This document provides the details of Homework 6 assigned in a Chemical Reaction Engineering course. It describes a reaction involving hydrogenation of o-cresol to form 2-methylcyclohexanone, which is then further hydrogenated. Students are asked to analyze the plug flow reactor used for this reaction considering the kinetics and operating conditions provided, and determine the ratio of catalyst weights needed for 5-95% conversion and plot concentration and pressure profiles.
This document provides the details of Homework 6 assigned in a Chemical Reaction Engineering course. It describes a reaction involving hydrogenation of o-cresol to form 2-methylcyclohexanone, which is then further hydrogenated. Students are asked to analyze the plug flow reactor used for this reaction considering the kinetics and operating conditions provided, and determine the ratio of catalyst weights needed for 5-95% conversion and plot concentration and pressure profiles.
This document provides the details of Homework 6 assigned in a Chemical Reaction Engineering course. It describes a reaction involving hydrogenation of o-cresol to form 2-methylcyclohexanone, which is then further hydrogenated. Students are asked to analyze the plug flow reactor used for this reaction considering the kinetics and operating conditions provided, and determine the ratio of catalyst weights needed for 5-95% conversion and plot concentration and pressure profiles.
This document provides the details of Homework 6 assigned in a Chemical Reaction Engineering course. It describes a reaction involving hydrogenation of o-cresol to form 2-methylcyclohexanone, which is then further hydrogenated. Students are asked to analyze the plug flow reactor used for this reaction considering the kinetics and operating conditions provided, and determine the ratio of catalyst weights needed for 5-95% conversion and plot concentration and pressure profiles.
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METU Chem. Eng. Dept. Ch.E.311 Chemical Reaction Engineering Prof.Dr.
Ik nal
Due Date: April 25, 2013
HOMEWORK 6 (30 points)
Alkylated cyclohexanols are important intermediates in the fragrance and perfume industry (Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 28, 693 (1989)). Recent work has focused on gas-phase catalyzed hydrogenation of 0-cresol to 2-methylcyclohexanone, which is then hydrogenated to 2-methylcyclohexanol. In this problem we focus on only the first step in the reaction (Figure). The reaction on a nickel-silica catalyst was found to be zero-order in o-cresol and first-order in hydrogen with a specific reaction rate of 0.05 mol of ocresol/(kg cat. min. atm), The reaction mixture enters the packed-bed reactor at a total pressure of 10 atm. The molar feed consists to 67% H2 and 33 % o-cresol at a total molar rate of 40 mol/min at 120oC.
a) Neglecting pressure drop, plot the rate of reaction of o-cresol and the concentrations of each species as a function of catalysts weight. What is the ratio of catalyst weight needed to achieve the last 5% conversion to the weight necessary to achieve the first 5% conversion (0 to 5 %) in the plug-flow reactor? b) Accounting for the pressure drop in the packed bed using a value of = 0.027 kg-1, redo part (a) along with a plot of pressure versus catalyst weight. c) Another engineer suggests that instead of changing catalyst size it would be better to pack the catalysts in a shorter reactor with twice the pipe diameter. If all other conditions remain the same, is this suggestion better?
Hint: Use POLYMATH or a similar software program in your calculations and plots.
