CHM ENG 142 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Reaction Rate, Hydrolysis, Batch Reactor

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• Course: CHM ENG 142
• Professor: All

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A list of (possibly) useful integrals is provided on the last page of this packet. Consider the following elementary, gas-phase reaction that occurs in a well-mixed, isothermal batch reactor with constant volume. The reactor is initially charged with an equimolar mixture of a and b, and the reaction rate constant at 273 k is 0. 45 l2 mol-2 min-1. Calculate the time required to achieve 25% conversion for species a in this system. (15 points) consider now an isothermal system with variable volume and variable pressure. The initial volume (v0) is 1. 0 l, and the volume (v) varies with pressure (p) according to v = 0. 6p. The exam is 100 points total and 20% of the course grade. Please read through the questions carefully before giving your response. You are allowed one 8. 5 x 11 sheet of paper and a calculator for this exam. Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis reactions are very common in the synthesis of many organic compounds and synthesis of biofuels.