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23-Chem-A4 Chemical Reactor Engineering: May 2017

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  1. Question 1 Zero-Order Gas Reaction — Volume Change in a Constant-Pressure Batch Reactor
  2. Question 2 Parallel First-Order Reactions in Two Mixed-Flow Reactors in Series
  3. Question 3 Rate Equation from Plug-Flow Catalytic Data (Variable Density)
  4. Question 4 Adiabatic Batch Hydrolysis of Acetic Anhydride — Time for 80% Conversion
  5. Question 5 Residence-Time Distribution — Mean Time and Tanks-in-Series Number

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Paper format. Chemical Engineering — 23-Chem-A4 Chemical Reactor Engineering, May 2017. Open-book, 3 hours. Five questions; answering any four constitutes a complete paper (each 25 marks). All five are solved below.

Reference texts. O. Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd ed. (Wiley); H. S. Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 5th ed. (Pearson); Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, 9th ed.