A reactant 'A' undergoes an isothermal gas-phase decomposition reaction as follows: A B + C. The...

 

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A reactant 'A' undergoes an isothermal gas-phase decomposition reaction as follows: A B + C. The laboratory measurements below show the chemical reaction rate as a function of conversion. The temperature of reaction was 422 K and the total pressure 10 atm, with the initial feed containing an equimolar mixture of reactant A and inert gases entering the reactor with a flow rate of 6 dms-1. X 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.85 -A (mol/dm s) 0.0053 0.0052 0.0050 0.0045 0.0040 0.0033 0.0025 0.0018 0.00125 0.00100 (a) Calculate the volume necessary to achieve 80% conversion in a CSTR using the performance equation. A reactant 'A' undergoes an isothermal gas-phase decomposition reaction as follows: A B + C. The laboratory measurements below show the chemical reaction rate as a function of conversion. The temperature of reaction was 422 K and the total pressure 10 atm, with the initial feed containing an equimolar mixture of reactant A and inert gases entering the reactor with a flow rate of 6 dms-1. X 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.85 -A (mol/dm s) 0.0053 0.0052 0.0050 0.0045 0.0040 0.0033 0.0025 0.0018 0.00125 0.00100 (a) Calculate the volume necessary to achieve 80% conversion in a CSTR using the performance equation.