Choose the correct option The gas phase reaction A -> B + 2C carried out in an isothermal tank reactor without pressure drop. The reaction is of the first order and at the reactor temperature 127 ° C the rate constant has the value 0.011 min-1. The pressure in the reactor is 10 atm. The flow to the reactor is 1.5 mol / min consisting of pure A. How large a tank reactor is needed to achieve a turnover of 70%? a. 2.5 m3 b. 3 m3 c. 4.5 m3 d. 2 m3 e. 1.5 m3

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The gas phase reaction A -> B + 2C

carried out in an isothermal tank reactor without pressure drop. The reaction is of the first order and at the reactor temperature 127 ° C the rate constant has the value 0.011 min-1. The pressure in the reactor is 10 atm. The flow to the reactor is 1.5 mol / min consisting of pure A. How large a tank reactor is needed to achieve a turnover of 70%?

  a. 2.5 m3

b. 3 m3

c. 4.5 m3

d. 2 m3

e. 1.5 m3

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