Question: Vanadium Pentaoxide can be used as a catalyst for the following reaction S O 2 + 1 2 O 2 l o n g r

Vanadium Pentaoxide can be used as a catalyst for the following reaction
SO2+12O2longrightarrowSO3
It was determined that the rate expression for this reaction is as follows:
r=kPSO2PO212(1+K1PSO2)2
where:
k=0.184lb*molh*atm32*lbcat
and
K1=0.996atm-1
If SO2 and O2 are fed into the reactor at 100lb*molh each, how many pounds of catalysts
are need to reach 20% conversion if the reactor operates isothermally at 649F and
under constant pressure of 1 atm?
 Vanadium Pentaoxide can be used as a catalyst for the following

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