Evaluation of rates constants in an isothermal turbular reactor

Author

Yu-Hsin Lin, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Document Type

Thesis

Date of Award

12-31-1990

Degree Name

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering - (M.S.)

Department

Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science

First Advisor

Ching-Rong Huang

Second Advisor

Piero M. Armenante

Abstract

To view upon an incompressible laminar-flow fluid in fully developed in a plug reactor, in which a layer of catalyst coated on the inside surface of this reactor. Two kinds of reaction will occur : one is bulk ( homogeneous ) reaction, i.e., the reaction of reactants themselves; another is a first-order irreversible catalyst ( heterogeneous ) reaction, i.e., the reaction of reactants and catalysis.It is apparent that two reactipn rate constants, Κ_b for the homogeneous reaction and Κ_ω for the heterogeneous reaction, will be caused because of these two reactions

One partial differential equation after working of mass balance can be derived. Also in the governing equation, as mentioned, two unknown rate constants existed. By solving this equation analytically with some special assumptions one can then get pairs of optimum values of Κ_b and Κ_ω. This is processed by taking advantage of computer calculations. These theory values of Κ_b and Κ_ω are to be compared with these experimental values obtained by previous works. The entire processing and working will be presented in this paper.

Recommended Citation

Lin, Yu-Hsin, "Evaluation of rates constants in an isothermal turbular reactor" (1990). Theses. 2829.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/2829