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    CEE 311 Environmental Engineering I

    Dr. Kauser Jahan


    CHAPTER 3: Reactors

    Types of Reactors

    Batch, Plugflow and Completely Mixed Flow Reactor (CMFR)

    Batch Reactors No flow. Material is added. Well mixed and given time for
    reaction to occur, then drained. NO steady state is attained.

    CMFR-reactors with flow, completely mixed and can attain steady state

    Plug Flow- has flow, however no mixing in lateral direction

    MASS BALANCE

    Rate accumulated = in out + produced /consumed

    BATCH FLOW

    Rate accumulated = + produced /consumed

    dC
    V rV or for a first order reaction dC/dt = - kC
    dt

    Or C = e-kt
    Co

    CMFR

    Rate accumulated = in out + produced /consumed

    dC
    V QC 0 QC rV
    dt
    dC
    At steady state 0
    dt

    For a pollutant being removed

    0 = QCo Qc kCV or Co = C + Ck td where td = V/Q


    Co
    Or Co = C(1+ktd) or C = 1 kt
    d

    Steady State = When a system is operated in such a way that the rate of
    input and the rate of output are constant and equal (i.e. rate of accumulation
    is zero) then the condition is called steady state.
    Detention Time (retention Time, Hydraulic retention time) =
    Volume/Flowrate (make sure units are consistent)

    Example Problems

    1. An industrial wastewater treatment process uses activated carbon to remove color


    from the water. The color is reduced as a first order reaction in a batch reactor. If the
    reaction rate is 0.35 day-1 how long will it take to remove 90% of the color?

    2. A wastewater contains contaminant "A" with an initial concentration of 1200 mg/L. It


    is to be treated in a batch reactor. The reaction of A to products is assumed to be
    first order. The rate constant, k, is 2.5/day. Determine the time required to convert
    75 percent of A to products.

    3. A contaminated soil is to be excavated and treated in a mixed lagoon. Data was


    gathered as follows from studies in a batch reactor for the soil treatment:

    Time (Days) Waste Concentration (mg/L)


    1 280
    16 132

    Assume the reaction is first order. How long will it take to achieve 99% reduction in the
    soil contaminant concentration?

    4. A circular chlorination tank for killing microorganisms in the effluent from a


    wastewater treatment plant is to be designed. A 99.99% kill of the microbes in the
    wastewater is required. The flowrate is 1000 m 3/hr. Disinfection is a first order reaction
    and the reaction rate is 20.0 min-1. What is the residence time in hours? What is the
    volume of the CMFR in m3? If the depth of a circular reactor is 10 m, what is its
    diameter in m?

    4. A CMFR is operating at steady state at a flowrate of 4 L/min and at an inflow gloop


    concentration of 400 mg/L. The volume is 60 L. The reaction is first order and the
    gloop concentration in the reactor is 100 mg/L.
    a) What is the reaction rate in min-1?
    b) What is the detention time in hours?
    c) What is the % removal of gloop?
    d) If an identical reactor was added to the existing one, what would the
    new gloop concentration be in the effluent? What is the overall %
    removal?

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