A. 8
B. 16
C. 1/8
D. 1/16
Related Mcqs:
- The rate of a gas phase reaction is given by K . CA . CB. If the volume of the reaction vessel is reduced to l/4th of its initial volume, then the reaction rate compared to the original rate will be _______________ times?
A. 4
B. 16
C. 8
D. 2 - Rate constant for a first order reaction does not depend upon reaction time, extent of reaction and the initial concentration of reactants; but it is a function of reaction temperature. In a chemical reaction, the time required to reduce the concentration of reactant from 100 gm moles/litre to 50 gm moles/litre is same as that required to reduce it from 2 gm moles/litre to 1 gm mole/litre in the same volume. Then the order of this reaction is ?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3 - Second order consecutive irreversible reaction as shown in the bellow figure, were carried out in a constant volume isothermal batch reactor with different initial feed compositions. Reactor temperature was same in all the cases. In experiments where the ratio of concentration of B to that of A in the initial feed was less than 0.5, the concentration of B increased first, reached a maximum and then declined with time. However, for all experiments where this concentration ratio was 0.5 or above, concentration of B decreased monotonically with time right from the beginning. What is the ratio of the two rate constants (k1/k2) ?
A. 1/4
B. 1/2
C. 2
D. 4 - A liquid phase reaction is to be carried out under isothermal conditions. The reaction rate as a function of conversion has been determined experimentally and is shown in the figure given below. What choice of reactor or combination of reactors will require the minimum overall reactor volume, if a conversion of 0.9 is desired ?
A. CSTR followed by a PFR
B. PFR followed by a CSTR
C. CSTR followed by a PFR followed by a CSTR
D. PFR followed by a CSTR followed by a PFR - With increase in the order of reaction (for all positive reaction orders), the ratio of the volume of mixed reactor to the volume of plug flow reactor (for identical feed composition, flow rate and conversion)?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain same
D. Increases linearly - For a vapour phase catalytic reaction (A + B → P) which follows the Ridel mechanism and the reaction step is rate controlling, the rate of reaction is given by (reaction rate is irreversible, product also absorbs) ?
A. -rA = (k . PA . PB)/(1 + KAPA + KPPP)
B. -rA = (k . PA
2 – k1PP)/(1 + KAPA + KPPP)
C. -rA = (k . PA . PB)/(1 + KAPB + KBPB . KPPP)
D. -rA = (k . PA . PB)/(1 + KAPA) - 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 - 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 - Rate of a gaseous phase reaction is given by the reaction shown in the bellow figure. The unit of rate constant is__________________?
A. (atm)-1
B. (hr)-1
C. (atm)-1.(hr)-1
D. atm.(hr)-1 - 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
