Problem

The second-order liquid-phase reactionis carried out in a nonideal CSTR. At 300 K the spec...

The second-order liquid-phase reaction

is carried out in a nonideal CSTR. At 300 K the specific reaction rate is 0.5 dm3/mol-min. In a tracer test, the tracer concentration rose linearly up to I mg/dm3 at 1.0 minutes and then decreased linearly to zero at exactly 2.0 minutes. Pure A enters the reactor at a temperature of 300 K.

(a) Calculate the conversion predicted by the segregation and maximum mixedness models.
(b) Now consider that a second reaction also takes place
Compare the selectivities predicted by the segregation and maximum mixedness models.
(c) Repeat (a) for adiabatic operation.