In: Chemistry
1a. A reaction follows the rate expression of r=-kC^1.5. The feed concentration is 1Mol/L and reaction rate constant k was determined to be 1.0(L/mol)^1/2/h. What is the volume requirement for a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor at 90 percent conversion? What is the volume requirement for a Plug Flow reactor at 90 percent conversion?.
b. Derive the solution to mass balance equations for the nth-order reactions occuring in a Plug Flow Reactor and a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor at a steady state