A. the elementary liquid phase reaction a + b à c takes place in a 120 l steady state mixed flow reactor with a rate constant of 2 liter/mol-min. two feed streams, one containing 2.8 mol a/liter and the other, 1.6 mol b/liter, are to be introduced at equal flow rates into the reactor, and 75% conversion of b is desired. what should be the flow rate of each stream? (hint: begin by calculating the entering concentrations of a and b assuming that the two streams are mixed before entering the reactor… a throwback to the mixing tee problem)
b. we now propose to run the reaction of problem 5 in a plug flow reactor. what volume of plug flow reactor is needed to produce the same 75% conversion of b from the feed stream flow rates you determined in problem 4? hint, use a basis of 1 l/min combined feed streams.