Endothermic Reaction in a Heated Batch Reactor
Endothermic Reaction in a Heated Batch Reactor
Consider an irreversible endothermic reaction () in a batch reactor heated by a steam jacket at temperature surrounding the reactor. The jacket heat transfer area and coefficient are and . The reactor volume is . The reaction rate constant is given by , with the activation energy and the universal gas constant . The initial concentration of is (0)=2.5mol/ and =(0)(0) is the initial molar ratio. The initial reactor temperature is 30°C. The mass and energy balances are
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k
T
j
A=5
2
m
U=3.76kJ/(minK)
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V=1200
3
dm
k=0.001-
-Ea
R
1
T
1
300
e
Ea=83.6kJ/mol
R=8.314KJ/(KmolK)
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dt
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dT
dt
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r
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R
N
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c
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c
PB
with =-k(1-)(-),
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c
A
2
(0)
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A
θ
B
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A
where is the conversion, is the reactor temperature, is the heat of reaction at 273.15 K, (0)=V(0)is the initial molar amount of , is the reaction rate, and and are the heat capacities of species and , respectively.
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T
Δ
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R
N
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This Demonstration plots the conversion and temperature versus time for values of the steam temperature in the jacket, , and the initial molar ratio, .
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