A B+C follows an elementary rate law and is to be carried out first in a PFR and then in a separate experiment in a CSTR. When pure A is fed to a 10 dm³ PFR at 300 K and a volumetric flow rate of 5 dm³/s, the conversion is 80%. When a mixture of 50% A and 50% inert (I) is fed to a 10 dm³ CSTR at 320 K and a volumetric flow rate of 5 dm³/s, the conversion is also 80%. What is the activation energy in cal/mol?
A B+C follows an elementary rate law and is to be carried out first in a PFR and then in a separate experiment in a CSTR. When pure A is fed to a 10 dm³ PFR at 300 K and a volumetric flow rate of 5 dm³/s, the conversion is 80%. When a mixture of 50% A and 50% inert (I) is fed to a 10 dm³ CSTR at 320 K and a volumetric flow rate of 5 dm³/s, the conversion is also 80%. What is the activation energy in cal/mol?
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Use Polymath to make a plot of X versus T. Does it go through a maximum? If so, explain why.
The gas-phase reaction
A
B+C
follows an elementary rate law and is to be carried out first in a PFR and then in a separate experiment
in a CSTR. When pure A is fed to a 10 dm³ PFR at 300 K and a volumetric flow rate of 5 dm³/s, the
conversion is 80%. When a mixture of 50% A and 50% inert (I) is fed to a 10 dm³ CSTR at 320 K and
a volumetric flow rate of 5 dm³/s, the conversion is also 80%. What is the activation energy in cal/mol?
The elementary gas-phase reaction
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