Consider the following system in Figure P18-16C used to model a real reactor:

The figure shows a tubular reactor of volume V subscript 1 and another cylindrical reactor of volume V subscript 2. The flow from the first reactor to the second one is indicated. Both the input of the first reactor and the output of the second reactor have a flow rate of v subscript b, which equals beta times v subscript 0. Here, the volume V subscript 1 equals alpha times the volume V. Describe how you would evaluate the parameters α and β.
a. Draw the F- and E-curves for this system of ideal reactors used to model a real reactor using β = 0.2 and α = 0.4. Identify the numerical values of the points on the F-curve (e.g., t1) as they relate to τ.
b. If the reaction A → B is second order with kC_A0 = 0.5 min–1, what is the conversion assuming the space time for the real reactor is 2 min? U of M, ChE528 Final Exam

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b Vi 이런 V2 100 = Boo V₁ = av