(30 pts.) The following irreversible second order gas phase reaction is run in a CSTR equipped...

  

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(30 pts.) The following irreversible second order gas phase reaction is run in a CSTR equipped with a heat exchanger. AB The composition of the entering feed is 50 mole% A and the balance being inert. The feed enters at 100 C and 1 bar, at a volumetric flowrate of 200 liters/min. Pressure drop across the reactor can be neglected. The following additional information is given: AHr| 25C -100,000 J/mole Cp.A 80 J/(mole K) Cp, inert = 100 J/(mole*K) Cp.B 120 J/(mole K) (heat capacities may be assumed to be constant over the temperature range of interest) The heat exchanger temperature is 300C The heat exchanger has a surface area of 5 m and operates with an overall heat transfer coefficient of 2,000 J/(hr.m.K). a) (15 pts.) Calculate the reactor temperature if the exit conversion is 80%? b) (15 pts.) Calculate the reaction rate constant given that the reactor volume is equal to 500 liters (Use conversion from part a). (30 pts.) The following irreversible second order gas phase reaction is run in a CSTR equipped with a heat exchanger. AB The composition of the entering feed is 50 mole% A and the balance being inert. The feed enters at 100 C and 1 bar, at a volumetric flowrate of 200 liters/min. Pressure drop across the reactor can be neglected. The following additional information is given: AHr| 25C -100,000 J/mole Cp.A 80 J/(mole K) Cp, inert = 100 J/(mole*K) Cp.B 120 J/(mole K) (heat capacities may be assumed to be constant over the temperature range of interest) The heat exchanger temperature is 300C The heat exchanger has a surface area of 5 m and operates with an overall heat transfer coefficient of 2,000 J/(hr.m.K). a) (15 pts.) Calculate the reactor temperature if the exit conversion is 80%? b) (15 pts.) Calculate the reaction rate constant given that the reactor volume is equal to 500 liters (Use conversion from part a).