For the reaction of Problem 5.21, what size of plug flow reactor would be needed for 80% conversion of a feed stream of 1000 mol A/hr at C_A0 = 1.5 mol/liter?

Problem 9.21

We are planning to operate a batch reactor to convert A into R. This is a liquid reaction, the stoichiometry is A → R, and the rate of reaction is given in Table P5.21. How long must we react each batch for the concentration to drop from C_A0 = 1.3 mol/liter to C_Af = 0.3 mol/liter?

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CA, mol/liter 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.3 2.0 Table P5.21 -A, mol/liter. min 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.25 0.10 0.06 0.05 0.045 0.042