Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) is the field that studies the rates and mechanisms of

chemical reactions and the design of the reactors in which they take place.

Lecture 27

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 How Reaction Rate Varies with: 1.  Temperature 2.  Catalyst Particle Size 3.  Eternal Flow Rate

  For A.  Reaction Rate Limited Reactors B.  Internal Diffusion Limited Reactions C.  External Rate Limited Reactions

And all 9 combinations of numbers and letters, Eq. 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C and 3A, 3B and 3C.

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Internal Diffusion How will we know these trends discussed in the last slide:

1.  Solve the diffusion and reaction equation for catalyst particle for concentration gradient

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CA =CA0λ

Sinh  Θ1λ( )Sinh Θ1

2. Find the true rate of reaction as a function of the external and internal surface reactions.

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Internal Diffusion

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D ~ T1.75

kr ~ e−E RT

− "rA =3R

Dekr kr =

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− "rA =~ D0.875e−E 2RT

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Surface Reaction

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−rA = krCA = k1 expER1T1−1T

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and − rA = −knCAn

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The Thiele modulus for this first order reaction is

For a first-order reaction, Equation (15-19) becomes

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Figure E15-1.1 Damaged cartilage. (Figure courtesy of Newsweek, September 3, 2001.) 22

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Diffusion of O2 around collagen

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A0

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CC ,

Lz == ψλ

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