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    Homework 1 (due 9/21/2023)-1

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    Problem 2:

    GIVEN:

    FA0= 2 mol/s

    FIND:

    a) Arrangement for fluidized CSTR and PBR to achieve 80% conversion


    b) Catalyst weight necessary to achieve 80% conversion for fluidized CSTR
    c) Fluidized CSTR weight to achieve 40% conversion
    d) PBR weight to achieve 80% conversion
    e) PBR weight to achieve 40% conversion
    f) Rate of reaction and conversion plot as function of PBR catalyst weight

    ASSUMPTIONS:

    1. Fluidized CSTR and PBR are in steady-state operation


    2. Reaction is adiabatic
    3. Reactors are functioning in constant volume (isochoric)

    EQUATIONS:

    1. Design Equation for fluidized CSTR

    V = FA0X / -rA

    2. Design Equation for PBR

    V = FA0 integral (dX/-rA)


    SOLUTION:

    a. The smallest amount of catalyst weight to be used to achieve 80% conversion can be determined
    by graphical approach. For a given conversion, the volume of fluidized CSTR is always the product
    of FA0/-rA and the corresponding conversion while for PBR, the volume is determined by getting
    the area under the curve of the FA0/-rA vs conversion plot. The least total area for a given
    conversion will be the smallest amount of catalyst weight.
    This can be done graphically and trial by error of different points in the graph or extract the data
    points from the plot and interpolate or fit into an equation (the graph is almost parabolic).
    Using open source WebPlotDigitizer Version 4.3 for more accurate data points, the following are
    the extracted data points:

    Conversion, X FA0 / -rA (kg catalyst)


    0 60
    0.1 42.576
    0.2 30.909
    0.3 23.333
    0.4 19.091
    0.49176 17.879
    0.5 17.879
    0.6 19.091
    0.7 22.652
    0.8 29.242
    0.9 43.182
    0.96471 60

    Given the graph is almost parabolic, the vertex or lowest point in the graph will give the smallest
    catalyst weight for the fluidized CSTR which is at x=0.49176. From 0.49176 to 0.8, PBR should be
    used since it will give less area on higher conversion compared to fluidized CSTR.

    0 -> 0.49176: Fluidized CSTR

    0.49176 -> 0.8: PBR


    b. For a fluidized CSTR, the catalyst weight is equal to the area of the shaded region below

    At X=0.80, the y- value (kg catalyst) is approximately 29.242. Thus,

    Catalyst weight= 29.242 * (0.8) = 23.394 kg catalyst

    c. To determine the fluidized CSTR weight at 40% conversion, the area of the shaded region below
    was calculated.
    At X=0.40, the y-value (kg catalyst) is approximately 19.091. Thus,

    Fluidized CSTR weight = 19.091*0.4 = 7.636 kg

    d. For a packed bed reactor, the design equation is given an integral of the y-value with respect to
    conversion. This means that in order to get the volume, we get the area under the given curve.
    Trapezoidal area method was used to approximate the total area under the curve which
    corresponds to the total weight of the catalyst needed. For each pair of consecutive data points,
    the corresponding area of the trapezoid formed was calculated. These areas were added to get
    the total weight of the catalyst.
    The needed catalyst weight is ~22 kg.

    e. The similar method in (d) was done for 40% conversion in a packed bed reactor.

    The needed catalyst weight is ~13 kg.

    f. As mentioned in (a) and (d), the PBR catalyst weight for a given conversion is the area under the
    curve. Meanwhile, the rate of reaction can be calculated for each conversion after determining
    the corresponding PBR catalyst weight for it since the initial molar flow rate was given (2 mol/s).
    This can be seen in the graph below.

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