Question: A second - order irreversible liquid - phase reaction A + 2 B - > C with a stoichiometric feed of A and B is

A second-order irreversible liquid-phase reaction A+2B->C with a stoichiometric feed of A and B is carried out in a jacketed CSTR. Molar flow rate of A is 2 mol/s. Constant heat capacities are 15,6 and 27 J/(mol K) for A, B and C, respectively. The temperature in the jacket is 280 K. Typically the CSTR operated at the steady state S1 shown below. You can use the graph to plot necessary curves.
***Be careful, the graph uses G and R instead of qG and qR. These values are normalized according to NAf (e.g. G=qG/NAf). The units are thus slightly different.
a) Find the heat of the reaction.
b) Find the UA term.
c) Assume there was an uncontrolled increase of the feed temperature and the reaction ran away (ignited).
What should be the temperature of the feed so that the system returns to a desirable locus of conversions?
d) Assuming that the reactor operates adiabatically at the feed temperature found in (c). Write down the equation of the adiabatic operating line with all values entered
 A second-order irreversible liquid-phase reaction A+2B->C with a stoichiometric feed of

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