You are designing a reactor system for carrying out the constant-density liquid-phase reaction
which has the rate law
(a) What system (i.e., type and arrangement) of flow reactors,
either one alone or two in series, would you recommend for continuous processing
of a feed of pure A in order to minimize the total reactor volume? (90% conversion
of A is desired.)
(b) What reactor size(s) should be used?
(c) Plot the conversions and concentrations of A and B as a function of plug-flow
reactor volume.
Additional information:
k1 = 10.0 (lb-mol/ft 3) 0.5
h -1
k 2 = 6.0 ft 3/lb mol
feed = 100 lb mol/h of pure A
C AO = 0.25 lb mol/ft 3
total pressure = 2000 kPa
[1st Ed. P4-14]
[2nd Ed. P4-8]