Constant-volume of batch reactor

3. Method of Initial Rates

4. Method of Half-Lives
Varying-volume batch reactor

 Determine
and
Useful when the reaction is reversible
Series of experiments is carried out at different initial concentration,
CAO and -rAO is

A series of experiments is carried out at different initial concentrations of

each reactants, Cio and the initial rate of reaction, -ro is determined in
each run. For the reaction:
3A + 2B products
The following data on initial rates were obtained experimentally:
Experiment

r0 (M/s)

CAo (M)

CBo (M)

1.25E-2

0.05

0.05

3.75E-2

0.15

0.05

5.00E-2

0.05

0.10

a) Determine the kinetic orders with respect to A and B

b) Determine the rate constant and write the rate law.

Determine the reaction order for the reactants in the reaction below
given the table of data on initial rate.
Write the rate law for the reaction and determine the value of the
rate constant k.
Reaction:

2ICl

H2

I2 +

Experiment

[ICl] (mol/L)

[H2] ( mol/L)

1
2
3

0.10
0.20
0.10

0.01
0.01
0.04

2HCl

Initial Rate
(mol/(L*s))
0.002
0.004
0.008

 The half-life reaction, t1/2, is defined as the time it takes for the
concentration of the reactant to fall to half of its initial value.

Time required for

the concentration
to fall to 1/n of the
initial value

 Taking the natural log of both sides

Plot ln t1/2 as a function of ln CA0 will get the slope of (1-)

I.

Compound A undergoes a decomposition reaction, which obeys

1st order kinetics, with a specific rate constant, k= 5.14x10-4 s-1.
Determine the concentration of A that remains 780s after it
commences to decompose at 83oC, if the initial concentration
of A is 53 mM. Determine also the time taken for the
concentration of A to decrease from 53mM to 23 mM at the
same temperature.

II. Given that the initial concentration of a compound A, being

consumed in a reaction obeying first order kinetics, is 13.7 mM,
determine the taken for the reaction to be 80% complete, given
that k, the specific rate constant is 8.3x10-4s-1. What is the halflife of the reaction?

The following reaction is first-order in N2O3 and has a half-life of

19.25 minutes
N2O5 (g) 2NO2 (g) + O2 (g)
How long will it take for the concentration of N2O5 to decrease
from 0.050 mol/L to 0.030 mol/L
The half life for the second order decomposition of HI is 15.4 s
when the initial concentration of HI is 0.67 M. What is the rate
constant for this reaction?

The first order decomposition of N2O5 at 328 K has a rate

constant of 1.70x10^-3 s^-1. If the initial concentration of N2O5
is 2.88 M, what is the concentration of N2O5 after 12.5 minutes?

For an elementary reaction of

2A B
Prove that the half life of this reaction to be t1/2 = 2/CAO with rate
constant of 0.5 L/mol.s
(10 marks)

 Much complex than simple constant-volume batch reactor.

Usually main use would be in micro processing field where a capillary
tube with a moveable bead would represent the reactor.

This reactor is used for isothermal constant pressure operations for

reactions having a single stoichiometry.

 For this system, the volume is linearly related to the conversion

Differentiating to produce
which A is fractional change in volume of the system between no
conversion and complete conversion of reactant A, thus

 For example

Another example

A accounts for both reaction stoichiometry and the presence of

inerts

 Relationship between concentration and conversion for isothermal

varying volume (varying density):