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The elementary gas phase reaction A + 2B --> C is carried out in a packed bed reactor. Calculate the exit conversion from a PBR packed with 800 kg of catalyst. The feed is stoichiometric.
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What Four Things are Wrong with this Solution?AnswerProblem
The elementary gas phase reaction A + 2B --> C is carried out in a packed bed reactor. Calculate the exit conversion from a PBR packed with 800 kg of catalyst. The feed is stoichiometric.
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Answer
1) The rate law is incorrect. It should be:2) The concentrations are incorrect, the feed is stoichiometric.
3) The volume change was not included.
4) The equation for y is incorrect. There is volume change and
can only be used when
. Therefore, the form of the momentum balance that must be used is
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