An exothermic reaction of reactant (A) forms the economically important product (B) and sell product (C),: AB+C
An exothermic reaction of reactant (A) forms the economically important product (B) and sell product (C),: AB+C
Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
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Transcribed Image Text:An exothermic reaction of reactant (A) forms the economically important product (B) and sellable by-
product (C),:
Which was carried out isothermally and the following data was recorded:
XA 0
mol
-Am²3-min 1.2
1 (dm³.min)
-TA
mol
FAQ (dm³)
-TA
0.83
333.33
mol
minute
Feed Flow Rate is 100
0.1
1.8
0.56
0.2
1.8
A → B+C
0.56
222.22 222.22
0.3
3
0.33
0.5
3
0.33
0.65
1.2
0.83
0.8
0.75
1.33
0.95
0.5464
1.83
133.33 133.33 333.33 533.33 732.06
of pure A
Q: Determine the reactor volumes in dm³ of a PFR with a conversion of X₁ = 20% followed by a CSTR
that reaches conversion X₂ 20% at the end of a 2 reactor process
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Step 1: The Design equations of a CSTR and PFR and the Levenspiel plot
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Follow-up Question
based off this graph what would the volume of the PFR be if the PFR conversion is 65%?
so CSTR conversion is still 20% but then followed by a PFR that is 65%
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