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Maple Solutions to the Chemical Engineering Problem Set

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Reversible, Exo<strong>the</strong>rmic, Gas Phase reaction in a Catalytic<br />

Reac<strong>to</strong>r<br />

The component material balances for a tubular reac<strong>to</strong>r may be written as follows<br />

> restart:<br />

> CMB := Diff(X,W)=-r[A]/F[A,0]: CMB;<br />

The reaction rate is given by<br />

> rateeqn:=r[A]=-k*(C[A]^2-C[C]/K[C]): rateeqn;<br />

∂<br />

X = −<br />

∂W<br />

r = −k<br />

A<br />

with <strong>the</strong> reaction rate coefficient calculated from<br />

> keqn:=k=k[ref]*exp(E[A]/R*(1/T[ref]-1/T)): keqn;<br />

r A<br />

F<br />

A, 0<br />

⎛ ⎞<br />

⎜ 2 ⎟<br />

⎜C<br />

− ⎟<br />

⎜ A ⎟<br />

⎝ ⎠<br />

C C<br />

K<br />

C<br />

⎛ ⎛ 1 1 ⎞ ⎞<br />

⎜<br />

E ⎜ − ⎟ ⎟<br />

A<br />

⎟<br />

⎜ ⎜ T T ⎟ ⎟<br />

⎜<br />

⎝ ref ⎠<br />

⎟<br />

⎜<br />

⎟<br />

⎝ R ⎠<br />

k = k e<br />

ref<br />

The reaction equilibrium coefficient is given by<br />

> Keqn:=K[C]=K[C,ref]*exp(Delta(H[R])/R*(1/T[ref]-1/T)): Keqn;<br />

⎛ ⎛ 1 1 ⎞<br />

⎜<br />

ΔH ( ) ⎜ − ⎟<br />

R<br />

⎜<br />

⎜ T T ⎟<br />

⎜ ⎝ ref ⎠<br />

⎜<br />

⎝ R<br />

K = K e<br />

C C, ref<br />

The concentrations of A and C are related <strong>to</strong> conversion by<br />

> CAeqn:=C[A]=C[A,0]*(1-X)/(1+epsilon*X)*y*T[0]/T: CAeqn;<br />

C ( 1 − X) yT<br />

A, 0 0<br />

C =<br />

A ( 1 + εX) T<br />

> CCeqn:=C[C]=-epsilon*C[A,0]*X/(1+epsilon*X)*y*T[0]/T: CCeqn;<br />

εC XyT<br />

A, 0 0<br />

C = −<br />

C ( 1 + εX) T<br />

The energy balance is<br />

> EB := Diff(T,W)=(U[a]*(T[a]-T)+r[A]*Delta(H[R]))/(F[A,0]*C[P,A]): EB;<br />

∂<br />

=<br />

∂W<br />

T<br />

U ( T − T) + r ΔH ( )<br />

a a A R<br />

F C<br />

A, 0 P, A<br />

The pressure drop is given by<br />

> dpeqn:=Diff(y,W)=-alpha*(1+epsilon*X)/2/y*T/T[0]: dpeqn;<br />

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