1.013x105 pascal
= 760 torr
= 14.7 psi
= 2116.3 psf

R Constants
R = 1.9872 cal/mol K
= 8.314 J/mol K
= 0.082059 L atm/mol K
= 82.059 cm3 atm/mol K
= 0.7302 ft3 atm/lb mol °R
= 1.9872 BTU/lb mol °R

Useful Thermodynamic Equations

k fo  S  
( ) GR  H R  TS R  exp  R 
kbo  R 

 GR  S  j k fo  E f  Eb  
K eq  exp   
GR  S  j
  C j
K eq  exp       Pj K eq  exp   RT  j 1
 RT  j 1 k bo  RT  
Useful Energy Balance Equations
( ) ( ) ( ) ̇

( ) ( )
Other Useful Equations

( ⁄ )
( )

( ) ( )
( )

( )
( )

( )
( )