Name : Vike Yuniasri

NIM : 21030115120060
Class : International

TASK 1 Chemical Reaction Engineering

From Levenspiel Book 23.1 and 23.6

Gaseous A absorbs and reacts with B in liquid according to

in a packed bed under conditions where

At a point in the reactor where pA = 100 Pa and CB = 100 mol/m3 liquid

(a) calculate the rate of reaction in mol/hr . m3 of reactor.
(b) describe the following characteristics of the kinetics:
 location of the major resistance (gas film, liquid film, main body of liquid)
 behavior in the liquid film (pseudo first-order reaction, instantaneous, second-
order reaction, physical transport) for the following values of reaction rate and
Henry's law constant.
 Name : Vike Yuniasri
NIM : 21030115120060
Class : International

Solution:

D k Cb 10 -6 x10x102
23.1 Mh= √ =√ =3.16 x 10-2
kAl 1

Because the Mh value is 3.16 𝑥 10−2 , the value of E is 1

PA 102 mol
-ra = 1 H H = 105 105 =0,009
+ a + a 1
+ 2 (1)+ hr.m3 of reactor
Kag a Kal aE KCB Fl 0,1 10 10(102 )0,01

9.08% 90.82%

mol
(a) Reaction rate = 0.009 hr m3 reactor
(b) Resistance = 90.82% liquid film, 9.08% liquid bulk
Reaction zone: main body of liquid
Behavior in liquid film: physical transport

D k Cb 10-6 x108 x102

23.6 Mh= √ =√ =102
kAl 1

DB CB HA 10-6 x100x1
(Ei)firstguess=1+ =1+ =2
b DA pAi 1 x10-6 x100

Since E first guess < Mh/5, we have instantaneous reaction at L film:

E = El = 2

KAg pA =0.1 x 100=10

KBl 100
CB = x100=104
b 1
kBl
Since kAgpA< Cb, we use Instantaneous Reaction, High Cb
b

mol
-rA'' = kAgpA=10 hr m3 reactor

mol
(a) Reaction rate = 10 reactor
hr m3
(b) Behavior in liquid film: instantaneous reaction