Investigate the effect of increasing reactor volume on toluene conversion. Plot the results.

Problems 23. 12-23.16 investigate the performance of the reactor section for a noncatalytic process for the hydrodealkylation of toluene to produce benzene. Reactor R-101 in Figure 23. 4 (b) operated at the flow conditions shown represents a base case (inlet pressure is \(25 \mathrm{bar}\) ). Kinetics are given in Table 23. 1. Ignore reactor pressure drop. Reactor volume for the base case is \(4.76 \mathrm{~m}^{3}\).

Figure 23.4 (b)

Table 23.1

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600 40.8 Bb Catalytic System R-101 652.5 Noncatalytic System H-102* R-101 600 Flowrates (kmol/h) Stream 6b, b 9, d Hydrogen 760.6 652.6 Methane 334.3 442.3 Benzene Toluene 8.0 144.0 116.0 36.0 Temperature (C) 652.5 E-107* 750 40.8 813 B * New Units