• Course Outline, Tentative schedule • • Review: Chemical Kinetics and Ch1-6, Two-three weeks • Chapter 1: Mole Balances • Chapter 2: Conversion and Reactor Sizing • Chapter 2: Conversi
Trang 1• MT dates will be determined (mid of the semester)
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Trang 2POLICY ON COLLABORATION AND ORIGINALITY
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Cheating includes, but is not limited to, copying from a classmate or providing answers or
information, either written or oral, to others Plagiarism is borrowing or using someone else’s
writing or ideas without giving written acknowledgment to the author This includes copying
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and the general nat re of the home ork problems ith an one Also o ma per se all
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accumulated over the years However, your final solutions should be your own original work
Jointly prepared solutions, and solutions closely resembling those available, are unacceptable.
• Textbook Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering
(4th ed.), H.S Fogler Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ (2005)
Trang 3• Course Outline, Tentative schedule
•
• Review: Chemical Kinetics and Ch1-6, Two-three weeks
• Chapter 1: Mole Balances
• Chapter 2: Conversion and Reactor Sizing
• Chapter 2: Conversion and Reactor Sizing
• Chapter 3: Rate Law and Stoichiometry
• Chapter 4: Isothermal Reactor Design
• Chapter 5: Collection and Analysis of Rate Data
• Chapter 6: Multiple Reactions
• Chapter 7: Reaction Mechanisms, Pathways, Bioreactions and Bioreactors , Two weeks
• Chapter 8: Steady-State Nonisothermal Reactor Design, Two weeks
• Chapter 9: Unsteady-state Nonisothermal Reactor Design, One week
• Chapter 10: Catalysis and Catalytic Reactors, Two weeks
• Chapter 11: External Diffusion Effects on Heterogeneous ReactionsOne Week
• Chapter 11: External Diffusion Effects on Heterogeneous Reactions, One Week
• Chapter 12: Diffusion and Reaction in Porous Catalysts, Two Weeks
• Student presentations on projects, One week
Elements of Chemical Rxn Enginnering
Chemical kinetics is the study of chemical rxn rates and reaction
mechanisms.
Chemical reaction engineering (CRE) combines the study of chemical
kinetics with the reactors in which the reactions occur.
Objective of the course:
Objective of the course: Learn how to design equipment for Learn how to design equipment for
carrying out desirable chemical reactions
(what size and what type of equipment)
Chemical Kinetics & Reactor Design
The reaction system thet operates in the safest and most efficient manner
can be the key to the success of the plant.
Trang 4chemical identity The identity of a chemical species is determinde
by the kind, number, and configuration of that species’ atoms
Three ways a chemical species can lose its chemical identity:
The reaction rate is the rate at which a species looses its chemical
identity per unit volume The rate of a reaction can be expressed as
identity per unit volume The rate of a reaction can be expressed as
the rate of disappearance of a reactant or as the rate of appearance
of a product Consider species A:
A → B
rAA= the rate of formation of species A per unit volume p p
-rA= the rate of disappearance of species A per unit volume
rB= the rate of formation of species B per unit volume
Trang 5For catalytic reaction , we refer to –rA’, which is the rate of disappearance of
species A on a per mass of catalyst basis.
NOTE: dCA/dt is not the rate of reaction (This is only true for a batch system, we will see)
If continuous → dCAA/dt = 0
The rate law does not depend on reactor type!
-rAis the # of moles of A reacting (disappearing) per unit time per unit volume
• Ideal mixing (no axial mixing, complete radial mixing)
• Steady-state : conditions donot change with time at any point (PFR)
• Complete mixing
• non-steady-state: Uniform composition and temperture at any given instant,
change with time (t)
Trang 6rjis the rate of formation of species j per unit volume [e.g mol/dm 3 s]
rjis a function of concentration, temperature, pressure, and the type of
catalyst (if any)
rjis independent of the type of reaction system (batch, plug flow, etc.)
rjis an algebraic equation, not a differential equation.
We use an algebraic equation to relate the rate of reaction, -rA, to the
concentration of reacting species and to the temperature at which the reaction
a linear function of concentrations:
A
C k r
⋅+
Trang 73 General Mole Balance Equation:
IN – OUT + GENERATION = ACCUMULATION
]/[
0 moles time
d
dN dV r F
F
V
A A
A
of species A in]
[0
0
dt
A A
the system at time t.
GA= rAV (if all system variables (T, CA, etc.) are spatially uniform
throughout system volume)
[ volume ]
volume time
moles time
moles
V r
for V r G
G
subvolumes all
for etc V
=
⋅ +
Trang 8Mole Balance on Different Reactor Types
Batch Reactor is used for small-scale operations, for testing new
processes, for the manufacture of expensive products, and for the
processes that are not easy to convert to continuous
high conversion rates (time spend is longer)
high labor cost and & variability of products from batch-to-batch
=
=
V dN
F F
V r dt
j j
0
1
1 0
A
A A
A
N
A N
A t
A
A
V r
dN t
V r
Trang 9Continuous Flow Reactors (CFR)operate at steady state
Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR)
Plug Flow Reactor (PFR)
Packed Bed Reactor (PBR)
T ≠ f(t,V)
General Mole Balance on System Volume V
IN – OUT + GENERATION = ACCUMULATION
∫ ⋅ = +
A A A
dt
dN dV r F F
0 0
V
F A0
F A Assumptions
A A A
A A
A
V r F F
V r dV r dt dN
=
⋅ +
A
A A
A
A A
r
v C v C V
r
F F
0 Design eq’n for CSTR
v C
F A0= A0⋅
Trang 10Tubular Reactors consists of a cylindirical pipe and is operated at
steady state Mostly used for gas phase rxns
PFR Derivation: uniform velocity in turbulent flow (no radial variation in
velocity, concentration, temperature, reaction rate)
∫ ⋅ = +
A A A
dt
dN dV r F F
0 0
IN – OUT + GENERATION = ACCUMULATION
Trang 11∆
∆
∆ +
∫
V r F
F
V r dV r G
A V V A V
A
A A
A
Divide by ∆V and rearrange:
A V
A V V A
r V
F F
A A
r
dF V
r dV dF
0
Packed Bed Reactors (PBR) are not homogenous, the fluid-solid
heterogenous rxn take place on the surface of the catalyst Rate (r’) is
dependent on the mass of catalyst (W)
-rA’ = mol A reacted / (s) (g catalyst)
A A
dt
dN dW r F F
0
IN – OUT + GENERATION = ACCUMULATION
∆W W+∆W W
FA(W+∆W)
FA(W)
Trang 12∫ ⋅ = +
A A A
dN dV r F
dt
0 0
Differentiate with respect to W and rearrange
'
A
A r dW
dF =
When pressure drop through the reactor and catalyst decay are
When pressure drop through the reactor and catalyst decay are
neglected, the integral eg’n can be used to find W:
A
F
F A A F
F A
A
r
dF r
dF W
Batch Reactor Times
A → BCalculate the time to reduce the number of moles by a factor of 10 (NA=
NA0/10) in a batch reactor for the above reaction with
-rrA’A= k C k CAAwhen k = 0.046 minwhen k 0.046 min-1
A A
law Rate
dt
dN V r
on Accumulati Generation
Out In
balance Mol
=
⋅ +
−
= +
−
:
0 0
:
A A
A A
A A
A A
A
N k dt
dN N
k V r
V
N k C k r C
k r
law Rate
Trang 13N A
A
A
A A
N k V C k
V
r
A A N
A
A
A A
A
A
A
) 10 ln(
min 046 0
1 10
• Define the rate of chemical reaction
• Apply the mole balance equations to a batch reactor, CSTR, PFR,
and PBR
conc’n
• CSTR: no spatial variations in the tank, steady state
• PFR: PFR: spatial variations along the reactor steady state spatial variations along the reactor, steady state
• PBR: spatial variations along the reactor, steady state
Basic equation for any species A entering, leaving, reacting
dt
dN dV r
Trang 1510/1/2010
Trang 16Perfusion interactions between
compartments are shown by arrows
V L = 2.4 l
tL= 2.4 min Central
V C = 15.3 l
tC= 0.9 min
V G , V L , V C , and V Mare -tissue water
volumes for the gastrointestinal,
liver, central and muscle
compartments, respectively
V Sis the stomach contents volume
Muscle & Fat
VM= 22.0 l
t M = 27 min
Trang 17Chemical Reaction Engineering
Chemical reaction engineering is at the heart of virtually
every chemical process It separates the chemical
engineer from other engineers.
Industries that Draw Heavily on Chemical Reaction
Engineering (CRE) are:
CPI (Chemical Process Industries)
Dow, DuPont, Amoco, Chevron Pharmaceutical – Antivenom, Drug Delivery
Medicine –Pharmacokinetics, Drinking and
Driving
Microelectronics – CVD
Trang 18• Objectives:
CONVERSION AND REACTOR SIZING
• Define conversion and space time
• Write the mole balances in terms of conversion for a
batch reactor, CSTR, PFR, and PBR
• Size reactors either alone or in series once given the
molar flow rate of A, and the rate of reaction, -rA, as
a function of conversion, X
• Conversion: Choose one of the reactants as the basis
of calculation and relate the other species involved in
the rxn to this basis.
• Space time: the time necessary to process one
reactor volume of fluid based on entrance conditions
(holding time or mean residence time)
Trang 19CONVERSION AND REACTOR SIZING
1 Conversion
Consider the general equation
dD C
d C a
c B a
b
A + → +
The basis of calculation is most always the limiting reactant The
conversion of species A in a reaction is equal to the number of moles of A
reacted per mole of A fed
0
( A A FA FA
X N
For irreversible reactions, the maximum value of conversion, X, is
that for complete conversion, i.e X = 1.0
For reversible reactions, the maximum value of conversion, X, is the
equilibrium conversion, i.e X = X
Trang 20Batch Reactor Design Equations:
of Moles fed
A of Moles consumed
reacted
) (
[ NA0]
Now the # of moles of A that remain in the reactor after a time t, NAcan be
expressed in terms of NA0and X;
expressed in terms of NA0and X;
) 1 (
0
0 0
X N
N
X N N
N
A A
A A
dN
mixing prefect
V r dt
dN
A A
A A
For batch reactors, we are interested in determining how long to leave the
reactants in the reactor to achieve a certain conversion X
dX
dt
dX N
dX
N
V r dt
dX
N
A A
A A
Trang 21For a constant volume batch reactor: (V = V 0 )
V N d
dt
dN
V
0 0
)/(
A A
A A
V r
dX N
t
V r
dX N
of moles fed
A of moles
For continuous-flow systems, time usually increases with increasing reactor
volume
A A
A
A
F X F
F
fed A of moles
reacted A
of moles time
fed A of moles X
v C F
X F
F
A A
A A
Trang 22For liquid systems, CA0is usually given in terms of molarity (mol/dm3)
For gas systems, CA0can be calculated using gas laws
P P
Partial pressure
0
0 0
0
0 0
T R
P y T R
Entering molar flow rate is
y A0 = entering mole fraction of A
0
0 0 0 0
0
0
T R
P y v C
v
A
A = ⋅ = ⋅ ⋅
P 0 = entering total pressure (kPa)
C A0 = entering conc’n (mol/dm 3 )
R = 8.314 kPa dm 3 / mol K
T = T(K)
CSTR (Design Equation)
D a
d C a
c B a
b
A + → +For a rxn:
F F
A
A A
r
F F
A
A A
A
X F F
F V
X F F
F
) ( 0 0
0
0 0
A
r
X F V
r
) (
Trang 23PFR (Design Equation)
r dV
X F F F
A A
A A A
Substitute back:
A A
dV
dX F dV
V
0 0
Applications of Design Equations for
Continuous Flow Reactors
3.
3 Reactor Sizing Reactor Sizing
Given –rAas a function of conversion, -rA= f(X), one can size any type of
reactor We do this by constructing a Levenspiel Plot Here we plot either
FA0/ -rAor 1 / -rAas a function of X For FA0/ -rAvs X, the volume of a
CSTR and the volume of a PFR can be represented as the shaded areas
in the Levelspiel Plots shown below:
Trang 24A particularly simple functional dependence is the first order dependence:
) 1 (
C k C k
k
rA A 1
1 1
1
0 -1/rA
0.1130.079
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0 → -1/rAis small)
2 As x → 1, –rA→ 0 thus 1/-rA→ ∞ & V → ∞
→ An infinite reactor volume is needed to reach complete conversion
For reversible reactions (A ↔ B), the max X is the equilibrium conversion
Xe At equilibrium, rA≈ 0
As X → Xe, –rA→ 0 thus 1/-rA→ ∞ & V → ∞
→ An infinite reactor volume is needed to obtain Xe
Trang 26if FA0= 0.4 mol/s, we can calculate [FA/-rA](m3)
Plot FA0/-rAvs X obtain Levenspiel Plot!
Example: Calculate volume to achieve 80 % conversion in CSTR.
3
8 0
X at r
0
3
8 0
4 6 8 0 20
4 0
) (
20 1
m m
mol r
X F V
s mol
m r
exit A A A
4
s mol
4 Numerical Evaluation of Intergrals Numerical Evaluation of Intergrals
The integral to calculate the PFR volume can be evaluated using a
method such as Simpson’s One-Third Rule
NOTE:
NOTE: The intervals (∆X) shown in the
sketch are not drawn to scale They should be equal.
Simpson’s One-Third Rule is one of the most common numerical methods It
uses three data points One numerical methods for evaluating integrals are:
1 Trapezoidal Rule (uses two data points)
2 Simpson’s Three-Eighth’s Rule (uses four data points)
3 Five-Point Quadrature Formula
Trang 27Trapezoidal Rule
f(x1)
f(x)
2)]
()([
)(
)]
()([1)(
0 1 2
0 1
1 0
1
0
h x f x f A
h x f A
x f x f h dx x f
2
)(2
)()(2
1 0
0 1 0
2 1 2
x f x f h
x f x f x f h
A A A
424(
3
)
(
6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 4 4
3 2 1 0
0
4
0
f f f f f f f h
dx
x
f
x x h where f
f f f f
+++
If the molar feed of A to the PFR is 2 mol/s, what PFR volume is
necessary to achieve 80 % conversion under identical conditions as
those under which the batch data was obtained?
Trang 28Hint :
FA0= 2 mol/s, fed to a plug flow reactor
dX r F
1
Thus one needs (1/-rA) as a function of X
0 0
14
0
0
0
2 1
0 0
0
293500
)125(41003
4.02
:
)()()0(3
:
dm mol
s dm s
mol r
dX F
V
PFR
X r X r X
r r
V
A A
A A
A A
A A
To reach 80 % conversion your PFR must be 293 3 dm3
To reach 80 % conversion, your PFR must be 293.3 dm3
Trang 29Sizing in PFR
Example: Determine the volume in PFR to achieve a 80 % conversion
F dX
r dV
dX F PFR For A ⋅ = − A
8 8
0
:
dX r
F r
dX F
V arranging
A A A
0 0 0
: Re
Let’s numerically evaluate the integral with trapezoidal rule
89.0)
A
r
F X f
(
8 0
A
r
F X f
3
556.34.089.8)0.889
With five point quadrature V = 2.165 m3
Comparing CSTR & PFR Sizing
VCSTR> VPFRfor the same conversion and rxn conditions.
The reason is that CSTR always operates at lowest rxn rate PFR starts at a high y p g
rate, then gradually decreases to the exit rate.
Trang 30Reactors in Series: The exit of one reactor is fed to the next one.
Given –rAas a function of conversion, one can design any sequence of
reactors
i po to up reacted A
of
moles
reactor first
to fed A of
moles
X i =
Only valid if there are no side streams
i A A
Ai F F X
F = 0− 0⋅
Example: Using Levenspiel plots to calculate conversion from known
reactor volumes
Pure A is fed at a volumetric flow rate 1000 dm 3 /h and at a concentration of 0.005
mol/dm 3 to an existing CSTR, which is connected in series to an existing tubular
reactor If the volume of the CSTR is 1200 dm 3 and the tubular reactor volume is
reactor If the volume of the CSTR is 1200 dm 3 and the tubular reactor volume is
600 dm 3 , what are the intermediate and final conversions that can be achieved
with the existing system? The reciprocal rate is plotted in the figure below as a
function of conversion for the conditions at which the reaction is to be carried out.
Trang 31By trial and error, we find that a conversion of 0.6 gives the appropriate
CSTR volume of 1200 dm3
Therefore, the intermediate conversion is X = 0.6
Similarly for the PFR, through trial and error, we find that a conversion
of 0.8 gives the appropriate PFR volume of 600 dm3
Therefore, the final conversion is X = 0.8
Trang 32)(
1 2 2 0 2
2 0 0 1 0 0 2
2 1
r
F r
X F F X F F r
F F V
A A A
A A A
A A
4 0 1
0 1
3 4
0 1
m X
r
F V m r
F X
A A X
A A
2 2
0 2
3 8
0 2
F X
A A X
VCSTR,2> VCSTR,1
0.4 0.8
X
Total V = V1+ V2= 4.02 m3< 6.4 m3 volume necessary to get 80 %
conversion with one CSTR
Trang 331 ,
VTOTAL= VPFR,1+ VPFR,2The overall conversion of
0 0
0 0
0
X
A X
A A X
A
A
r
dX F r
dX F r
dX
F
-rA2 FA2
same as one PFR with the same total volume
Reactors in Series: CSTR
Reactors in Series: CSTR –– PFR PFR – – CSTR CSTR
Using the data in the table, calculate the reactor volumes V1, V2and V3
for the CSTR/PFR/CSTR reactors in series sequence along with the
corresponding conversion
Trang 34X vs r
F of
A
A
r
X F V
at X = X1= 0.4 the (FA0/ -rA1) = 300 dm3
V1= (300 dm3) (0.4) = 120 dm3
The volume of the first CSTR is 120 dm3
(b) Reactor 2: PFR The differential form of the PFR design is
4 0
0 0
2
1
dX r
F dX
r
F V
A A X
X A A
Trang 35Choose three point quadrature formula with
15.02
4.07.02
−
∆
=
) 7 0 ( )
55 0 (
4 ) 4 0 ( 3
0 0
0 2
A A A
A A
A
r
F r
F r
F X V
Interpreting for (FA0/-rA) at X = 0.55 we obtain
3 0
15.0
dm dm
dm dm
A F r V F
generation out
in
=
⋅ +
A
A A
r
F F V
−
−
=
3 0
3
2 0
2
) 1 (
) 1 (
X F
F
X F
3
2 3 3
0
3
180 ) 4 0 7 0 ( 600
) (
dm dm
V
X X r
Trang 36CSTR X1= 0.4 V1= 120 dm3
PFR X2= 0 7 V2= 119 dm3
PFR X2 0.7 V2 119 dmCSTR X3= 0.8 V3= 180 dm3
Total volume = 120 + 119 + 180 = 419 dm3
Reactor Sequencing
Is there any differences between having a CSTR – PFR system & PFR –
CSTR system? Which arrangement is best?
The choice of reactors depend on ;
the Levenspiel plots relative reactor sizes.
Trang 37Space Time
The space time, tau, is obtained by dividing the reactor volume by
the volumetric flow rate entering the reactor:
V
Space time is the time necessary to process one volume of reactor
fluid at the entrance conditions This is the time it takes for the amount
of fluid that takes up the entire volume of the reactor to either
completely enter or completely exit the reactor It is also called holding
time or mean residence time
Example: v0= 0.01 m3/s and V = 0.2 m3 → τ = 0.2 m3/ 0.01 m3/s = 20 s
It would take 20 s for the fluid at the entrance to move to the exit
Typical space time for different reactors:
Batch : 15 min – 20 h (few kg/day – 100,000 tons/year ≈ 280 tons/day)
CSTR : 10 min – 4 h (10 to 3 x 106tons/yr)
Trang 38Space Velocity (SV)is defined as:
instead of using volumetric flow rate at the entrance, you use liquid –
hourly & gas – hourly space velocities (LHSV, GHSV)
v0(for LHSV) is that of a liquid feed rate at 60°F or 75°F
v0(for GHSV) is that of the one that measured at STP
V
v GHSV V
v
Trang 39• HW (due date: Feb 25):
Example: Consider cell as a reactor The nutrient corn steep liquor enters the cell of the
microorganism Penicillium chrysogenum and is decomposed to form such products as
amino acids, RNA and DNA Write an unsteady mass balance on (a) the corn steep liquor,
(b) RNA, and (c) pencillin Assume the cell is well mixed and that RNA remains inside the
Trang 40Mass balance for penicillin:
dN F dV r dV
r G
flow in penicilin no
F
dt
dN G F F
on Accumulati Generation
Out In
p V
V in
p p out in
= +
−
∫
∫
) _ (
0
dt F dV r dV
r
G p=∫ p⋅ ⇒ ∫ p⋅ out =Assuming steady state for the rate of production of penicilin in the cells
stationary state,
p out p
out in p
r
F V r
F F V dt dN
C C
r
F r
F F V
For irreversible reactions, the maximum value of conversion, X, is
that for complete conversion, i.e X = 1.0
For reversible reactions, the maximum value of conversion, X, is the
equilibrium conversion, i.e X = X