Chemical Reaction Engineering CHE06-316-01

HOMEWORK SOLUTIONS

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Quizzes & Exams

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Lecture Example Problems and Handouts

• How to Number Equations and Figures in MS Word
• How to reference journal articles and cross-reference them in MS Word
• Help with using DIPPR Properties
• Introduction to Stoichiometric Tables Used for Design Project
• Chapter 1 Mole Balances Lecture Notes
• Chapter 2 Mole Balances in terms of Conversion Lecture Notes
• Chapter 2 Reactor Staging first order rate: spreadsheet
• Chapter 2 Reactor Staging example problem statement
• Chapter 2 Reactor Staging worked example
• Reactor Types
• Chapter 3 Stoichiometric Table and Molar Expansion lecture notes
• Chapter 3 Equilibrium Conversion NO formation Polymath Printout
• Chapter 3: polymath program for equilibrium conversion NO formation
• Propagation of Error Calculation Equations
• Chapter 4 Hesketh flow diagram for reactor design
• Chapter 4 Batch Reactor Lecture Notes
• Chapter 4 CSTR in Series Lecture Notes
• Chapter 4 Comparison of Multiple CSTR’s with a PFR
• Chapter 4 Pressure Drop in PBR Lecture Notes
• Chapter 4 Pressure Drop in PBR Example Problem
• Pressure Drop and Void Fraction Handout from Walas and Perry’s 5^th Ed.
• Chapter 4 Membrane Reactors and Unsteady-State Lecture Notes
• Chapter 5: Reaction Rate Data Lecture Notes
• Chapter 6: Multiple Reactions Lecture Notes - LaMarca
• Chapter 6 : Supplemental Lecture Notes
• Chapter 8: Exam Energy Balances (This will be given with Exam 2 and Final)
• Chapter 8: Algorithm for CSTR Energy Balances
• Chapter 8 Lecture Notes
• Safety Slide Show - Batch Reactor Runaway Polystyrene - SACHE – See WebCT
• Exam 1 2001 Solution (This has a pressure drop problem)
• Exam 2 2001 Solution
• Exam 2 2000 energy balance problem solution
• Chapter 10 Lecture Notes
• Langmuir-Hinshelwood Reaction Kinetics Lecture - LaMarca
• Chapter 11 Lecture Notes
• Chapter 12 Lecture Notes

Polymath Tutorial

• Polymath Tutorial

ASPEN Tutorials (AspenPlus 2006)

• Getting Started Building and Running a Process Model
• ASPEN Reaction Rates – units & reaction types (NEW)
• Using Aspen to Obtain Stream Properties (NEW)
• Stoichiometric Reactor
• Kinetic Reactor Tutorial
• Styrene Pressure Drop
• Styrene Multiple Reactions
• Styrene Equilibrium Calculations - Handout
• Styrene Equilibrium Tutorial

HYSYS Tutorials (V3.01)

• Styrene Reactor Simulation - Inductive Method
• Conversion Reactor Tutorial - Styrene
• Kinetic Reactor Tutorial - Styrene (2002 V2.2)
• Pressure Drop with Catalytic Rates – Styrene
• Reaction Rates which include the Equilibrium Constant
• Multiple Reactions

Comsol Multiphysics 3.2 (Femlab) Tutorials

· A first example

· Laminar Flow Reactor updated 4/16/08

· Adiabatic Laminar Flow Reactor

· Catalyst Pellet

Reactor Design Reports

• Help with using DIPPR Properties
• How to Number Equations and Figures in MS Word
• How to reference journal articles and cross-reference them in MS Word

• Physical Properties Data Compilations Relevant to Energy Storage.  II. Molten Salts:  Data on Single and Multi-Component Salt Systems.  G.J. Janz, C.B. Allen, N.P. Bansal, R.M. Murphy, and R.P.T. Tomkins

  Molten Salts Data Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NSRDS-NBS61-II, April 1979

• Design Project Overview
• Memo 1 – overall mass and energy balances; heat of reaction
• Helpful comments for preparing Memo 1
• Memo 2 – Reactor Volume
• Memo 3 – Reactor Pressure Drop
• Memo 4: Multiple Reactions
• Memo 5: Energy Balance for Multiple Reactions
• Reactor Specification Sheet
• Final Report
• Oral Presentation Evaluations
• Peer Rating of Team Members

Green Engineering – Tier 1 Analysis Help

• Green Engineering Tier 1
• PowerPoint Presentation: Tier 1
• Rowan Green Engineering Website
• EPI Suite (Software to physical/chemical property and environmental fate estimation software):
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards

Reactor Design Project Help

· HYSYS Reactor Summary (rates are in volume of gas phase)

· Printing of HYSYS Reactor Cases

· Numbering and Cross-Referencing Equations

Previous Reactor Design Project Presentations (Examples)

• Arnold, Kline, Sweeney – best presentation in 2001
• 2008 presentations for Acrolein - Team 1
• 2008 presentations for Acrolein - Team 2
• 2008 presentations for Acrolein - Team 3
• 2008 presentations for Maleic Anhydride - Team 4
• 2008 presentations for Maleic Anhydride - Team 5
• 2008 presentations for Maleic Anhydride - Team 6
• 2008 presentations for Maleic Anhydride - Team 7