Problem 1 You have a gas phase reaction occurring in a PFR. Your colleague tells you that they think the reaction occurring in the reactor is one of the following three cases: Case I: Case II: Case III: A → B A → 2B A → B/2 You know the volumetric flow rate at the entrance to the PFR, and you can measure it at the exit where we know conversion is near 100%. 1) What should the new volumetric flowrate, v, be with respect to the initial flow rate, vo, for each of these cases? 2) If you find out the flow rate has increased at the end of the reactor, what case do we have?
Problem 1 You have a gas phase reaction occurring in a PFR. Your colleague tells you that they think the reaction occurring in the reactor is one of the following three cases: Case I: Case II: Case III: A → B A → 2B A → B/2 You know the volumetric flow rate at the entrance to the PFR, and you can measure it at the exit where we know conversion is near 100%. 1) What should the new volumetric flowrate, v, be with respect to the initial flow rate, vo, for each of these cases? 2) If you find out the flow rate has increased at the end of the reactor, what case do we have?
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You have a gas phase reaction occurring in a PFR. Your colleague tells you that they think the
reaction occurring in the reactor is one of the following three cases:
Case I:
Case II:
Case III:
A → B
A → 2B
A → B/2
You know the volumetric flow rate at the entrance to the PFR, and you can measure it at the exit
where we know conversion is near 100%.
1) What should the new volumetric flowrate, v, be with respect to the initial flow rate, vo, for
each of these cases?
2) If you find out the flow rate has increased at the end of the reactor, what case do we
have?
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