Design Of Fermenter

BANSILAL RAMNATH AGARWAL CHARITABLE TRUST’S

VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PUNE- 411037
(An Autonomous institute Affiliated to University of Pune)

CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING

Course Project Report
On
Design Of A Fermenter
Under The Guidance of
Prof. (SMT). GAYTRI GAWANDE
Submitted by: TY_CH-B_Group No. 7

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ABSTRACT

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Co-operation is the key of success. Thank you is a very small word to express
our deep gratitude to our respected guide Prof. (SMT). Satchidanand satpute
who guided and inspired us as whole heartedly, spending her valuable time and
taking such great part in our project work that is. Study optimization and design
process That is also help us in knowing about so many things.

We are also thankful to all faculty members for their tremendous support help
and guidance towards a successful completion of our project.

Last but not least we would like to express deep gratitude to our friends who
helped us in our project completion.

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CONTENT

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1. INTRODUCTION 5
2. LITERATURE SURVEY 6
3. FORMULIES 10
4. DESIGN 12
5. RESULT AND DISCUSSION 15
6. CONCLUSION 22
7. REFERENCE 22

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1. INTRODUCTION

A chemical reactor is any type of vessel used in transforming raw materials to

desired products. The vessels themselves can be simple mixing tanks or
complex flow reactors. In all cases, a reactor must provide enough time for
chemical reaction to take place. The design of chemical reactors encompasses at
least three fields of chemical engineering: thermodynamics, kinetics, and heat
transfer. For example, if a reaction is run in a typical batch reactor, a simple
mixing vessel, what is the maximum conversion expected? This is a
thermodynamic question answered with knowledge of chemical equilibrium.
Also, we might like to know how long the reaction should proceed to achieve a
desired conversion. This is a kinetic question. We must know not only the
stoichiometry of the reaction but also the rates of the forward and the reverse
reactions. We might also wish to know how much heat must be transferred to
or from the reactor to maintain isothermal conditions. This is a heat transfer
problem in combination with a thermodynamic problem. We must know
whether the reaction is endothermic or exothermic. After chemical reaction a
series of physical treatment steps is usually required to purify the product and
perhaps recycle unreacted material back to the reactor. The quantity of material
to be processed is a key factor in determining what type of reactor should be
used. For small-lot quantities, a batch reactor is commonly used in industry.
For large, high-volume reactions, such as in the petroleum industry, flow
reactors are common.

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2. LITERATURE SURVEY

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