Question: Liquid reaction A - - > 2 B is taking place in a steady state packed bed reactor that has total available packing area (

Liquid reaction A -->2B is taking place in a steady state packed bed reactor that has total available packing area (A) of 10 m2. The density (\rho ) and packing surface (a) of the catalyst per volume are 1.01 g/cm3 and 420 cm2/cm3, respectively. The volumetric flow rates in and out are equivalent at 0.5 L/min. With a rate law of rA=kCA2(k =0.020 L2/(mol* min* g of catalyst)) and a feed in molar flowrate (FAo) of 4 mol/min, what percentage of the initial feed of chemical A exits the reactor? Hint: the mass of the catalyst in the reactor (W) is related to the packing area (A) by W =\rho *A/a . Please express the percentage that exits the reactor to one decimal place.

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