Lecture 27

Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) is the

field that studies the rates and mechanisms of
chemical reactions and the design of the reactors in
which they take place.
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—  How Reaction Rate Varies with:
1.  Temperature
2.  Catalyst Particle Size
3.  Eternal Flow Rate
—  For
A.  Reaction Rate Limited Reactors
B.  Internal Diffusion Limited Reactions
C.  External Rate Limited Reactions
And all 9 combinations of numbers and letters,
Eq. 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C and 3A, 3B and 3C.
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 Internal Diffusion
How will we know these trends discussed in the last slide:
1.  Solve the diffusion and reaction equation for catalyst
particle for concentration gradient

CA0 Sinh  (Θ1λ )

CA =
λ Sinh Θ1

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 2. Find the true rate of reaction as a function of
the external and internal surface reactions.

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 Internal Diffusion

D ~ T 1.75
RT
kr ~ e−E

3 De 3
−rA" =  kr = De  kr  
R kr R

−rA" =~ D 0.875e−E 2RT

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 Surface Reaction

" E " 1 1 %%
−rA = kr CA = k1 exp $$ $ − '''
# R # T1 T &&

−rA" −rA" −rA"

T dp U

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 and − rA = −knCAn

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 For a first-order reaction, Equation (15-19) becomes

The Thiele modulus for this first order reaction is

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 Figure E15-1.1 Damaged cartilage. (Figure courtesy of Newsweek,
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September 3, 2001.)
 Diffusion of O2 around collagen

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 z CA
λ= , ψ =
L C A0

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