ANDHRA UNIVERSITY DMCHE 408: Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory

ANDHRA UNIVERSITY DMCHE 408: Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory

1. Determination of the order of a reaction using a batch reactor and analyzing the data by
(a) Differential method (b) integral method.
2. Determination of the activation energy of a reaction using a batch reactor.
3. To determine the effect of residence time on conversion and to determine the rate
Constant using a CSTR.
4. To determine the specific reaction rate constant of a reaction of a known order using a
batch reactor.
5. To determine the order of the reaction and the rate constant using a Tubular reactor.
6. Determination of RTD and Dispersion number in a Tubular reactor using a tracer.
7. Mass transfer with chemical reaction (solid-liquid system) - Determination of Mass
Transfer Co-efficient.
8. Axial mixing in a packed bed. Determination of RTD and the dispersion number for a
packed- bed using tracer.
9. Langmuir Adsorption isotherm: Determination of surface area of activated charcoal.
10. Performance of reactors in series: (i) A plug-flow reactor followed by a CSTR (ii) A
CSTR followed by a plug flow reactor.