Problem No:12 Name: S.S.

SRIMANTH VARMA
Date: 18-06-24 Roll No:21021A0843

PLUG FLOW REACTOR PERFORMANCE

Problem statement:

A Homogeneous gas reaction A3R has a report rate at 215 0c, -ra=10^ (-2) *Ca^ (1/2), Find
the spacetime needed for 80% inert feed to PFR operating at 215 0c & 5 atm, Cao=0.0625
mol/liter having 50% 0f A and 50% of inerts by using Simpson’s rule and trapezoidal rule.
OUTPUT:

X f
0 1.0000

0.1000 1.1055

0.2000 1.2247

0.3000 1.3628

0.4000 1.5275

0.5000 1.7321

0.6000 2.0000

0.7000 2.3805

0.8000 3.0000

The Space time for PFR using Simpson’s 1/3 rule is , T=33.1899 min

The Space time for PFR using trapezoidal rule is , t=33.3328 min
MATLAB Code (prob12srimanth.m):
clc
clear all
CA0=0.0625; % initial concentration in mol/lit
dx=0.1; % difference between conversion
X(1)=0; % initial value of conversion
a=0; % initial limit for integration
b=0.8; % final limit for integration
n=8; % number of terms
f(1)=sqrt((1+X(1))/(1-X(1))); % initial value of f
disp(' X f') % displaying titles of output
for i=2:9 % using for loop
X(i)=X(i-1)+dx; % equation to find values of X
f(i)=sqrt((1+X(i))/(1-X(i))); % equation to find values of f
disp([X(i) f(i)]); % displaying output
end
iv=dx/3*(f(1)+f(9)+4*(f(2)+f(4)+f(6)+f(8))+2*(f(3)+f(5)+f(7))); % using Simpsons rule
Tp=((b-a)/(2*n))*(f(1)+f(9)+2*(f(2)+f(3)+f(4)+f(5)+f(6)+f(7)+f(8));% using trapezoidal rule
T=100*(CA0^(1/2))*iv; %space time using Simpsons rule
T= 100*(CA0^(1/2))*Tp; % space time using trapezoidal
plot(X,f) % plotting f vs X
area(X,f) % area under the curve
xlabel('conversion(X)') % labelling x axis
ylabel('f') % labelling y axis
title('Variation of f wrt conversion') % title to the plot
fprintf(‘The Space time for PFR using Simpson’s 1/3 rule is , T=%2.4f min/n’,T)
fprintf(‘The Space time for PFR using trapezoidal rule is , t=%2.4f min/n’,t)
GRAPH:
REPORT:

The space time required for the given Plug Flow Reactor to reach 80% of conversion at given
conditions by using the Simpson’s 1/3 rule and Trapezoidal rule is obtained as 33.1899 min
and 33.3328 min.
Problem No:13 Name: S.S. SRIMANTH VARMA
Date: 18-06-24 Roll No:21021A0843

PLUG FLOW REACTOR VOLUME

Problem statement:

A Homogenous gas phase decomposition of phosphene the reaction is 4 PH 3 P4 +6 H 2

proceeds at 649 0C with first order rate -r PH 3 =10(con) PH 3 .what size of PFR operating at
649 0C & 466kpa can produce 80% conversion of feed containing 40 m0les of pure
phosphene per hour by using Simpson’s rule and Trapezoidal rule.
OUTPUT:

X f
0 1.0000

0.1000 1.1944

0.2000 1.4375

0.3000 1.7500

0.4000 2.1667

0.5000 2.7500

0.6000 3.6250

0.7000 5.0833

0.8000 8.0000
The volume of PFR using Simpson’s rule is, V=0.1479 m^3

The volume of PFR using Trapezoidal rule is, v=0.1500 m^3

MATLAB Code (prob12srimanth.m):
clc
clear all
T=922.15; % temperature in kelvin
P=460*1000; % pressure in pascals
FA0=40; % molar feed rate in mol/m^3
R=8.314; % Universal gas constant
a=0; % initial limit for integration
b=0.8; % final limit for integration
n=8; % number of terms
CA0=P/R/T; % eqn for initial concentration
dx=0.1; % difference in conversion
X(1)=0; % initial conversion
f(1)=(1+0.75*X(1))/(1-X(1)); % initial value of f
disp(' X f') % displaying titles of output
for i=2:9 % using for loop
X(i)=X(i-1)+dx; % equation to find values of X
f(i)=(1+0.75*X(i))/(1-X(i)); % equation to find values of f
disp([X(i) f(i)]); % displaying output
end
iv=dx/3*(f(1)+f(9)+4*(f(2)+f(4)+f(6)+f(8))+2*(f(3)+f(5)+f(7))); % using Simpsons rule
Tp=((b-a)/(2*n))*(f(1)+f(9)+2*(f(2)+f(3)+f(4)+f(5)+f(6)+f(7)+f(8));% using trapezoidal rule
V=40*iv/10/60; %space time using Simpsons rule
v=40*Tp/10/60; % space time using trapezoidal
plot(X,f) % plotting f vs X
area(X,f) % area under the curve
xlabel('conversion(X)') % labelling x axis
ylabel('f') % labelling y axis
title('Variation of f wrt conversion') % title to the plot
fprintf(‘The volume of PFR using Simpson’s 1/3 rule is , V=%2.4f m^3/n’,V)
fprintf(‘The volume of PFR using trapezoidal rule is , v=%2.4f m^3/n’,v)
GRAPH:
REPORT:

The volume required for the given Plug Flow Reactor to reach 80% of conversion at given
conditions by using the Simpson’s 1/3 rule and Trapezoidal rule is obtained as 0.1479 m^3
and 0.1500 m^3.