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Chapter 2, Problem 2.7P
The adiabatic exothermic irreversible gas-phase reaction
is to be carried out in a flow reactor for an equimolar feed of A and B. A Levenspiel plot for this reaction is shown in Figure P2-7B.
Figure P2-7B Levenspiel plot.
- (a) What PFR volume is necessary to achieve 50% conversion?
- (b) What CSTR volume is necessary to achieve 50% conversion?
- (c) What is the volume of a second CSTR added in series to the first CSTR (Part b) necessary to achieve an overall conversion of 80%?
- (d) What PFR volume must be added to the first CSTR (Part b) to raise the conversion to 80%?
- (e) What conversion can be achieved in a 6 × 104 m3 CSTR? In a 6 × 104 m3 PFR?
- (f) Think critically (cf. Preface, Section I, page xxviii) to critique the answers (numbers) to this problem.
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