L -24 External and Internal Mass Transfer Effects

Prof. K.K.Pant Department of Chemical Engineering IIT Delhi. kkpant@chemical.iitd.ac.in

Weight of the catalyst in the bed

For mass transfer controlled reaction CA>>CAS

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Therefore variation of reaction rate along the length

To investigate the effect of flow rate and T on conversion correlation for mass transfer coefficient. For flow through packed bed: Thoenes and Kramers relation ( modified numbers)

Monolith Reactors/ Wire Gauge

EX.: A mass transfer limited reaction is being carried out in two reactors of equal volume and packing, connected in series. The conversion is 86.5 at this condition. If the reactors are placed in parallel and flow rate is divided equally in to two to decrease the pressure drop. What will be conversion in this case?

For a mass transfer controlled reaction Z=0, CA= CA0

Solve for X2
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