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The Average Residence Time for a working volume of 1369ml and a working flow
rate of 106.5ml/min:

The difference between the theoretical and the experimental value may be caused by
experimental errors, such inaccuracies on the measurement of the flowrate or reactor
working volume, etc.

Summary of Contents for CEM-MKII

Page 1: ...Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor Instruction Manual CEM MKII ISSUE 20 September 2013...

Page 2: ...Chemical Safety 6 Description 7 Overview 7 Flow of materials 7 Installation 9 Advisory 9 Installing the PC Software 9 Installing the Equipment 9 Operation 12 Operating the PC Software 12 Operating the...

Page 3: ...mon Theory 22 Exercise A To find the reaction rate constant in a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor 24 Exercise B To determine the effect of inadequate mixing on the reaction rate 29 Exercise C Determina...

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Page 5: ...Customer Support helpdesk Monday to Thursday 0830 1730 and Friday 0830 1300 UK time Contact details are as follows United Kingdom International 0 1425 478781 calls charged at local rate 44 0 1425 4787...

Page 6: ...th the CEXC Computer Controlled Service Unit An alternative instruction manual is available from Armfield that describes the use of the CEM MKII in conjunction with the CEX Service Unit Please contact...

Page 7: ...rticularly suitable for liquid phase reactions It is particularly used in the organic chemicals industry Advantages include consistent product quality straightforward automatic control and low manpowe...

Page 8: ...4 Equipment Diagrams Figure 1 Reactor Unit...

Page 9: ...a will feed on any scale rust algae or sludge in water and will breed rapidly if the temperature of water is between 20 and 45 C Any water containing this bacterium which is sprayed or splashed creati...

Page 10: ...ressed Failure to trip means that the operator is not protected and the equipment must be checked and repaired by a competent electrician before it is used Hot Surfaces and Liquids The unit incorporat...

Page 11: ...ensors provided with the service unit The larger of the two glands is for the conductivity probe The glands are unscrewed by hand the probes inserted completely into the reactor until they rest on the...

Page 12: ...Armfield Instruction Manual 8 CEM MKII Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor...

Page 13: ...e top right hand corner of the screen as shown below Note that when operating the software for the first time it will be necessary to enable the USB virtual COM port by choosing the Red telephone icon...

Page 14: ...e reactor The gland nut should be loosened prior to fitting the probe sensor then tightened to secure them CEXC fitted with CEM MkII Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor Connection to the Hot Water Circula...

Page 15: ...EM software then choose the appropriate experiment from the menu For detailed information about operating the software refer to the section Operating the PC Software Display the mimic diagram by choos...

Page 16: ...r of the unit should be turned on before hand Both the temperature controller and conductivity display should illuminate Filling the feed bottles Unscrew the feed bottle caps and pour appropriate reag...

Page 17: ...and control of the heater stirrer and pumps Recorded results can be displayed in tabular and graph format The software runs on a WindowsTM PC which connects to the CEXC using a USB interface Installa...

Page 18: ...e used with an optional Chiller CW 17 for operating temperatures below ambient The use of the heater or chiller is chosen in the initial menu when loading the CEM software When using the hot water cir...

Page 19: ...ontinuously to correct for any error The hot water temperature T2 is chosen as the default process variable to provide a stable temperature T1 inside the reactor Control of T1 directly would be diffic...

Page 20: ...ection for appropriate controller settings when using the CW 17 When using the Heater the temperature sensor T1 supplied with CEXC which is Reactor Temperature on the software should be set as the Pro...

Page 21: ...erator a Indoor use b Altitude up to 2000m c Temperature 5 C to 40 C d Maximum relative humidity 80 for temperatures up to 31 C decreasing linearly to 50 relative humidity at 40 C e Mains supply volta...

Page 22: ...is located on a printed circuit board inside the plinth on the right hand side This circuit is calibrated before despatch and should not require re calibration However should re calibration become ne...

Page 23: ...ion Range 0 20 mS cm Fill a small beaker with a Conductivity standard solution e g 0 1M KCI giving a conductivity of 12 88mS at 25 C and measure the temperature of the standard solution using a suitab...

Page 24: ...a reading of the Standard solution in the Low conductivity window on the software Remove the probe from the conductivity solution and rinse the probe in de mineralised water When the conditioning circ...

Page 25: ...o sodium hydroxide conc in mixed feed mol dm3 a1 sodium hydroxide conc in reactor at time t mol dm3 sodium hydroxide conc in reactor after time mol dm3 b ethyl acetate conc mol dm3 same subscripts as...

Page 26: ...er The conductivity of the reacting solution in the reactor changes with the degree of conversion and this provides a convenient method for monitoring the progress of the reaction either manually or b...

Page 27: ...ate as follows Therefore add 9 79ml of concentrated Ethyl Acetate to 900ml of deionised or distilled water Shake the mixture vigorously until the two liquids have mixed Add further water to make up th...

Page 28: ...ve the caps of the reagent bottles and carefully fill with the reagents to a level approximately 50mm from the top using a funnel if necessary Refit the caps Start the software using the option of the...

Page 29: ...at the same molarity and temperature and a relationship has been established allowing conversion to be inferred from conductivity The calculations are best carried out using a spreadsheet such as EXCE...

Page 30: ...calculate values of sodium hydroxide concentration a1 and sodium acetate concentration c1 and the degree of conversion Xa and Xc for each of the samples of conductivity taken over the period of the ex...

Page 31: ...ate and the conversion Notes 1 It is recommended that this experiment should be repeated at various other temperatures to investigate the relationship between the specific rate constant k and the temp...

Page 32: ...ree different temperatures is known is straightforward to apply the Arrhenius law and calculate the frequency factor and the activation energy values for Plotting Rate constant vs Temperature Obtentio...

Page 33: ...e initial concentrations are equal both a0 and the conversion Xa then the concentrations are as follows NaOH CH3COOC2H5 C2H5OH CH3COONa a0 Xa a0 Xa Xa Xa Method Repeat Exercise A after removing the ba...

Page 34: ...d this is achieved using the hot water circulator and setting the PID temperature controller in the software as detailed in previous experiments Start the water feed pump by setting the pump speed con...

Page 35: ...e the Neperian logarithm of Plot vs time and calculate the slope straight line graph passing through the origin The slope is the average residence time tR which should be equal to where V is the react...

Page 36: ...for a working volume of 1369ml and a working flow rate of 106 5ml min The difference between the theoretical and the experimental value may be caused by experimental errors such inaccuracies on the m...

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