Saini Scientific Industry

Description

Any catalytic liquid-liquid or liquid-gas reaction involving the use of a catalyst placed in basket can be studies in this set-up. Kinetic parameter of a specific reaction can be estimated & parametric studies can be conducted. The set-up consists of a reactor centrally having one spinning basket derived through a variable speed motor. The metered flow of reactant from feed tank is fed to the reactor at the bottom. The set-up can be used as batch wise of as continuous type. Sampling points are provided for analysis. Port connection for gas inlet is provided at the bottom of the reactor

Description

Condensation Polymerization kettle is used to carry out a condensation polymerization reaction under batch condition. Polymerization reaction can be acid catalyzed or self-catalyzed. The set-up can be used to measure the extent of reaction & also the reaction rate constant. The set-up consists of jacketed type SS reactor fitted with variable speed agitator & baffles. Reactor is fitted with Nichrome wire heaters and temperature is controlled by digital temperature controller. Metered quantity of nitrogen gas from a cylinder, allowed entering in the reactor. Set-up is complete & self-contained with sampling ports. The top cover can be removed for cleaning purpose. Feed is fed from top through a funnel provided with S.S. Ball Valve. An outlet is given to Condenser fitted with a Perken's triangle for collecting the condensate. Vapours are allowed to enter in the shell of condenser and cooling water is allowed to pass through the tube and condensate is collected.

Experimentation/Learning Objectives To study the kinetics of Condensation Polymerization in a Batch Reactor under isothermal condition. • To calculate the rate constant and extent of reaction with and without acid catalyst.

Utilities Required Electricity Supply: Single Phase, 220 V AC, 50 Hz, 5-15 Amp combined socket with earth connection. Earth voltage should be less than 5 volts. • Water Supply • Floor Drain. • Floor Area : 1.5 m x 1.0 m • Instruments, Laboratory wares and Chemicals required for analysis as per the system adopted. • High purity N2 Gas Cylinder with pressure regulator, end connection 1/4" BSP female.

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 Condenser : Concentric tube type. • Reactor (Jacketed Type) : Material Stainless Steel Total volume of Reactor 2 Ltrs. (approx.) • Agitator : Material Stainless Steel Impeller fitted with Stainless Steel Shaft coupled to a DC Motor with Thyristor controlled DC Drive. • Flow Measurement : Rotameter for Nitrogen Gas. • Heaters : Nichrome wire heater. • Cooling Water Tank : Material Stainless Steel of suitable capacity. • Cooling Water Circulation : FHP pump for condenser. • Condensate collecting Tank : Material Stainless Steel, Capacity 5 Ltrs. • Temperature sensors : RTD PT-100 type • Control panel comprising of : Digital Temperature Controller : 0-199.9°C RTD PT-100 type cum Indicator (For Reactor) RPM Indicator : Digital, Non-contact type. With standard make on/off switch, Mains Indicator etc. • An ENGLISH instruction manual consisting of experimental procedures, block diagram etc. will be provided along with the Apparatus. • The whole set-up is well designed and arranged on a rigid structure painted with industrial PU Paint.

Description The set is mounted on the base plate and easily can be installed on the chemical reactor service unit for conducting experiments. Reactants are fed to the system and mixed in the reactor. A variable speed mixer with speed control facility is provided to conduct the experiment on different speed of the impeller thus to determine the effect of mixer speed. Detachable baffles also accompany the reactor vessel. A coil is placed in the reactor through whom hot water with constant temperature is circulated which enables to enhance the experimentations for different temperature

Experimentation/Learning Objectives

• To study the effect of variation of conversion with residence time. • To determine the reaction rate constant. • To study the effect of temperature on reaction rate. • To study the effect of efficiency of mixing

Utilities Required • Chemical Reactor Service Unit

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The set-up is used to study a photo catalytic reaction using a UV source provided in the form of an UV tube. This set-up can be used to carry out a parameter study under batch/continuous flow condition. A photo catalyst like TiO2 can be used. This set-up can also be used to study the mineralization of liquid effluent industrial streams & for purification of water. The set-up consists of reactor with inside reflecting surface. An UV source surrounding glass/quartz cylinder is placed centrally in the reactor

Utilities Required • Electricity Supply: Single Phase, 220 V AC, 50 Hz, 5-15 Amp combined socket with earth connection. Earth voltage should be less than 5 volts. • Water Supply • Floor Drain. • Instruments, Laboratory wares and Chemicals required for analysis as per the system adopted

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This set-up is designed to conduct experiments on different types of chemical reactors on the same service unit. Different types of reactors i.e. Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR), Plug Flow Tubular Reactor (Coiled Tube Type) and Batch Reactor (which will be supplied on extra cost) as separate units can be installed on the service unit individually one at a time for conducting experiments. Basically this range of small-scale chemical reactors represents the most common types of chemical reactor found in industry. The reactors use the saponification reaction between ethyl acetate and sodium hydroxide. This provides a well-understood and safe reaction for the students to investigate the different reactor types. Each reactor, mounted on a base plate can be attached to the service unit. The appropriate services such as feed circulation, instrumentation for and temperature measurement are connected to the reactor, and it then becomes operational. This service unit comprises feed tanks, rotameters for flow measurement of reactant etc. Compressed air is used for feed circulation. These all things are mounted on a compact and well-designed base for bench mounting. This is self-contained bench top service unit to accommodate the reactors, one at a time, for conducting experiments on the same unit.

Utilities Required • Electricity Supply: Single Phase, 220 V AC, 50 Hz, 5-15 Amp combined socket with earth connection. Earth voltage should be less than 5 volts. • Compressed Air Supply: 2 CFM@1 bar • Water Supply. • Floor Drain. • Floor Area: 2.0 m x 1.0 m • Instruments, Laboratory Glassware and Chemicals required for analysis as per the system adopted.

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Axial diffusion and dispersion of fluid in packed beds are important for design and operation of separation equipment and Chemicals reactors. The tracer technique, the most widely used method for the study of axial dispersion. In stimulus response experimentation, we perturb the system using pulse input of tracer and then see how the system reacts or responds to this stimulus. The analysis of the response gives the desired information about the system. The setup consists of a glass column packed with Rasching Rings and one feed tank. Water is fed to the reactor through liquid distributor, fitted at the bottom of the column. Rotameter is provided to measure the flow of water. The flow rate can be adjusted by operating the needle valve provided on Rotameter. For understanding the R.T.D. characteristics, a special arrangement to inject tracer into the lower end of reactor, using a syringe, is provided. Samples can be taken periodically from the top outlet of reactor. Pressure Regulator & Pressure Gauge are fitted in the compressed air line.

Experimentation/Learning Objectives • To plot RTD curve for Packed Bed Reactor. • To determine the Dispersion No.

Utilities Required • Compressed Air Supply: 0.25 CFM@1 bar • Water Supply. • Floor Drain. • Floor Area Required : 1.0 m x 1.0 m. • Instruments, Laboratory Glassware and Chemicals required for analysis as per the system adopted.

Technical Details

• Reactor Column : Material Borosilicate Glass
• Packing : Rasching Rings, Material Borosilicate Glass. Size 8-10mm (approx)
• Feed Tank : Material Stainless Steel, Capacity 20 Ltrs.
• Feed Circulation : By compressed air.
• Flow Measurement : Rotameter.
• Piping : Stainless Steel and PU pipe.
• Pressure Regulator : 0-2 Kg/cm2
• Pressure Gauge : Bourdon type 0-2 Kg/cm2
• Stop Watch : Electronic
• Arrangement is done to inject tracer into the lower end of reactor
• An ENGLISH instruction manual consisting of experimental procedures, block diagram etc. will be provided along with the Apparatus.
• The whole set-up is well designed and arranged on a rigid structure painted with industrial PU Paint.

Description

An adiabatic batch reactor is a closed system with no input and output streams. This reactor is operated under conditions like adiabatic (Temperature of Reaction Mass keep on changing), Perfectly mixed (composition of reaction mixture is uniform throughout), and constant volume (volume of the reaction mixture within the reactor remains constant, there is no appreciable change in the density of reaction mass). This set-up is used to study a catalytic homogeneous reaction under adiabatic condition. The set-up consists of a Dewar flask of capacity 1 lit. fitted with a stirrer. The flask is double insulated by ceramic wool insulation. Temp. is measured by digital temp indicator. The whole setup is mounted on a rigid M.S. frame.

Experimentation/Learning Objectives • To study the decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide with water in presence of an Iodide catalyst. • To predict the degree of conversion from time-temperature data

Utilities Required Hz, 5-15 Amp combined socket with earth connection. Earth voltage should be less than 5 volts. • Floor Area Required : 1.0 m x 1.0 m. • Instruments, Laboratory Glassware and Chemicals required for analysis as per the system adopted.

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The set-up consists of a glass column. Arrangement is made for changing the glass column conveniently and filling it with any type of packing required. Air from a regulated pressure vessel passes through a sparger and allowed to enter in the column at the top. Liquid is feed from a tank, fitted with a pump and is distributed at the top of a column using a spray nozzle. Set-up is fully accompanied with manometers required. Solenoid valves are provided in the feed line at the top of column for instant release and close. The flow rate can be adjusted by operating the valves provided in respective line.

Experimentation/Learning Objectives • To determine Hydrodynamics of a Trickle Bed Reactor involving the measurement of pressure drop, hold-up & flow regime.

Utilities Required Electricity Supply: Single Phase, 220 V AC, 50 Hz, 5-15 Amp combined socket with earth connection. Earth voltage should be less than 5 volts. • Compressed Air supply@2 Bar. • Water Supply • Floor Area Required: 1.5 m x 0.75 m. • Floor Drain.

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In an ideal CSTR (i.e. an ideal steady state flow reactor) the contents in reactor This set-up is used to study a noncatalytic homogeneous second order liquid phase reaction under ambient condition. The setup consists of three CSTR arranged in series and two feed tanks through which two reactants are fed to the reactor. Rotameters are provided to measure the individual flow of Chemicals. The flow rate can be adjusted by operating the needle valves provided on respective Rotameter. The compressed air is used for circulation of feed. Reactants from feed tanks enter in the first CSTR and are passed to second CSTR and so on. For analysis samples are collected from different ports provided. Pressure Regulator, Pressure Gauge and Safety Valve are fitted in the compressed air line

Experimentation/Learning Objectives • To study the performance of Cascade of three equal volumes CSTR's in series for the sponification of a reaction. • To draw the performance chart for the reactor system and evaluate the reaction rate constant at ambient condition

Utilities Required • Electricity Supply: Single Phase, 220 V AC, 50 Hz, 5-15 Amp combined socket with earth connection. Earth voltage should be less than 5 volts. • Compressed Air Supply: 0.5 CFM@1bar • Water Supply. • Floor Area Required: 1.5 m x 0.75 m • Floor Drain. • Instruments, Laboratory Glassware and Chemicals required for analysis as per the system adopted.

Technical Details

• Reactor (3Nos.) : Material Stainless Steel, Capacity 1 Ltr.(Approx.) • Stirrer (3Nos.) : Stainless Steel Impeller and shaft coupled with FHP Motor. • Feed Tank (2Nos.) : Material Stainless Steel, Capacity - 20 Ltrs. (Approx.) • Feed Circulation : By compressed air. • Flow

Description

An isothermal semi-batch reactor is a semi-closed system with one input stream. It is operated under conditions like Isothermal (Temperature of Reaction Mass remains constant) and perfectly mixed (composition of reaction mixture is uniform throughout). This set-up is used to study a non-catalytic homogeneous reaction under isothermal condition. The set up consists of a Reactor fitted in a constant temperature water bath. Before starting the reaction the reactor is charged with measured quantity of one reactant. From a feed tank another reactant is fed to the reactor. Using a sampling pipette samples can be taken out for analysis after fixed interval. Rotameter is provided to measure the flow of Chemical. The compressed air is used for circulation of feed. One stirrer is fitted for mixing the reactants in reactor and other is fitted in water bath to keep the uniform temperature throughout in the bath. The temperature of bath can be maintained from ambient to 70ºC with the help of Digital Temperature indicator Cum Controller. Pressure Regulator, Pressure Gauge and Safety Valve are fitted in the compressed air line

Experimentation/Learning Objectives • To study a second order saponification reaction in a Semi-Batch Reactor. • To determine the Reaction Rate Constant.

Utilities Required • Electricity Supply: Single Phase, 220 V AC, 50 Hz, 5-15 Amp combined socket with earth connection. Earth voltage should be less than 5 volts. • Compressed Air Supply: 0.5 CFM@1bar • Water Supply & drain. • Floor Area Required: 1 m x 0.75 m. • Instruments, Laboratory wares and Chemicals required for analysis as per the system adopted.

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Description

The setup consists of a glass column packed with Rasching Rings and two feed tanks. Reactants are fed to the reactor through liquid distributor, fitted at the bottom of the column. Rotameters are provided to measure the individual flow of Chemicals. The flow rate can be adjusted by operating the needle valves provided on respective Rotameter. The compressed air is used for circulation of feed. Samples can be taken periodically from the top outlet of reactor. Pressure Regulator & Pressure Gauge are fitted in the compressed air line

Experimentation/Learning Objectives • Saponification Reaction studies in Packed Bed Reactor. • To determine the Reaction Rate Constant.

Utilities Required • Compressed Air Supply: 0.5 CFM@1 bar • Water Supply. • Floor Drain. • Floor Area Required : 1.0 m x 1.0 m. • Instruments, Laboratory Glassware and Chemicals required for analysis as per the system adopted

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