Questions without answers in Chemical Reaction Engineering

An irreversible chemical reaction occurs on a porous catalyst. All the pores are of same size. In strong pore diffusion regime, the observed activation energy is $120 \ma...

For an irreversible reaction containing inerts in the feed, single-pass conversion in a reactor is $70 \%$. Which one of the following statements is CORRECT?Recycle elimi...

Consider a homogeneous gas phase reaction, $\mathrm{A}+2 \mathrm{~B} \rightarrow 2 \mathrm{C}+3 \mathrm{D}$, occurring at constant temperature and pressure in a varying v...

Consider the following homogeneous isothermal liquid-phase parallel reactions carried out in three reactor configurations (having identical volumes and same operating tem...

The reaction rate constants of two reactions follow Arrhenius' law. The activation energies of Reaction $1$ and Reaction $2$ are $E_{1}$ and $E_{2}$, respectively and $E_...

A first-order homogeneous liquid-phase reaction ( $\mathrm{A} \rightarrow \mathrm{B}$ ) occurs in an adiabatic, ideal mixed flow reactor operating at steady state. The vo...

A first-order homogeneous liquid-phase reaction ( $\mathrm{A} \rightarrow \mathrm{B}$ ) occurs in a non-ideal isothermal reactor operating at steady state. The variance (...

​​​Choose the CORRECT ordering of the diameter $d$ of the different types of pores in a solid catalyst.$d_{\text {Micro-pore }} < d_{\text {Macro-pore }} < d_{\text {Meso...

Choose the CORRECT statement that describes the dependence of the variance $\left(\sigma_{\Theta}^{2}\right)$ of the residence time distribution (RTD) with respect to th...

​​​​Consider an enzymatic reaction that follows Michaelis-Menten kinetics. Let $K_{M}, S$, and $V_{\max }$ denote the Michaelis constant, substrate concentration, and max...

The residence-time distribution (RTD) function of a reactor $\left(\right.$ in $\left.\min ^{-1}\right)$ is$$ E(t)=\left\{\begin{array}{ll}1-2 t, & t \leq 0.5 \mathrm{~mi...

​​​​​A catalyst particle is modeled as a symmetrical double cone solid as shown in the figure. For each conical sub-part, the radius of the base is $r$ and the height is ...

​​​​A zero-order gas phase reaction $A \rightarrow B$ with rate $\left(-r_{A}\right)=k=100 \mathrm{~mol} /(\mathrm{L \: min )}$ is carried out in a mixed flow reactor of ...

The reaction $A \: \rightarrow$ products with reaction rate, $\left(-r_{A}\right)=k C_{A}^{3}$, occurs in an isothermal PFR operating at steady state. The conversion $(X)...

The catalytic gas phase reaction $A \rightarrow$ products is carried out in an isothermal batch reactor of $10 \: \mathrm{L}$ volume using $0.1 \: \mathrm{kg}$ of a soli...

Consider the flowsheet in the figure for manufacturing $C$ via the reaction $A+B \rightarrow C$ in an isothermal CSTR. The split in the separator is perfect so that the r...

The ratio of the activation energy of a chemical reaction to the universal gas constant is $1000 \mathrm{~K}$. The temperature-dependence of the reaction rate constant fo...

​​​​​​The rate of a reaction $A \rightarrow B$ is $0.2 \mathrm{~mol} \mathrm{~m}^{-3} \mathrm{~s}^{-1}$ at a particular concentration $C_{A 1}$. The rate constant of the ...

​​​​​Two parallel first-order liquid phase reactions $A \xrightarrow{k_{1}} B$ and $A \xrightarrow{k_{2}} C$ are carried out in a well-mixed isothermal batch reactor. The...

A first-order heterogenous reaction $A \rightarrow B$ is carried out using a porous spherical catalyst. Assume isothermal conditions, and that intraphase diffusion contro...

​​​​​​A first-order liquid phase reaction $A \rightarrow B$ is carried out in two isothermal plug flow reactors (PFRs) of volume $1 \mathrm{~m}^{3}$ each, connected in se...

​​​​The residence time distribution, $E$, for a non-ideal flow reactor is given in the figure. A first-order liquid phase reaction with a rate constant $0.2 \mathrm{~min}...

A chemostat with cell recycle is shown in the figure. The feed flow rate and culture volume are $F=75 \mathrm{~L} \mathrm{~h}^{-1}$ and $V=200 \mathrm{~L}$, respectively....

For a reversible endothermic chemical reaction with constant heat of reaction over the operating temperature range, $K$ is the thermodynamic equilibrium constant. Which o...

$\mathrm{CO}$ and $\mathrm{H}_2$ participate in a catalytic reaction. The partial pressures (in atm) of the reacting species $\mathrm{CO}$ and $\mathrm{H}_2$ in the feed ...

Fresh catalyst is loaded into a reactor before the start of the following catalytic reaction.$$\textbf{A} \longrightarrow \textbf{products}$$The catalyst gets deactivated...

A unimolecular, irreversible liquid-phase reaction$$\boldsymbol{A} \longrightarrow \boldsymbol{P}$$was carried out in an ideal batch reactor at temperature $T$. The rate ...

An irreversible liquid-phase second-order reaction$$\boldsymbol{A} \stackrel{k}{\longrightarrow} \boldsymbol{B}$$with rate constant $k=0.2$ liter. $\mathrm{mol}^{-1} \mat...

The reaction $A \rightarrow B$ is carried out isothermally on a porous catalyst. The intrinsic reaction rate is $kC_{A}^{2}$, where $k$ is the rate constant and $C_{A}$ i...

In an enzymatic reaction, an inhibitor $(I)$ competes with the substrate $(S)$ to bind with the enzyme $(E)$, thereby reducing the rate of product $(P)$ formation. The co...

Consider the process flowsheet in the figure. An irreversible liquid-phase reaction $A \rightarrow B$ (reaction rate $-r_{A} = 164 \:x_{A}\text{ kmol }m^{-3}\:h^{-1}$) oc...

Consider the process in the figure. The liquid phase elementary reactions $$A + B \rightarrow P \:\:\:\: -r_{B1} = k_{1}\:x_{A}\:x_{B}$$ $$P + B \rightarrow S \:\:\:\: -r...

An elementary irreversible liquid-phase reaction, $2A \rightarrow B$, is carried out under isothermal conditions in a $1\:m^{3}$ ideal plug flow reactor $\text{(PFR)}$ as...

An elementary irreversıble gas-phase reaction, $A \rightarrow B + C$, is carried out at fixed temperature and pressure in two separate ideal reactors: $(i)$ a $10\:m^{3}$...

An elementary irreversible liquid-phase reaction, $2P \overset{k}{\rightarrow}Q$, where the rate constant $k = 2\:L\:\text{mol}^{-1}\:\text{min} ^{-1}$, takes place in an...

Ethylene adsorbs on the vacant active sites $V$ of a transition metal catalyst according to the following mechanism.If $N_T, N_V$ and $N_{C_2H_4}$ denote the total number...

The following homogeneous liquid phase reactions are at equilibrium,The values of rate constants are given by: $k_1 = 0.1 s^{-1}$, $k_{-1}=0.2 s^{-1}, k_2 = 1 s^{-1}, k_{...

The following isothermal autocatalytic reaction $$ A +B \longrightarrow 2B \quad\quad\quad(-r_A)=0.1C_AC_B(\text{mol } L^{-1} s^{-1})$$is carried out in an ideal continuo...

Reactant $A$ decomposes to products $B$ and $C$ in the presence of an enzyme in a well-stirred batch reactor. The kinetic rate expression is given by$$-r_A = \dfrac{0.01C...

The following homogeneous, irreversible reaction involving ideal gases, $$A \longrightarrow B+C \quad\quad\quad(-r_A)=0.5C_A (\text{mol L}^{-1} s^{-1})$$ is carried out i...