Chapter 12: Steady-State Nonisothermal Reactor Design: Flow Reactors with Heat Exchange
Example - Adiabatic Operation
The feed consists of both inerts I and Species A with the ratio of inerts to the species A being 2 to 1.
(a) Plot X, Xe, T and Rate (Rate A = –rA) as a function of V for adiabatic operation. Explain why the curves look the way they do.
Reactor
(a) Solution
| Mole Balance | ||
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| Rate Law | ||
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| Stoichiometry | ||
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| Equilibrium | ||
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| Adiabatic Energy | ||
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Adiabatic Energy Balance ΔCP = 0 and adiabatic
