Xylene has three major isomers, m-xylene, o-xylene, and p-xylene. When o-xylene is passed over a Cryotite catalyst, the following elementary reactions are observed:

The feed to the reactor is equimolar in both m-xylene and o-xylene (species A and B). For a total feed rate of 2 mol/min and reaction conditions below, plot the temperature and the molar flow rates of each species as a function of catalyst weight up to a weight of 100 kg.

Find the lowest concentration of o-xylene achieved in the reactor.

Find the highest concentration of m-xylene achieved in the reactor.

Find the maximum concentration of o-xylene in the reactor.

Repeat parts (a) to (c) for pure feed of o-xylene.

Vary some of the system parameters and describe what you learn.

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