Second Order Reaction Carried Out Adiabatically in a CSTR
Our plot of X EB and X MB shows that we will have three possible operating points at:
X = 0.062 at T = 286 K (stable)
X = 0.38 at T = 318 K (unstable)
X = 0.75 at T = 355 K (stable)
It looks like the higher conversion, stable operating point (X = 0.75
at T = 355 K) will be our desired steady state.
Our corresponding Polymath program looks like this:
NOTE: Our use of d(T)/d(t)=2 in the above program is
merely a way for us to generate a range of temperatures as we plot conversion
as a function of temperature.