1.

The following kinetic data on the reaction AR are obtained in an experimental packed
bed reactor using various amounts of catalyst and a fixed feed rate F
AO
1! kg"mol#hr.
W$ kg cat 1 % & ' ( ) *
X
A
!.1% !.%! !.%* !.&& !.&* !.'1 !.''
a.+ ,ind the reaction rate at '!- conversion.
b.+ .n designing a large packed bed reactor with feed rate F
AO
'!! kmol#hr how
much catalyst would be needed for '!- conversion.
c.+ /ow much catalyst would be needed in part 0b+ if the reactor employed a very
large recycle of product stream.
%. The second order reaction AR is studied in a recycle reactor with very large recycle
ratio$ and the following data are recorded1
2oid volume of reactor1 1 liter
3eight of catalyst used1 & gm
,eed to the reactor1 C
AO
% mol#liter
v
o
= 1 liter#hr
4xit stream conditions1 C
A.out
!.( mol#liter
0a+ ,ind the rate constant for this reaction 0give units+.
0b+ /ow much catalyst is needed in a packed bed reactor for 5!-
conversion of 1!!! liter#hr of feed of concentration C
AO
1 mol#liter.
6o recycle.
0c+ Repeat part 0b+ if the reactor is packed with 1 part catalyst to ' parts
inert solid. This addition of inert helps maintain isothermal conditions
and eliminate hot spots.
Note1 Assume isothermal conditions throughout.
&. 7etermine the order of reaction and the weight of catalyst needed for &(- conversion of
A to R for a feed of %!!! mol#hr of pure A at 11*
o
8 and &.% atm. ,or this reaction the
stoichiometry is AR and the kinetic data are given in 4xample %9 also assume plug
flow in the packed bed reactor.
6ote1 compare answer with examples % and '. The difference in values found is due to
ignoring the expansion$ :
A
in treating this system.
'. ;inetic experiments on the solid cataly<ed reaction A&R are conducted at 5 atm and
*!!
o
8 in a basket type mixed reactor =)! cm
&
in volume and containing 1 gm of catalyst
of diameter d
p
& mm. ,eed consisting of pure A is introduced at various rates into the
reactor and the partial pressure of A in the exit stream is measured for each feed rate. The
results are as follows1
,eed rate$ liters#hr 1!! %% ' 1 !.)
P
A,out
/O
A,in
!.5 !.( !.% !.1 !.!(
,ind a rate e>uation to represent the rate of reaction on catalyst of this si<e.
(. At *!!o8 the rate of decomposition$ A&R$ on a specific catalyst of given si<e is found
to be
A
A
A
C
cat gm hr
liter
dt
dN
W
r

= =
.
1!
1
?ee previous problem for the data leading to this e>uation.+ A pilot plant is to be built.
This is to be a tubular packed bed % cm .7 using %(- of these active catalyst pellets
evenly mixed with *(- inert pellets to insure isothermal operations. ,or '!! mol#hr feed
consisting of (!- inert gas at 5 atm and *!!
o
8 what must be the length of reactor so that
@
A$out
#O
A$in
!.111.
7ata1 8atalyst and inert pellets are porous$ of diameter d
p
& mm$ particle density p
s
%
gm#cm
&
. Aulk voidage of packed bed (!-.
). The solid"cataly<ed decomposition of gaseous A proceeds as follows1
AR %
A
A
kC r =
A tubular pilot plant reactor packed with % liters of catalyst is fed % m&#hr of pure A at
&!!
o
8 and %! atm. 8onversion of reactant is )(-.
.n a larger plant it is desired to treat 1!! m
&
#hr of feed gases at '! atm and &!!
o
8
containing )!- A and '!- diluents to obtain 5(- conversion of A. ,ind the internal
volume of the reactor re>uired.