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Procedure:
1. Carry out reaction experiments in the tubular reactor using equal molar flowrates of
the reactants. Repeat these experiments at 4 different space times. Analyze inlet and
outlet concentrations of NaOH. In each run obtain data at different times until steady
state is reached.
2. Repeat tubular flow experiments at 4 different temperatures.
TAKE HOME
1. You are expected to determine the fractional conversion values in each experiment.
2. You should determine the reaction order and rate constants.
3. You should determine the activation energy and an expression for the temperature
dependence of the rate constant.
4. You should calculate the Reynolds and Peclet numbers in your reactor. Comment
and discuss whether deviations from ideal plug flow behaviour are significant or not.
Compare the ideal plug flow reactor volume with the real one. (Ref.3).
NOTE: Bring a graph paper to the experiment.
PRELIMINARY WORK (to be prepared on the notebook)
1. How can you analyze reactants and products of a saponification reaction by titration?
2. Derive the design equation of a plug flow reactor.
3. Read the instruction manual.
4. Make an experimental plan before performing the experiment. Discuss the type of
experiment you would carry out to find the rate law (rate constant and rate order in
PFR).
5. How can you find the activation energy of this reaction?
6. Read Chapter 13 (p. 293-296, 309-317) in Levenspiel related to axial dispersion.
REFERENCES
1. Smith, J.M., Chemical Engineering Kinetics, McGraw Hill Int., 1981.
2. Fogler, H.S., Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Prentice-Hall Inc., USA,
2nd Ed, 1992.
3. Levenspiel, O., Chemical Reaction Engineering, Third ed.,John Wiley and Sons, New
York, 1999.
4. Armfield CET-Tubular Flow Reactor, Instruction Manual, 1993.
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