Ideality of a CSTR
Jordan H. Nelson Property of Beehive Engineering
Brief Overview Introduction – General CSTR Information Three Questions Experimental Conclusions
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Schematic of the CSTR Item
Description
1
Mixing Point
2
Mixing Point
3
Mixing Point
4
Mixing Points
5
Water Bath Inlet and Outlet
6
Four Wall Mounted Baffles
7
Mixer Drive
8
Marine Type Impeller
9
CSTR Vessel
10
Water Bath Vessel
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3 Questions
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Where is the best mixing in the CSTR? What is τmean and how does it compare to τideal? What configuration of PFR-CSTR will produce the greatest conversion? Property of Beehive Engineering
Where is the Best Mixing?
Impeller selection
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Dead Zones
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Flow Patterns of different impellers Rushton Impeller
Marine Impeller
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τMean vs τIdeal
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τMean – Measured mean residence time The amount of time a molecule spends in the reactor τIdeal – Ideal residence time is calculated from the following equation
τ ideal
V = νo
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Experiment
Fill reactor with low concentration salt (baseline) Spike reactor at most ideal mixing Create spike concentration at least one order of magnitude larger than baseline Measure change in conductivity over time Run experiment at different impeller speeds Property of Beehive Engineering
Yikes! Plot of Concentration vs Time with Error 35 30 RPM 15 RPM Concentration NaCl(g/mL)
30
25
20
15
10 0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
Time(s)
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800
Measured Concentration over time in the CSTR. 26
Concentration NaCl(g/mL)
25 24
30 RPM 15 RPM
23
22 21
20 0
200
400
600
800
Time(s)
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RTD Function E(t)
Measured concentrations are used to create the residence time distribution function
E (t ) =
C (t ) − C (t = 0) t end
∫ [C (t ) − C (t = 0)]dt 0
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Plot of an ideal residence time distribution function
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Residence time distributions 0.0023 0.0021 0.0019
E(t)
0.0017 0.0015 0.0013 0.0011 Ideal E(t)
0.0009
E(t) Conductivity 15 RPM E(t) Conductivity 30 RPM
0.0007 0.0005 0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
Time(s)
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Mean Residence Time
Using E(t) the following equations produce the mean residence time
t mean =
t end
tE ( t ) dt = τ mean ∫ 0
t end
σ = ∫ (t − t m ) E (t )dt 2
0
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Comparison of Residence Times RPM
Mean Residence Time
Standard Deviation
Sigma
Sigma/ Tau
15
357.57
11.58
206.87
0.58
30
358.14
11.58
206.35
0.58
466.97
5.90
Ideal CSTR
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Loss of Data
Over an hour of data was lost from Opto 22 Calculation of Reynolds number over 4000 2 (Turbulent)
ND ℜ= υ
Equation applies to a baffled CSTR RPM speed of 300 obtained full turbulence Property of Beehive Engineering
CSTR-PFR Configurations ?
Schematic of arrangements Levenspiel Plot Conduct saponification reaction in the reactor at different RPM’s Use Equimolar flow rates and concentrations of reactants Quench reaction with a HCl and titrate with NaOH Property of Beehive Engineering
Series Reactor with CSTR Before PFR.
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Series Reactor with PFR Before CSTR.
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Et − Ac + NaOH ↔ NaAc + Et − OH Levenspiel Plot for NaOh+EtOAc 8 Levenspiel Plot for NaOh+EtOAc
-1/ra
6 4 2 0 0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
Conversion
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CSTR-PFR Configurations ?
Schematic of arrangements Levenspiel Plot Conduct saponification reaction in the reactor at different RPM’s Use Equimolar flow rates and concentrations of reactants Quench reaction with a HCl and titrate with NaOH Property of Beehive Engineering
Measured Conversion for PFR-CSTR Configuration Speed (RPM)
Conversion (%)
Conversion Error (%)
30
19.7
+/-
4.30
60
21.7
+/-
3.91
200
21.2
+/-
4.00
400
24.3
+/-
3.48
875
24.7
+/-
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Measured Conversion for CSTR-PFR Configuration Speed (RPM)
Conversion (%)
Conversion Error (%)
30
21.5
+/-
3.94
60
21.2
+/-
4.00
200
21.4
+/-
3.97
400
20.9
+/-
4.06
875
21.5
+/-
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3 Questions
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Where is the best mixing in the CSTR? What is τmean and how does it compare to τideal? What configuration of PFR-CSTR will produce the greatest conversion? Property of Beehive Engineering
Conclusions
Better mixing for a Rushton impeller is below the impeller The reactor is far from ideal at low impeller speeds The PFR-CSTR arrangement provided better conversions Run the PFR-CSTR reactor at RPM’s of higher than 300 Property of Beehive Engineering
Opportunities
Run the experiment again to obtain the lost residence time values Run the saponification reaction at higher temperatures Exit sampling stream should be at the bottom of the reactor
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Acknowledgements
Taryn Herrera Robert Bohman Michael Vanderhooft Dr. Francis V. Hanson Dr. Misha Skliar
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What to expect from your CSTR.
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Design Equations
b − ra = k * Cao * (1 − X ) * Cbo(Θ b − X ) a
− ra = k * Cao (1 − X ) 2
2
FA 0 X
VCSTR =
2
kC Ao (1 − X )
V PFR = ∫
X
0
2
dX 2
kC A0 (1 − X )
2
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Design Equations ∞
−t τ
(t − τ ) σ =∫ * e dt τ 0 2
2
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