Question: It is required to design a fixed bed reactor in which the following reaction is carried out in the gas phase: A + E 2

It is required to design a fixed bed reactor in which the following reaction
is carried out in the gas phase: A+E2C. The reaction is first order with respect to A and
first order with respect to E. The engineer in charge of this task carries out a study in a fixed bed reactor fed under a total molar flow rate of 600molh with a pressure of 6atm and at a temperature of 120C. The reactor operates at constant temperature, with equimolar feed and the pressure drop constant a=0.01g-1. The following table shows the results of this
preliminary study. From the previous study, help the engineer to analyze the operation of a fixed bed reactor. isothermal fed with a total molar flow rate of 1800molh with a pressure of 4 atm and at a temperature of 120C. Consider that the feed is equimolar, the decay constant of pressure a=0.001g-1. Assume ideal gas. Based on the above, answer:
2.1.- find a mathematical expression that allows estimating the conversion of the reactor
2.2.- Using the expression from the previous section, what is the conversion of the reactor if the mass of solids used is 300g.
2.3.- If the reactor operates at a higher temperature (constant) so that the kinetic constant increases by 20%, determine the conversion achieved by the unit. Explain the difference from section 2.2

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