Question: Looking for Matlab code to solve this problem. The production of ethylene glycol from ethylene chlorohydrin and sodium bicarbonate is carried out in a semibatch

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The production of ethylene glycol from ethylene chlorohydrin and sodium bicarbonate is carried out in a semibatch reactor.

CH2OHCH2Cl+NaHCO3 (CH2OH)2+NaCl+CO2

A 1.5 molar solution of ethylene chlorohydrin is fed at a rate 0.1 mole minute to 1500 dm3 of a 0.75 molar solution of sodium bicarbonate. The reaction is elementary and carried out isothermally at 30oC where the specific reaction rate is 5.1 dm3/mol/h. Higher temperatures produce unwanted side reactions. The reactor can hold a maximum of 2500 dm3 of liquid. Assume constant density.

(a) Write the differential equation to determine the concentrations of reactants and products.

(b) Plot the conversion, reaction rate concentration of reactants and products and number of moles of glycol formed as a function of time.

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