A. A highly exothermic reaction is to be controlled
B. Undesirable side reaction (at high concentration of one of the reactants) is to be avoided
C. A gas is to be reacted with liquid (e.g. hydrogenation of fat)
D. All A., B., and C.
Related Mcqs:
- The following gas phase reaction is taking place in a plug flow reactor. A stoichiometric mixture of A and B at 300 K is fed to the reactor. At 1 m along the length of the reactor, the temperature is 360 K. The pressure drop is negligible and an ideal gas behaviour can be assumed. Identify the correct expression relating the concentration of A at the inlet (CA0), concentration of A at 1m (CA) and the corresponding conversion of A (X) ?
A. CA = 1.2 CA0 (1 – X)/(1 – 0.33X)
B. CA = 1.2 CA0 (1 – X)/(1 – 0.5X)
C. CA = 0.83 CA0 (1 – X)/(1 – 0.33X)
D. CA = 0.83 CA0 (1 – X)/(1 – 0.5X) - The gas phase reaction 2A ⇌ B is carried out in an isothermal plug flow reactor. The feed consists of 80 mole % A and 20 mole % inerts. If the conversion of A at the reactor exit is 50%, then CA/CA0 at the outlet of the reactor is _______________________?
A. 2/3
B. 5/8
C. 1/3
D. 3/8 - In case of a _____________ reactor, the composition in the reactor and at the exit of the reactor is the same ?
A. Semi-batch
B. Tubular
C. Batch
D. Back-mix - Pure ethanol vapor is fed to a reactor packed with alumina catalyst, at the rate of 100 kmole / hr. The reactor products comprise: ethylene: 95 kmole / hr, water vapour: 97.5 k mole / hr and diethyl ether: 2.5 kmole/hr. The reactions occuring can be represented by: C2H5OH → C2H4 + H2O 2C2H5OH → C2H5 – O – C2H5 + H2O The percent conversion of ethanol in the reactor is________________?
A. 100
B. 97.5
C. 95
D. 2.5 - The reaction A → B is conducted in an adiabatic plug flow reactor (PFR). Pure A at a concentration of 2 kmol/m3is fed to the reactor at the rate of 0.01 m3 /s and at a temperature of 500 K. If the exit conversion is 20%, then the exit temperature (in k) is (Data: Heat of reaction at 298 K = – 50000 kJ/ kmole of A reacted Heat capacities CPA = CPB = 100kJ/kmole. K (may be assumed to be independent of temperature)) ?
A. 400
B. 500
C. 600
D. 1000 - The size of plug flow reactor (PFR) for all positive reaction orders and for any given duty, is _____________________ that of mixed reactor?
A. Greater than
B. Equal to
C. Smaller than
D. Unpredictable from the data - 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 - For an autocatalytic reactor, the suitable reactor set up is__________________?
A. P.F. reactors in series
B. CSTR in series
C. CSTR followed by P.F. reactor
D. P.F. reactor followed by CSTR - 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 - An exothermic reaction takes place in an adiabatic reactor. The product temperature ______________ reactor feed temperature?
A. Is always equal to
B. Is always greater than
C. Is always less than
D. May be greater or less than