Question: Please note that the final answers are in RED. Please verify that you got the same answer. Thanks A+BC follows an elementary rate law and

 Please note that the final answers are in RED. Please verify

Please note that the final answers are in RED. Please verify that you got the same answer. Thanks

A+BC follows an elementary rate law and is carried out isothermally in a flow system. The concentrations of A and B feed streams are 2M before mixing. The volumetric flow rate of each stream is 5dm3/min, and the entering temperature is 300K. The streams are mixed immediately before entering. Two reactors are available. One is a grey 200dm3 CSTR that can be heated to 77C or cooled to 0C, and the other is a white 800dm3 PFR operated at 300K that cannot be heated or cooled but can be painted red or black. Note that k=0.07dm3/mol.min at 300K and E=20kcal/mol. a) Which reactor and what conditions do you recommend (colour, cost, space available, weather conditions, etc.) and why? Support your answer with relevant calculations. At 77C, using k=8.45 dm3/mol.min,XCSTR=0.925. At 300K, XPBR=0.85 so would choose CSTR b) How long would it take to achieve 90% conversion in a 200dm3 batch reactor with CA0=CB0=1M after mixing at 77C ? t=1.06min c) How would your answer to part b change if the reactor were cooled to 0C ? At 273K,k=2.54x 103 and t=2.5 days d) What conversion would be obtained if the CSTR and PFR were operated at 300K and connected in series? In parallel with 5mol/min to each? In series, XCSTR=0.44 and XPFR=0.736. In parallel, XCSTR=0.56 and XPFR=0.92 so final conversion X=0.74

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