L 38: Fluid Fluid Non catalytic Reactions

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

-r = A
'

H H H A + A + A + k a k a k ac k ' C f Ag i Al i Ac A B s 1

CAg

First order rate constant for A

-r ' =k vgC A Ag

HYDROGENATION OF ACETONE IN A PACKED BUBBLE COLUMN

Aqueous acetone (CB0, = 1000 mol/m3 1, vl = 10-4 m3 l /s) and hydrogen (1 atm, vg = 0.04 m3 g /s, HA = 36845 Pa.m3 l / mol) are fed to the bottom of a long, slender column (5-m high, 0.1-m2 cross section) packed with porous Raney nickel catalyst (dp, = 5 x 10-3m cat, ps = 4500 kg/m3 cat, fs = 0.6, De = 8 X 10-10 m2 / s based on vol of l /m of cat) and kept at 140C. At these conditions acetone is hydrogenated to propanol according to the reaction

What will be the conversion of acetone in this unit? Additional Data: The mass transfer rate constants are estimated to be the

CBo = 1000, mol/m3

CA is given by Henry's law as

CB >> CA Since pure hydrogen; p A is constant throughout the packed column. And since the rate is only dependent on CA and not on CB, this means that the rate of reaction is constant throughout the column. Thiele Modulus MT or

= 1/ = ~0.01
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Substituting all values in the equation.

Fluid Fluid Reactions ( Non catalytic /Gas -Liquid Reactions)

For notation consider a unit volume of contactor Vr with its gas, liquid, and solid

Tower and Tank for Gas Liquid reaction

Setting up the rate equation for straight mass transfer based on the two film theory.

The Rate Equation for Straight Mass Transfer (Absorption) of A

Here two resistances in series, of the gas film and of the liquid film. The rate of transfer of A from gas to liquid is given by the rate expressions, for the gas film

In the liquid film

Combining the two eqns and using Henrys law PAi= H CAi