Question: P 6 - 1 1 B OEQ ( Old Exam Question ) . Pure butanol is to be fed into a semibatch reactor containing pure

P6-11 B OEQ (Old Exam Question). Pure butanol is to be fed into a semibatch reactor containing pure ethyl acetate to produce butyl acetate and ethanol. The reaction
CH3COOC2H5+C4H9OHCH3COOC4H9+C2H5OH
is elementary and reversible. The reaction is carried out isothermally at 300K. At this temperature, the equilibrium constant is 1.08 and the specific reaction rate is 910-5dm3mol*s. Initially, there is 200dm3 of ethyl acetate in the vat, and butanol is fed at a volumetric rate of 0.05dm3s. The feed and initial concentrations of butanol and ethyl acetate are 10.93 and 7.72moldm3, respectively.
Plot and analyze the equilibrium conversion of ethyl acetate as a function of time.
Plot and analyze the conversion of ethyl acetate, the rate of reaction, and the concentration of butanol as a function of time.
Rework part (b), assuming that ethanol evaporates (reactive distillation) as soon as it forms. (This is a graduate level question.)
Use Polymath or some other ODE solver to learn the sensitivity of conversion to various combinations of parameters (e.g., vary FB0,NA0,(:v0}.
Apply one or more of the six ideas in Preface Table P-4, page xxvii, to this problem.
Write a question that requires critical thinking and then explain why vour question requires critical thinking, Hint: See Preface Section G.
 P6-11 B OEQ (Old Exam Question). Pure butanol is to be

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