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FLOW
Fj Fj0 jFA0 X A FT Fj FT0 j FA 0 X A
SYSTEM: j j
Ideal SS Volume is
FA 0 X A FA 0
CSTR VCSTR VCSTR X A product of FA0/-rA
design eq. rA rA and XA
• Plot FA0/-rA vs XA (Levenspiel plot)
• VCSTR is the rectangle with a base of XA,exit and a height of FA0/-rA at XA,exit
X X1
Slides courtesy of Prof M L Kraft, Chemical & Biomolecular Engr Dept, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
L3b-3
Area == Volume
Area VPFR or W
ofcatalyst,
PFR PBR
FA 0
X1 F X FA 0 X
rA 1
FA 0
V 0
V A 0 1dX
W
d
X dX
0 rA r
0 rA '
A
X1
Slides courtesy of Prof M L Kraft, Chemical & Biomolecular Engr Dept, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
L3b-4
CSTR→PFR PFR→CSTR
VCSTR1 + VPFR2
≠
VPFR1 + CCSTR2
VCSTR2
VCSTR1 VPFR2 VPFR1
Slides courtesy of Prof M L Kraft, Chemical & Biomolecular Engr Dept, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
L3b-6
Chapter 2 Examples
Slides courtesy of Prof M L Kraft, Chemical & Biomolecular Engr Dept, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
L3b-7
Calculate the reactor volumes for each configuration shown below for the reaction data
in the table when the molar flow rate is 52 mol/min. -rA is in terms of mol/dm3∙s
Config 1 Config 2
X A,exit
VPFRn
FA 0
dX A ←Use numerical VCSTR n
FA 0
X A,out X A,in
rA methods to solve rAn
X A,in
XA,out and XA,in respectively, are the conversion at the outlet and inlet of reactor n
Config 1 Config 2
Config 1 Config 2
Config 1 Config 2
FA 0 52
mol mol
Convert to seconds→
FA0 0.867
min
s 867 dm3
mol 1min mol rA( mol
52 0. 867 FA 0 0.85 ) 0.001
min 60s s dm3 s
Slides courtesy of Prof M L Kraft, Chemical & Biomolecular Engr Dept, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
L3b-11
XA 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.85
-rA 0.0053 0.0052 0.0050 0.0045 0.0040 0.0033 0.0025 0.0018 0.00125 0.001
FA0/-rA 164 167 173 193 217 263 347 482 694 867
FA0, X0 X1=0.3
X2=0.8
Config 1
mechanism. Assume the volumetric flow rate is constant & the same in both reactors.
Data for this reaction is shown in the graph below. Use this graph to determine which
of the 2 configurations that follow give the smaller total reactor volume.
Config 1 Config 2
FA 0 C A0
VCS TR
r
X A VCS TR 0
r
X A,out X A,in
A A
Shown on graph
X A,exit X A,exit
FA 0 C A0
VPF R n dX A VPF R 0 r dX A
X A,in rA X A,in A
• Since 0 is the same in both reactors, we can use this graph to compare the 2
configurations
• PFR- volume is 0 multiplied by the area under the curve between XA,in & XA,out
• CSTR- volume is 0 multiplied by the product of CA0/-rA,outlet times (XA,out - XA,in)
Slides courtesy of Prof M L Kraft, Chemical & Biomolecular Engr Dept, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
A product is produced by a nonisothermal, nonelementary, multiple-reaction L3b-15
mechanism. Assume the volumetric flow rate is constant & the same in both reactors.
Data for this reaction is shown in the graph below. Use this graph to determine which
of the 2 configurations that follow give the smaller total reactor volume.
Config 1 Config 2
Config 1 Config 2
XA = 0.7
XA = 0.7
XA = 0.3
XA = 0.3
• PFR- V is 0 multiplied by the area under the curve between XA,in & XA,out
• CSTR- V is 0 multiplied by the product of CA0/-rA,outlet times (XA,out - XA,in)
Less shaded area
Config 2 (PFRXA,out=0.3 first, and CSTRXA,out=0.7 second) has the smaller VTotal
Slides courtesy of Prof M L Kraft, Chemical & Biomolecular Engr Dept, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.