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Chapter 12: Steady-State Nonisothermal Reactor Design: Flow Reactors with Heat Exchange

Finding MSS for an Endothermic Reaction

Can there be multiple steady states (MSS) for a irreversible first order endothermic reaction?

(a) Yes

(b) No

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can there be multiple steady states (MSS) for a irreversible first order endothermic reaction?

 

Solution

For an endothermic reaction HRX is positive, (e.g., HRX=+100 kJ/mole).

 

There are no multiple steady states for an endothermic, irreversible first order reactor. The steady state reactor temperature is TS. Will a reversible endothermic first order reaction have MSS?

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