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1.02
1
0.98
0.96
0.94
0.92
Y = -9.67252 × 10 -5 t+1
R 2 = 9.98484 × 10 -1
0.9
0.88 0
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t (s)
FIGURE 10.6 Plot of (1 − X ) 1/3
versus time for the TGA char + CO 2 reaction of
Example 10.2.
c. The plot is given in Figure 10.6.
The requested maximum initial reaction rate per unit volume is
R X = k 0 1 c X , g a s , 0 = 3
ρ Y 1
ε ð Þ
τ
MW Y ν Y
τ
follows from Figure 10.6, from the slope of the straight line:
τ
= 1/9,67252 × 10 −5 s; substituting the other properties, with
ν Y =1, it
s −1 .
d. A check on lack of external mass transfer limitation can be made via the fol-
lowing criterion:
follows that R X = 1.55 × 10 −2 kmol
m −3
d p
6 k g c X π
6 k g =
R X π
k 1 d p
d p
1
The nominator is the first-order reaction rate, and the denominator represents
maximum mass transfer (with maximal driving force between bulk concen-
tration and surface concentration).
Substitution of the parameter values in the aforementioned equation leads
to the quantity on the left-hand side of the equation to be 9.5 × 10 −3 , which is
much smaller than 1. This is OK.
e. A check on the lack of internal mass transfer limitation can be made by rea-
lizing that the mole flow of CO 2 (X) to the char particle (Y) must be equal to
the inner particle transport (mole flow,
Φ A ) and that the relative difference
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