Question: m - Xylene ( A ) transforms to p - xylene ( R ) and o - xylene ( S ) in two parallel liquid

m-Xylene (A) transforms to p-xylene (R) and o-xylene (S) in two parallel liquid phase reactions. The transformation of m-xylene to p-xylene is a second order reaction with a rate constant of 0.4 m3/mol.min and the transformation of m-xylene to o-xylene is a first order reaction with a rate constant of 2 min-1. If the feed to a plug flow reactor contains 40 mol/m3 m-xylene calculate the space time and the concentrations of p-xylene and o-xylene at the reactor exit for 90% conversion of m-xylene.

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