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    DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING,

    COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,
    LANDMARK UNIVERSITY, OMU-ARAN

    Chemical Reaction Engineering II


    CHE 416 - 3 Credits

    2021/2022 SESSION
    COURSE: CHE 416 (Chemical Reaction Engineering II) (3 Units).

    Lecturer: ADEREMI, Benjamin Olufemi


    B. Eng., M.Eng. (UNIBEN), PhD Chem. Eng. (ABU),. LLB (NOUN), FMSN, MNSChE, MNSE, Reg. Engr.
    (COREN),

    Department of Chemical Engineering,


    College of Engineering,
    Landmark University, Omu-Aran,
    Kwara State, Nigeria.
    E-mail: [email protected] ; [email protected]

    Office Location: Rm A001, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1st College Building.

    Consultation Hours: 1.00-3.00pm Tuesday and Thursday.

    2
    Course Content
    • Classification and types of reactors;
    • Ideal reactors’ design equations and methods of operation;
    • Material and energy balance concept
    • Ideal reactors for a single reaction
    • Size comparison of single reactors
    • Multiple reactor systems
    • Recycle Reactor
    • Autocatalytic reactions
    • Product distribution in parallel and series reactions
    • Temperature effect;
    • Heat of reaction and temperature
    • Equilibrium conversion and thermodynamics
    • Modes of operation
    • Optimization of yield;
    • Product distribution and temperature
    MODULE 2

    Design Equations for single ideal reactors


    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    ❖At the end of this module, students should be


    able to :
    1. recall the basic nomenclatures for constant and
    varying density systems (relationship between CA
    and XA)
    2. understand what ideal reactors are
    3. understand the characteristics of the ideal reactors
    4. understand the route/rule for ideal reactors’ design :
    ✓Batch reactor
    ✓Mixed flow reactor
    ✓Plug flow reactor
    The Business itself
    Recall the relationships between CA and XA
    For the reaction aA + bB rR
    Example 1
    Solution

    Hence from
    Eq. 6
    The Main Ideal Reactors

    Figure 4: The three types of ideal reactors (a) batch reactor, BR


    (b) plug flow reactor, PFR and (c) mixed flow reactor, MFR
    Characteristics of the ideal reactors
    • Batch reactor – the reactants are initially charged into the reactor, are
    well mixed, and are left to react for a certain period before discharging
    the resultant mixture. It is an example of unsteady-state operation
    • Plug flow reactor (slug flow, piston flow ideal tubular or unmixed flow
    reactor) – the flow of fluid through the reactor is orderly with no
    element of fluid overtaking or mixing with any other element ahead or
    behind. There could be mixing along the radial (lateral) direction but
    not along the axial direction
    • Mixed flow reactor (mixed reactor, backmix reactor ideal stirred tank
    reactor, C*, CSTR, CFSTR) – content are well stirred and uniform
    throughout . Therefore, the exit stream from this reactor has the same
    composition as the fluid within the reactor
    Design of Ideal Reactors for a Single Reaction
    Ideal Batch Reactor
    ➢Making material balance for the limiting component A, the conservation
    law equation becomes
    =0 =0
    input = output + disappearance + accumulation
    OR

     rate of loss of reactant A   rate of accumulation 


       
     within reactor due to  = − of reactant A 
     chemical reaction   within the reactor 
       
    By replacing these two terms in Equation 1, it gives

    (− rA )V = N AO dX A
    (2)
    dt
    XA
    dX A
     t = N AO 
    0
    (− rA )V
    (3)
    Steady-state mixed flow reactor

    =0

    input = output + disappearance + accumulation


    Graphical representation of the design
    equations for mixed flow reactor
    For first-order reaction and constant density system:
    Example 2
    Solution
    Steady-state plug flow reactor
    Analytical integration
    Example 3
    Solution
    To start with, generate the following table:
    Graphical Integration
    Numerical Integration using Simpson’s rule
    Example 4
    Solution
    (− rA )V = N AO dX A
    (2)
    dt
    XA
    dX A
     t = N AO 
    0
    (− rA )V
    (3)

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