Butadiene sulfone (MW 118) can be produced by the following irreversible liquid phase reaction at 190F and 160 psia Butadiene SO 2 Butadiene Sufone Pure SO 2 is fed to the reactor in one stream Pure butadiene (MW 54) is fed separately into the reactor at a molar flow rate that is 25 more than that ...

To determine the volume of the Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor CSTR required to achieve the specified 70 conversion of butadiene to butadiene sulfone ...

Butadiene sulfone (MW=118) can be produced by the following irreversible liquid-phase reaction at 190F and 160 psia:

Question:

Butadiene sulfone (MW=118) can be produced by the following irreversible liquid-phase reaction at 190°F and 160 psia:

Butadiene + SO₂→ Butadiene Sufone

Pure SO₂is fed to the reactor in one stream. Pure butadiene (MW=54) is fed separately into the reactor at a molar flow rate that is 25% more than that required to react with all of the SO₂, and 70% of the entering butadiene is converted into product. The density of the stream leaving the reactor is 42.2 lb_m/ ƒt³.
a. For an SO₂flow rate of 100 lbmol/hr, determine the volume of the CSTR required to achieve the specified 70% conversion. The rate of reaction is described by

Treaction,butadiene = kr Chutadiene CSO

where k_r= 4.44 ƒt³/lbmol hr.
b. Would the addition of an inert (non-reacting) liquid to the butadiene feed increase the required reactor size, or decrease it? Why?

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