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23-Chem-A4 Chemical Reactor Engineering: December 2013

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  1. Question 1 Two CSTRs in Series (Bimolecular Liquid Reaction)
  2. Question 2 Reversible Pseudo-First-Order Esterification
  3. Question 3 Adiabatic CSTR — Operating Temperature and Heat Duty
  4. Question 4 Gas-Phase $A\rightarrow 2B$ from Total-Pressure Data
  5. Question 5 Isothermal PFR — Second-Order Gas Reaction $2A\rightarrow A_2$

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Paper format: Five questions, each 20 marks; any four constitute a complete paper (answer all five here). Open book, 3 hours, non-programmable calculator. Examiner asks that the origin of significant formulas be cited (e.g. Fogler).

Reference texts: H. S. Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering (5th ed., Prentice Hall) — CSTR/PFR design equations, multiple reactors, gas-phase variable-volume kinetics, adiabatic energy balance; O. Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering (3rd ed., Wiley) — reactor sizing and combinations; supporting data from Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook (9th ed.).