CDGA 6-1A A semibatch reactor is used to carry out the reaction
CDGA 6-2A A CSTR with two impellers is modeled as three CSTRs in seires.
CDP6-28B Pressure drop in a PBR with a first-order reaction using real data: "What if" questions asked. [Elements 3rd Ed. P4-18]
CDP6-29BGood Troubleshooting Problem. Inspector Ambercromby investigates a possible fraud at Worthless Chemical. [Elements 3rd Ed. P4-9]
CDP6-30D A first order reaction is carried out in a packed bed reactor with pressure drop where the rate constant varies inversly with particle diameter. One can also choose from various pipe sizes to get the maximum conversion. [Elements 3rd Ed. P4-20]
CDP6-31B Pressure drop in a packed bed reactor to make alkylated cyclohexanols. [Elements 3rd Ed. P4-22]
Batch Reactors
CDP6-DB A batch reactor
is used for the bromination of p-chlorophenyl isopropyl ether. Calculate
the batch reaction time. [Elements 2nd Ed. P4-29]
CDP6-EB California Professional
Engineers Exam Problem, in which the reaction
B + H2A
is carried out in a batch reactor. [Elements 2nd Ed. P4-15]
CDP6-FA Verify that the
liquid-phase reaction of 5, 6-benzoquinoline with hydrogen is psuedo-first-order.
[Elements 2nd Ed. P4-7]
Flow Reactors
CDP6-GB Radial flow reactors
can be used to good advantage for exothermic reactions with large heats
of reaction. The radical velocity varies as:
Vary the parameters and plot X as a function of r. [Elements 2nd Ed. P4-31]
CDP6-HA Designed to
reinforce the basic CRE principles through very straight forward calculations
of CSTR and PFR volumes and batch reactor time. This problem was one of
the most often assigned problems from the 2nd Edition. [Elements 2nd Ed. P4-4]
CDP6-IB Formation of
diphenyl in a batch, CSTR, and PFR. [Elements 3rd Ed. P4-10B]
Packed Bed Reactors
CDP6-JB n-Pentane->i-pentane
in a packed bed reactor. [Elements 3rd Ed. P4-21B]
CDP6-KC Packed bed
spherical reactor. [Elements 3rd Ed. P4-24]
CDP6-LB The reaction A B is carried out in a membrane
reactor where B diffuses out. [Elements 3rd Ed. P4-30]
Recycle Reactors
CDP6-MB The overall conversion
is required in a packed-bed reactor with recycle. [Elements 2nd Ed. P4-22]
CDP6-NC Excellent reversible
reaction with recycle. Good problem by Professor H. S. Shankar. IIT-Bombay.
[Elements 3nd Ed. P4-28C]
These Problem were on the CD-ROM for 3rd Edition but not in the book
CDP6-QA The gas-phase reaction
A + 2B2D
has the rate law -rA = 2.5 CA0.5CB.
Reactor volumes of PFRs and CSTRs are required in this mulitpart problem.
[Elements 2nd Ed. P4-8]
CDP6-RB What type and arrangement
of flow reactors should you use for a decomposition reaction with the
rate law -rA = k1CA0.5 / (1
+ k2CA)? [Elements 1st Ed. P4-14]
CDP6-SB The liquid-phase
reaction 2A + BC
+ D
is carried out in a semibatch reactor. Plot the conversion, volume,
and species concentrations as a function of time. Reactive distillation
is also considered in part (e). [Elements 2nd Ed. P4-27]
CDP6-TB The growth of a
bacterium is to be carried out in excess nutrient. nutrient + cellsmore cells + product
The growth rate law is:
[Elements 2nd Ed. P4-35]
CDP6-UB California Registration
Examination Problem. Second-order reaction in different CSTR and PFR arrangements. [Elements 2nd Ed. P4-11]
CDP6-VB An unremarkable
semibatch reactor problem, but it does require assessing which equation
to use. [Elements 4th Ed.]
New Problems on the Web
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