MINI PROJECT JAN 2018 REACTION ENGINEERING (CKB 20104)

REACTION ENGINEERING (CKB 20104)

MINI DESIGN PROJECT

1. RULES AND REQUIREMENT:

1.1 The mini project duration is for 12 weeks (week 3 to week 15).
1.2 The final report must be compiled and submitted by the end of week 15.
1.3 Individuals are required to work with the grouping, as decided and only 1 report will be presented
for each group (MAXIMUM 4 Members).
1.4 This mini design project will count as 20% of the final grade.
1.5 Each student in the group must assigned themselves as Student 1, 2, 3 or 4 and this cannot be
changed throughout the project.
1.6 Students are encouraged to discuss and share information. However, DIFFERENT reports are
to be submitted and groups who are found to submit similar work with other groups or from past
submitted projects will be severely PENALIZED.
1.7 This mini project is to be presented as a group work; hence every member is required to
contribute equally to the work.
1.8 All submitted report must be attached with Turnitin Similarity report for each student. Groups
failed to submit the report will not be graded.
1.9 Submission for all report will be done through VLE.

2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
2.1 The main objective of this mini project is to DESIGN THE REACTOR SYSTEM for the
production of the chemicals as assigned to each group.
2.2 The types of reactor to be designed to produce the required product will be assigned
accordingly. The design outcome must be applicable for industrial utilizations while taking into
considerations of the issues related to it.
2.3 The project requires an initial literature review on process background and the recent production
technologies.
2.4 It is utmost important to research for the reaction kinetics since the work will focus on the design
of the reactor based on this kinetics.
2.5 The design is for an ISOTHERMAL REACTOR.
2.6 The production rate of the PRODUCT is determined as assigned to each group.
2.7 The reactor analysis and sizing calculations can be executed using MICROSOFT EXCEL or any
software deemed suitable.

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3. REPORT FORMAT
3.1. Cover Page
Please insert the MINI PROJECT SUBMISSION FORM as the front cover.
3.2 Table of Contents
The table of content and number of pages should be in following format.
Content Page Number
1.0 Executive Summary
2.0 Process Background
2.1 …..
2.2 …..
3.0 Mass Balance
4.0 Stoichiometric Table
5.0 Reaction Kinetics
6.0 Reactor Design and Sizing
7.0 Conclusions
8.0 References
9.0 Appendices (examples of calculations are to be placed here)

3.3 References
3.3.1 Details of published sources of material referred to or quoted in the text (including any
lecture notes and URL addresses of any websites used).
3.3.2 REFERENCES SHOULD BE IN COMPLETE FORM AS GIVEN BELOW OR ELSE
MARKS WILL BE DEDUCTED FOR EACH ERROR.
3.3.3 The references should be in following format:
A. Books/Journals: Authors (editor), title, publisher, (year), chapter or page
number. Example:
Smith J.M and Van Hess H.C., Introduction to Chemical Engineering
Thermodynamics, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2001, p229.
B. Internet Website: Title of the information, year, source of data, [Online]. [Date
Accessed]. Available from World Wide Web. Example:
BP (British Petroleum). (2007) BP Statistical review of world energy. [Online].
[Accessed 19th January, 2008]. Available from World Wide Web:
http://bp.com/statisticalreview.
3.3.4 The references should be arranged according to the author name in alphabetical
order.
3.3.5 No Wikipedia reference is allowed. Any inclusion of Wikipedia reference will
result in automatic 0 marks awarded.
State clearly in the page itself the reference from where the information is obtained

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4. PROJECT GRADING
The marks for each stage will be assigned as following. Each student in the group must assign
themselves as Student 1, 2, 3 or 4 and this cannot be changed throughout the project.
Mini Project submission is divided into 3 stages through out the 15 weeks. Students must submit
based on these stages according to the dateline given below. Failure to submit any of the stages
ON TIME resulted in no marks awarded for that stage.

Stages Tasks Task Student No. Overall % Dateline

Process Background
• Part 1 1
• Part 2 2 20
• Part 3 3 2nd March
1 • Part 4 4 2018
(Week 6)
References and Appendices ALL 2
Format/Overall ALL 3
TOTAL 25%
Mass Balance 1
Stoichiometric Table 2 20th April 2018
55
Reaction Kinetics (Week 12)
3
2
Reactor Design And Sizing 4

References and Appendices ALL 2

Format/Overall ALL 3
TOTAL 60%

3 Video Presentation (ALL) 15% 18th May 2018

(Week 16)

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STAGE 1
PROCESS BACKGROUND (WEEK 1 – WEEK 6)

PART 1 (STUDENT 1)
1. Discuss and give brief review of the common production process (2 DIFFERENT PROCESSES).
2. Discuss advantages and disadvantages for both processes.
3. Proposed improvements on the process based on the disadvantages listed above.
4. Attach the PFD (process flow diagram).

PART 2 (STUDENT 2)
1. Background study on ALL the input materials used in the reaction (physical and chemical properties,
etc.)
2. Background study on the product and by-product (physical and chemical properties, etc.)
3. Cut and paste physical and chemical properties from Wikipedia is NOT ALLOWED.

PART 3 (STUDENT 3)
1. Give brief review on the chemistry of the selected reaction in the REACTOR.
2. State the complete stoichiometry equation. The equation must be balanced based on stoichiometry.
The reaction selected must occur in a reactor. Choose only 1 reaction and the reaction output must be
the end product as determined in the title.
3. State the typical process conditions necessary for the reactor. It MUST be based on literature.
• Reaction temperature
• Reaction Pressure
• Reactor Inlet and Outlet compositions
• Reactor conversion

PART 4 (STUDENT 4)
1. Background study on the assigned reactor.
2. A detailed analysis on the application of the reactors in industries.

REFERENCES List all the references used in the design project.

FORMAT/OVERALL
1. Include the provided cover page
2. Complete table of contents
3. Overall formatting of the report

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STAGE 2
MASS BALANCE, STOCHIOMETRIC TABLE, REACTION KINETICS & REACTOR DESIGN AND SIZING

MASS BALANCE (STUDENT 1)

1. Calculate an overall mass balance.
2. Start with balanced stoichiometric equation.
3. This is done based on the required production rate as specified for each group.
4. Present your calculations in a MASS BALANCE TABLE with the IN and OUT numbers as shown
below.
Types of species IN (unit) OUT (unit)

TOTAL

5. Numbers must be presented in quantities of mass/time (for flow system) OR mass for Batch.
6. Based on the given production rate, determine the change of each species mass flow rate/mass if the
production rate is increased from 0 to 100%. Plot a Figure that charted the changes for each species
mass flowrate/mass versus production rate increment (0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100%).
7. Detailed methods of calculations must be shown in the appendix.

STOCHIOMETRIC TABLE (STUDENT 2)

1. Develop a general stoichiometric table for the reaction system using only symbols to represent the
variables (1 table).
2. Subsequently develop another stoichiometric table and substitute in the real NUMBERS based on own
calculations using the basis given in the assigned task.
3. Numbers must be presented in quantities of mol/time (for PFR and CSTR) OR mol for Batch.
4. Based on the given production rate, determine the change of each species molar flow rate/mole if one
of the raw material capacity is increased from 0 to 100%. Develop the stoichiometric tables for each
scenario (0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100%).
5. Detailed methods of calculations must be shown in the appendix.

REACTION KINETICS (STUDENT 3)

1. Data must originate from valid resources.
2. All the important values for the rate law (for example rate constant, k) must be obtained from existing
literature and the literature upon which it is taken from MUST be shown in the report.
3. Include the following data inside the report. State clearly in the page itself the reference from
where the information is obtained.
• Determine whether it’s elementary rate law or non-elementary rate law based on LITERATURE
REVIEW.

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• Order of the reaction with respect to each of the reactant and subsequently the overall order of
reaction based on LITERATURE REVIEW.
• Rate constant, k according to the stated rate law based on LITERATURE REVIEW. The
operating conditions (temperature) of which the k is obtained must be stated clearly.
4. Finally, state the complete rate law based on Literature and CALCULATE the rate of reaction.
5. Subsequently, analyze and discuss the effect of changing operating conditions (temperature,
pressure, and conversion) towards the rate of reaction for each of the conditions below.
• Change of temperature (increase and decrease of 10 °C from the assigned operating
condition)
• Change of pressure (increase and decrease of 2 MPa from the assigned operating condition)
• Change of conversion (increase and decrease of 20% from the assigned operating condition)

REACTOR DESIGN AND SIZING (STUDENT 4)

1. For CSTR and PFR, determine the volume of the reactor BASED on the types of reactor assigned
and the rate law as calculated previously.
2. For Batch, determine the reaction time of the reactor BASED on the rate law as calculated
previously.
3. Calculation must be done in detail with all the methods of calculation are shown in the report.
4. Sketch a diagram of the designed reactor.
5. Subsequently, analyze and discuss the effect of changing operating conditions (temperature,
pressure, and conversion) towards the reactor design and sizing for each of the conditions below.
• Change of temperature (increase and decrease of 10 °C from the operating condition)
• Change of pressure (increase and decrease of 2 MPa from the operating condition)
• Change of conversion (increase and decrease of 20% from the operating condition)

REFERENCES List all the references used in the design project.

FORMAT/OVERALL
1. Include the provided cover page
2. Complete table of contents
3. Overall formatting of the report

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STAGE 3
Video Presentation (Video)

ALL Students
1. Each students to briefly present each assigned tasks in Stage 1 and Stage 2 for total of 8 minutes. Any
visual aids are allowed. Every member must be shown clearly in the video presenting the work (Each
student 2 minutes presentation).
2. Briefly explain the assigned reactor in Lab 7 UniKL MICET for total of 2 minutes. Every member must be
shown clearly in the video presenting the work.
3. Both tasks to be combined in 1 video (Total 10 minutes). Video presentation must start by introducing
each individual in the group.