(CH

3
)
2
=CH
2
+ CH
3
OH (CH
3
)
3
C-0-CH
3

A+BC
Reactor
operation

pressure inlet 2961 kPa 29.61 bar
pressure oulet 2915 kPa 29.15 bar
T inlet 85 deg C 358 K
T outlet 123 deg C 396 K
X, conversion 0.45

Using PBR (Fixed bed reactor)
DESIGN OF REACTOR

F
B
=

= 2.895 x 10
-3
lb mol/s

F
B
= F
Ao
X

F
Ao
= FB/ X
= 2.895 x 10
-3
/ 0.45
=6.433 x 10
-3
lbmol /s










416.67 kg 1 h 2.2046 lb
m
1 lbm mol
h 3600 s 1 kg 88.15 lbm
1.PBR design equation:

F
A0
=

- r
A
Rearranging and integrating for the case of no pressure drop and isothermal operation yields
V = F
A0

2.Rate law :
- r
A
= kC
A
C
B
with k=

0.778
|
.
|

\
|
=

RT
k
65000
exp 10 742 . 4
9


3. Stoichiometry. For isothermal operation and negligible pressure drop, the concentration of
ethane is calculated as follow:
Liquid phase, constant T and P


- r
A
= kC
A
C
B
C
A
= C
A0
(1-X)
C
B
= C
A0
(
B
-X), where
B
= F
B0
/F
A0
= 1

4. Combine
- r
A
= kC
A
C
B

F
A0
=

- r
A

F
A0
=

kC
A
C
B


= kC
A0
(1-X) C
A0
(
B
-X)
dX
dV
dX
dV
dX
dV
dX
dV