Following isothermal kinetic data are obtained in a basket type of mixed flow reactor for a porous catalyst. Determine the role of pore diffusion and external mass transfer processes ?

Related Mcqs:

1. A spherical porous catalyst particle of radius R is subjected to reactant A which reacts to form B by a zero order surface reaction A → B. Film mass transfer resistance is negligible and pore diffusion of A is rate controlling. The effectiveness factor of the catalyst is reported as 7/8. Which of the following statement is true?

   A. Inner catalyst core of radius R/8 does not participate in reaction
   B. Inner catalyst core of radius R/2 does not participate in reaction
   C. Inner catalyst core of radius 7R/8 does not participate in reaction
   D. Effectiveness factor for a zero order reaction cannot be 7/8 as it must always be 1

2. Effectiveness factor E. of a catalyst pellet is defined as, E = (actual rate within pore of the catalyst)/(rate if not snowed by pore diffusion), Effectiveness factor for a first order reaction is given by (where, T = Thiele modulus) ___________________?

   A. tan hT/T
   B. tan T/T
   C. tan hT/tan T
   D. None of these

3. A pollutant P degrades according to first order kinetics. An aqueous stream containing P at 2 kmole/m3 and volumetric flow rate 1m3 /h requires a mixed flow reactor of volume V to bring down the pollutant level to 0.5 kmole/m3. The inlet concentration of the pollutant is now doubled and the volumetric flow rate is tripled. If the pollutant level is to be brought down to the same level of 0.5 k.mole/m3, the volume of the mixed flow reactor should be increased by a factor of_______________?

   A. 7
   B. 6
   C. 3
   D. 7/3

4. Brunauer, Emmet and Teller (BET) equation is used to determine the specific surface area of a porous particle but not the pore volume & the porosity of the catalyst bed. Which of the following postulates is not used to derive BET equation ?

   A. Langmuir’s assumption applies to every adsorbed layer
   B. There is no dynamic equilibrium between successive layer
   C. The adsorbed layer may be polymolecular in thickness and the heat of adsorption in each layer
   (except the first one) is involved in each of the evaporation process
   D. None of these

5. A first order gaseous phase reaction is catalysed by a non-porous solid. The kinetic rate constant and the external mass transfer co-efficients are k and kg respectively. The effective rate constant (keff) is given by________________?

   A. keff = k + kg
   B. keff = (k+ kg)/2
   C. keff = (kkg)1/2
   D. 1/keff = 1/k + 1/kg

6. A first order reaction A → B occurs in an isothermal porous catalyst pellet of spherical shape. If the concentration of A at the centre of the pellet is much less than at the external surface, the process is limited by__________________?

   A. Diffusion within the pellet
   B. Reaction
   C. External mass transfer
   D. None of the above

7. An irreversible aqueous phase reaction, A + B → P, is carried out in an adiabatic mixed flow reactor. A feed containing 4kmole/m3 of each A and B enters the reactor at 8m3 /hr. If the temperature of the exit stream is never to exceed 390 K, what is the maximum inlet feed temperature allowed? Data: Heat of reaction = – 50 kJ/mole Density of the reacting mixture = 1000kg/m3 Specific heat of reacting mixture = 2kJ/kg.K The above data can be assumed to be independent of temperature and composition?

   A. 190
   B. 290
   C. 390
   D. 490

8. An isothermal aqueous phase reversible reaction, P ⇌ R, is to be carried out in a mixed flow reactor. The reaction rate in k.mole/m3 .h is given by, r = 0.5CP – 0.125CR. A stream containing only P enters the reactor. The residence time required (in hours) for 40% conversion of P is_________________?

   A. 0.80
   B. 1.33
   C. 1.60
   D. 2.67

9. ‘If the catalyst pore size is small in comparison with the mean free path, collisions with the pore wall controls the process’. The diffusivity under this condition is called ‘Knudsen diffusivity’, which is affected by the_____________________?

   A. Pressure
   B. Temperature
   C. Both A. & B.
   D. Neither A. nor B.

10. A second order liquid phase reaction, A → B, is carried out in a mixed flow reactor operated in semi batch mode (no exit stream). The reactant A at concentration CAF is fed to the reactor at a volumetric flow rate of F. The volume of the reacting mixture is V and the density of the liquid mixture is constant. The mass balance for A is_______________________?

    A. d(VCA)/dt = -F (CAF – CA) – kCA2V
    B. d(VCA)/dt = F (CAF – CA) – kCA2V
    C. d(VCA)/dt = -FCA – kCA2V
    D. d(VCA)/dt = FCAF – kCA2V