Answer to Question #300995 in Chemical Engineering for seshu

Question

Gaseous A absorbs and reacts with B in liquid according to

A(g) + B(1) R(I). -TA-KCACB

S. No.

k, m² liquid/mol hr H. Pa m' liquid/mol

HX

in a packed bed under conditions where

1

2

10⁰

10.

10⁰

10⁰

ka=0.1 mol/hr-m² of reactor - Pa

f₁ = 0.01 m³ liquid/m³ reactor

DA P=10 m³/hr

3

10

10³

ka = 100 m² liquid/m² reactor hr

a = 100 m²/m³ reactor

st 4

10

1

5

10-2

1

At a point in the reactor where p = 100 Pa and C₁ = 100 mol/m³ liquid

9

108

(a) calculate the rate of reaction in mol/hr-m¹ of reactor.

(b) describe the following characteristics of the kinetics:

location of the major resistance (gas film, liquid film, main body of liquid)

behavior in the liquid film (pseudo first-order reaction, instantaneous. second-order reaction, physical transport) for the following values of reaction rate and Henry's law constant.

Answer 1

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