MEKELLE UNIVERSITY

MEKELLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

AN INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT OF REACTION 2 (Mat Lab Code for question 8.5)

NAME ID

TEKLAY GEBREMICHAEL MIT/UR/021/09

Main function
clear all %clear all the garbages
clc % remove all variables which I used before
w0=0; % intiaL weight
wend=1000;% the final weight is equal to 1000
wspan=[w0 wend];% the limits of integration of the weight integration is
from w0 up t0 wend
fa0=10; %fa initial is equal to 10
fb0=10; %fb initial is equal to 10
fc0=0; %fc initial equals to 10
fd0=0; % fd initial is equal to 10
p0=1; % the value of p initial is equal to 1
f0=[fa0, fb0, fc0, fd0, p0]; % the values of fa0,fb0,fc0,fd0,p0 are set to fo
[w,f]=ode15s('Teklay', wspan, f0);% the solver we used is the ode function
that can be called by the calling function
fa=f(:,1);% put value of fa in column 1
fb=f(:,2);%put value of fa in column 2
fc=f(:,3);% put fc in column 3
fd=f(:,4);% put fd in column 4
p=f(:,5);% put values of p in column 5
figure(1)% to distinguish graph 1 from graph 2
plot(w,fa,'k',w,fb,'b',w,fc,'y',w,fd,w,p)% display graph of fa,fb,fc,fd,p
versus weight of catalyst respectively in graph one
ylabel('flowrate')% put me flow rate in the y axis
xlabel('weight of catalyst')% put me weight of catalyst in the x axis
title('flowrate versus weight of catalyst')% set the title of the plot as
flow rate versus weight of catalyst
legend('fa','fb','fc','fd','p')% display the curves with their respective
flowrates
scd= zeros(length(fd),1);% defines the length of the raw fd
for i=1:length(fd) % put the iteration at raw fd 1st raw
if(fd(i)>0.0001)%if the fd is greater than scd=0 then iterate untill
fd<0.0001
scd(i)=fc(i)/fd(i);
else % otherwise if the fd is< 0.0001 then scd=0
scd(i)=0;
 end% terminate the length as it ends
figure(2)% distinguishes plot of graph 2 saparately from graph one
plot (w,Scd,'m')% plot secd versus w with m color
xlabel('W')% plot w in the x-axis
ylabel('Scd')% plote scd in the y axis
legend('Scd')% show me the curve with its respective selectivity
title('Scd vs. W')% plot scd vs w

Calling function
function dfdw =Teklay(w,f)% the function teklay accepts and calls the main
function
fa=f(1);% place fa at first column
fb=f(2);% place fb at second column
fc=f(3);% place fc at third column
fd=f(4);%put fd at forth column
p=f(5);put p at fifth column
k1a=100;% value of k1a is equal to 100
k2c=1500;% value of k2c is equal to 1500
ct0=0.2;%value of ct0 is equal to 0.2
ft=fa+fb+fc+fd;% ft is equal to the total summation of fa,fb.fc and fd
ca=ct0*(fa/ft)*p;% ca is expressed in the form of this eqaution
cb=ct0*(fb/ft)*p;% cb is expressed in the form of this eqaution
cc=ct0*(fc/ft)*p;% cc is expressed in the form of this eqaution
cd=ct0*(fd/ft)*p;% cd is expressed in the form of this eqaution
r1a=-k1a*ca*cb^2;% defines r1a interms of rate constant and concentrations
r1b=2*r1a;%relates r1b interms of r1a
rb=r1b;% express net rate of b
r2c=-k2c*ca^2*cb^3;% define r1a interms of rate constant and concentrations
r2a=2/3*r2c;%express the rate of reactions interms of relative rates
r2d=-1/3*r2c;%express the rate of reactions interms of relative rates
rd=r2d;% rd is related with r2d
r1c=-r1a;% r1c is expressed in relation to r1a
ra=r1a+r2a;% ra is equal to the summation the rates of the two reactions at
which a is found
rc=r1c+r2c;% rc is the sum of the rates of two reactions at which c is found
alpha=0.0019;%value of alpha is equal to 0.0019
ft0=20;% the value of ft0 is equal to 20
dfadw=ra;% the diffferential of fa with respect to catalist weight is equal
to ra
dfbdw=rb;% the diffferential of fb with respect to catalist weight is equal
to rb

dfcdw=rc;% the diffferential of fc with respect to catalist weight is equal

to rc

dfddw=rd;% the diffferential of fd with respect to catalist weight is equal

to rd

dpdw=(-alpha/2)/p*(ft/ft0);%dpdw which is the differential of p with respect

to catalyst weight is defined or expressed
dfdw=[dfadw;dfbdw;dfcdw;dfddw; dpdw];%the
respect catalyst weight(w) is equal to the
end% termination
result a)
in the form of this equation
differential of flow rate(f) with
four differential equations
result b)
Analysis or discussion
Looking or observing the graph of the flow rate versus catalyst weight or from
plot a the flow rate of fa and fb were initially at its maximum point but decrease
as the catalyst weight increases and reache at their minimum value. where as the
flow rate of fc initially increases as the catalyst weight increases and later remains
almost constant.And from this graph we can note that the flow rate of d(fd) the
pressure(p) almost remain constant as the catalyst weight increases .
From the selectivity versus weight of catalyst plot or graph the selectivity
reaches a maximum very close to the entrance (W ≈ 60 kg) and then drops
rapidly. However,
90% of A is not consumed until 200 kg, the catalyst weight at which the desired
product C reaches its maximum flow rate.