Chapter 5: Isothermal Reactor Design: Conversion
Deriving The Equilibrium Constant (KC) and Equilibrium Conversion(Xe) for a Constant Volume System:
| You are given the reversible reaction: |
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| which takes place in a constant volume batch reactor. The equilibrium constant, KC, for this reaction is: |
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| where CAe and CBe are: |
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| Substituting for CAe and CBe gives us: |
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| Substituting known values (CA0 = 0.2 mol/dm3 and KC = 100 dm3/mol): |
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| Solving for the equilibrium conversion, Xe, yields: |
| Xe = 0.83 |