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1. Statement
is to be carried out in a flow reactor. Two reactors are available, an 800 dm3 PFR that can only be
operated at 300 K and a 200 dm3 CSTR that can be operated at 350 K. The two feed streams to the
reactor mix to form a single fee d stream that is equal molar in A and B, with a total volumetric
flowrate of 10 dm3/min. Which of the two reactors will give us the highest conversion?
2. Real Problem
We have two choices, a PFR operated at 300 K and a CSTR operated at 350 K. Which one do we
choose?
3. Sketch
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Arrhenius Equation:
Rate Law:
Mole Balances:
B. Systems
Volume of CSTR
Volume of PFR
Independent: V, FA0, T
Dependent: X
Not an issue.
5. Assumptions
Isothermal, no pressure drop. The CSTR is well mixed. There are no radial variations in the PFR.
6. Specifications
There is neither too much redundant information, nor is there too little information given. Therefore,
the problem is neither over-specified, nor under-specified.
This problem has a solution procedure in common with Examples 4-2 and 4-4 in the text.
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8. Algorithm
CSTR PFR
A. Mole Balance
B. Rate Law
CA = CA0(1-X)
CB = CA0(1-X)
D. Combine
(eqn 1)
(eqn 2)
E. Evaluate
v A0 = 5 dm3/min
Before mixing
CA0B = 2 mol/dm3
FA0 = CA0B* vA0
FA0 = (5 dm3/min)(2 mol/dm3) = 10 mol/min
After mixing
v0 = vA0 + vB0 = 5 dm3/min + 5 dm3/min = 10 dm3/min
CA0 = 1 mol/dm3
at 350 K,
k = 8.447 dm3/mol-min
9. Manipulate
A. CSTR @ 350 K
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B. PFR @ 300 K
X is dimensionless
11. Is it reasonable?
This the end of the PFR/CSTR example. A sample registration exam problem is also available.
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