The process consists of two unit operations, a reactor and a separator. The process takes in some flow rates A1 and B1 of species A and B. The reactor has a reaction that produces an intermediate product C that then needs to be converted to the desired product D by a second reaction.
The process consists of two unit operations, a reactor and a separator. The process takes in some flow rates A1 and B1 of species A and B.
The reactor has a reaction that produces an intermediate product C that then needs to be converted to the desired product D by a second reaction.
A + B → C (Reaction 1)
A + C → D (Reaction 2)
The single-pass conversion of the reactor is 90% with a 30% selectivity for Reaction 2.
The products of the reaction in stream “2” are fed to a separator, which produces the product stream “3” and a recycle stream “4.”
The specifications of the separator are a recycle of 65% of D and 85% of C.
The flow B2 is evenly split between the product and recycle streams, while 10% of A2 is lost to the product stream.
Set up all relevant mass balances then develop the numerical methods required to study the output stream as a function of the inlet flow rates A1 and B1.
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