A. Operating conditions (e.g. pressure and temperature)
B. Rate constant
C. Density of mixture
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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 - 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 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 - 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 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) - For identical flow rate, feed composition and for elementary first order reactions, ‘N’ equal sized mixed reactors in series with a total volume ‘V’ gives the same conversion as a single plug flow reactor of volume ‘V’ for constant density systems. This is true, when the value of ‘N’ is ___________________?
A. 1
B. > 1
C. ∞
D. ≥ 1 - The ratio of volume of mixed reactor to the volume of P.F.R. (for identical flow rate, feed composition and conversion) for zero order reaction is________________?
A. ∞
B. 0
C. 1
D. > 1 - 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
