This document provides an introduction to chemical reaction engineering (CRE). CRE studies the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions and the design of reactors. It discusses various reactor types including batch, continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR), plug flow reactor (PFR), and packed bed reactor (PBR). The general mole balance equation is presented and applied to these different reactor configurations. Industries that rely heavily on CRE principles include chemical, pharmaceutical, and microelectronics.

1. Chemical reaction Engg
{C.R.E}
By Er Sohel R Sheikh
Srs’s ltd , Nagpur

2. Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) is the field that
studies the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions and
the design of the reactors in which they take place.
TODAY’S LECTURE
Introduction
Definitions
General Mole Balance Equation
Batch
CSTR
PFR
PBR

3. Chemical Reaction Engineering
Chemical reaction engineering is at the heart of virtually
every chemical process. It separates the chemical engineer
from other engineers.
Industries that Draw Heavily on Chemical Reaction
Engineering (CRE) are:
CPI (Chemical Process Industries)
Dow, DuPont, Amoco, Chevron

6. Let’s Begin CRE
Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) is
the field that studies the rates and
mechanisms of chemical reactions and the
design of the reactors in which they take
place.

7. • A chemical species is said to have reacted
when it has lost its chemical identity.
Chemical Identity

8. • A chemical species is said to have reacted
when it has lost its chemical identity.
• The identity of a chemical species is
determined by the kind, number, and
configuration of that species’ atoms.
Chemical Identity

9. • A chemical species is said to have reacted
when it has lost its chemical identity.
1. Decomposition
Chemical Identity

10. • A chemical species is said to have reacted
when it has lost its chemical identity.
1. Decomposition
2. Combination
Chemical Identity

11. • A chemical species is said to have reacted
when it has lost its chemical identity.
1. Decomposition
2. Combination
3. Isomerization
Chemical Identity

12. • The reaction rate is the rate at which a
species looses its chemical identity per unit
volume.
Reaction Rate

13. • The reaction rate is the rate at which a
species looses its chemical identity per unit
volume.
• The rate of a reaction (mol/dm3
/s) can be
expressed as either
the rate of Disappearance: -rA
or as
the rate of Formation (Generation): rA
Reaction Rate

14. Reaction Rate
Consider the isomerization AB
rA = the rate of formation of species A per unit volume
-rA = the rate of a disappearance of species A per unit volume
rB = the rate of formation of species B per unit volume

15. Reaction Rate
• EXAMPLE: AB
If Species B is being formed at a rate of
0.2 moles per decimeter cubed per second, ie,
rB = 0.2 mole/dm3
/s

16. Reaction Rate
• EXAMPLE: AB
rB = 0.2 mole/dm3
/s
Then A is disappearing at the same rate:
-rA= 0.2 mole/dm3
/s

17. Reaction Rate
• EXAMPLE: AB
rB = 0.2 mole/dm3
/s
Then A is disappearing at the same rate:
-rA= 0.2 mole/dm3
/s
The rate of formation (generation of A) is
rA= -0.2 mole/dm3
/s

18. Reaction Rate
• For a catalytic reaction, we refer to -rA',
which is the rate of disappearance of
species A on a per mass of catalyst basis.
(mol/gcat/s)
NOTE: dCA/dt is not the rate of reaction

19. Reaction Rate
Consider species j:
• rj is the rate of formation of species j per
unit volume [e.g. mol/dm3
/s]

20. Reaction Rate
• rj is the rate of formation of species j per
unit volume [e.g. mol/dm3
*s]
• rj is a function of concentration,
temperature, pressure, and the type of
catalyst (if any)

21. Reaction Rate
• rj is the rate of formation of species j per unit
volume [e.g. mol/dm3
/s]
• rj is a function of concentration, temperature,
pressure, and the type of catalyst (if any)
• rj is independent of the type of reaction system
(batch reactor, plug flow reactor, etc.)

22. Reaction Rate
• rj is the rate of formation of species j per
unit volume [e.g. mol/dm3
/s]
• rj is a function of concentration,
temperature, pressure, and the type of
catalyst (if any)
• rj is independent of the type of reaction
system (batch, plug flow, etc.)
• rj is an algebraic equation, not a

23. General Mole Balance

24. General Mole Balance

25. Batch Reactor Mole Balance

26. CSTR
Mole Balance

27. Plug Flow Reactor

28. Plug Flow Reactor Mole Balance
PFR:
The integral form is: V=
dFA
rA
FA0
FA
∫
This is the volume necessary to reduce the entering molar flow rate (mol/s) from FA0 to the
exit molar flow rate of FA.

29. Packed Bed Reactor
Mole Balance
PBR
The integral form to find the catalyst weight is: W=
dFA
′rAFA0
FA
∫
FA0−FA+′rAdW=
dNA
dt
∫

30. Reactor Mole Balance Summary

31. Fast Forward to the Future
Thursday March 20th
, 2008
Reactors with Heat Effects

32. Production of Propylene Glycol in an Adiabatic
CSTR

33. What are the exit conversion X and exit temperature T?
Solution
Let the reaction be represented by

42. KEEPING UP

43. Separations
These topics do not build upon one another
Filtration Distillation Adsorption

44. Reaction Engineering
These topics build upon one another
Mole Balance Rate Laws Stoichiometry

45. Mole Balance
Rate Laws
Stoichiometry
Isothermal Design
Heat Effects

46. Mole Balance Rate Laws

47. Mole Balance
Rate Laws
Stoichiometry
Isothermal Design
Heat Effects

50. Batch Reactor Mole Balance

51. Batch Reactor Mole Balance

52. Batch Reactor Mole Balance

53. Batch Reactor Mole Balance

54. Batch Reactor Mole Balance

55. Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor
Mole Balance

56. Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor
Mole Balance

57. Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor
Mole Balance

58. C S T R
Mole Balance

59. CSTR
Mole Balance

60. Plug Flow Reactor

61. Plug Flow Reactor Mole Balance
PFR:

62. Plug Flow Reactor Mole Balance
PFR:

63. Plug Flow Reactor Mole Balance
PFR:

64. Plug Flow Reactor Mole Balance
PFR:

65. Plug Flow Reactor Mole Balance
PFR:

66. Plug Flow Reactor Mole Balance
PFR:
The integral form is: V=
dFA
rA
FA0
FA
∫

67. Plug Flow Reactor Mole Balance
PFR:
The integral form is: V=
dFA
rA
FA0
FA
∫
This is the volume necessary to reduce the entering molar flow rate (mol/s) from FA0 to the
exit molar flow rate of FA.

68. Packed Bed Reactor Mole
Balance
PBR

69. Packed Bed Reactor Mole
Balance
PBR
FA0−FA+′rAdW=
dNA
dt
∫

70. Packed Bed Reactor Mole
Balance
PBR
FA0−FA+′rAdW=
dNA
dt
∫

71. Packed Bed Reactor Mole
Balance
PBR
FA0−FA+′rAdW=
dNA
dt
∫

72. Packed Bed Reactor Mole
Balance
PBR
The integral form to find the catalyst weight is: W=
dFA
′rAFA0
FA
∫
FA0−FA+′rAdW=
dNA
dt
∫

73. Reactor Mole Balance Summary

74. Reactor Mole Balance Summary

75. Reactor Mole Balance Summary

76. Reactor Mole Balance Summary

85. Chemical Reaction Engineering
Asynchronous Video Series
Chapter 1:
General Mole Balance Equation
Applied to
Batch Reactors, CSTRs, PFRs,
and PBRs

86. http://www.engin.umich.edu/~cre

93. Chemical Reaction Engineering
Chemical reaction engineering is at the heart of virtually
every chemical process. It separates the chemical engineer
from other engineers.
Industries that Draw Heavily on Chemical Reaction
Engineering (CRE) are:
CPI (Chemical Process Industries)
Dow, DuPont, Amoco, Chevron
Pharmaceutical – Antivenom, Drug Delivery
Medicine – Tissue Engineering, Drinking and Driving

94. Compartments for perfusion
Perfusion interactions between
compartments are shown by arrows.
VG, VL, VC, and VM are -tissue water
volumes for the gastrointestinal,
liver, central and muscle
compartments, respectively.
VS is the stomach contents volume.
Stomach
VG = 2.4 l
Gastrointestinal
VG = 2.4 l
tG = 2.67 min
Liver
Alcohol
VL = 2.4 l
tL = 2.4 min
Central
VC = 15.3 l
tC = 0.9 min
Muscle & Fat
VM = 22.0 l
tM = 27 min

96. Chemical Reaction Engineering
Chemical reaction engineering is at the heart of virtually
every chemical process. It separates the chemical engineer
from other engineers.
Industries that Draw Heavily on Chemical Reaction
Engineering (CRE) are:
CPI (Chemical Process Industries)
Dow, DuPont, Amoco, Chevron
Pharmaceutical – Antivenom, Drug Delivery
Medicine –Pharmacokinetics, Drinking and Driving
Microelectronics – CVD

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