Consider the liquid phase reaction
a → bra = -kca
with k = 0.23 min-1
if the reaction is carried out in a plug flow reactor sketch the concentration of a as a function of volume, ca(v). given that the volumetric flow rate is 10 l/min determine the reactor volume necessary to reduce the exiting concentration of a to 10% of the entering concentration.
calculate the volume of a cstr operated at steady state for the conditions used to estimate the plug flow reactor volume in part (a).