The first order isomerization is carried out in a flow reactor.
The volumetric flow rate to the reactor is 2 dm3/min. The outlet concentration of a pulse input tracer is shown below as a function of time in minutes
(a) What is the reactor volume?
(b) What would be the conversion in a PFR and in a CSTR of this volume?
(c) What is the conversion predicted by the segregation model?
(d) What is the conversion predicted by the maximum mixedness model?
(e) is the conversion predicted by the tanks-in-series model?
U of M Doctoral Qualifying Exam January, 1998