Question: Problem 2 ( 1 4 points ) . It is required to design a fixed bed reactor in which the following reaction is carried out

Problem 2(14 points). It is required to design a fixed bed reactor in which the following reaction
is carried out in the gas phase: A+E2C. The reaction is first order with respect to A and
first order with respect to E. The engineer in charge of this task carries out a study in a fixed
bed reactor fed under a total molar flow rate of 600molh with a pressure of 6atm and
at a temperature of 120C. The reactor operates at constant temperature, with equimolar feed
and the pressure drop constant a=0.01g-1. The following table shows the results of this
preliminary study.
From the previous study, help the engineer to analyze the operation of a fixed bed reactor.
isothermal fed with a total molar flow rate of 1800molh with a pressure of 4atm and at a
temperature of 120C. Consider that the feed is equimolar, the decay constant of
pressure a=0.001g-1. Assume ideal gas. Based on the above, answer:
2.1.- find a mathematical expression that allows estimating the conversion of the reactor
2.2.- Using the expression from the previous section, what is the conversion of the reactor if the
mass of solids used is 300g.
2.3.- If the reactor operates at a higher temperature (constant) so that the kinetic constant
increases by 20%, determine the conversion achieved by the unit. Explain the difference from
section 2.2(if there is one).
 Problem 2(14 points). It is required to design a fixed bed

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