| It is difficult to carry out a pulse tracer test on a particular commercial reactor because of trouble injecting the tracer all at once. The following data were recorded at the inlet and outlet of the reactor. The concentration is given as a relative concentration. | ||
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| (a) Derive the relationship between Cinput,
Coutput,
and E(t). (b) Compare your answer to part (a) with the equation presented by E. B. Nauman [Chem. Eng. Commun., 8, 60 (1981)]. Determine: (c) The mean residence time. (d) The variance. (e) The conversion for the elementary gas-phase reaction |
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| using both the segregation model and the maximum mixedness model. |
[2nd Ed. P13-15]
