Recent questions and answers in Kinetics and reactor design

In the reversible reaction shown below, $k_{f}$ is the forward reaction rate constant and $k_{r}$ is the reverse reaction rate constant.The CORRECT expression representin...

Reaction $\mathrm{A} \rightarrow \mathrm{B}$ follows first-order elementary kinetics and the reaction rate constant for $\text{A}$ is $0.01$ per min.The time taken to red...

A continuous flow stirred tank reactor (CSTR) operates under a steady-state condition with a flow rate of $300$ $\text{L}$ per hour. The influent concentration of a subst...

​​​​Consider the following figure of an activated sludge process (ASP), depicting the flow $(\mathbf{Q})$, substrate $(\mathbf{S})$, and microorganism concentration $(\ma...

Aerobic biomass has yield coefficient value of $0.4$ for glucose (molecular weight $= 180 \mathrm{~g} / \mathrm{mole}$) substrate. Bacteria is represented as $\mathrm{C}_...

You conducted a batch experiment in the lab for $10$ minutes to degrade a toxic compound, which follows first order kinetics. The compound degrades from $2 \times 10^{-3}...

Consider second order kinetics $\left(r_{c}=-k C^{2}\right)$ under steady state condition. The ratio of volume of a complete mixed reactor (CMR) to that of a plug flow re...

A biological reactor is getting wastewater containing 1 mole/L acetate ions as carbon source. The following reaction takes place in the bio-reactor:\[\begin{array}{l}0.12...

An ideal PFR or an ideal CFSTR may be used to degrade a pollutant with first order reaction kinetics. Both the reactors are fed with the same inlet concentration and the ...

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct with respect to a batch reactor?No reactant is added after the reactor has started operation.No product is withdrawn ...

Which of the following statement(s) is/are NOT correct while comparing continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) and plug flow reactor (PFR)?CSTR and PFR are normally oper...