Material and Energy Balances in a Reactor with Heat Exchange
Material and Energy Balances in a Reactor with Heat Exchange
This Demonstration calculates material and energy balances for a reactor with heat transfer. The reaction is acetylene () hydrogenation to ethylene (), where is hydrogen. The feed rate of is fixed at 100 mol/h; use sliders to change the feed rates of and an inert (). Use either the extent of reaction or the outlet temperature to change the conversion of . Select "extent of reaction" to set the extent of reaction and heat removal rate with sliders to change the outlet temperature. Select "outlet temperature" to change the outlet temperature and heat removal rate to determine the conversion, and the heat removed is fixed to the value that results in the selected outlet temperature. If the extent of reaction is restricted by the limiting reactant , the process indicates that the limiting conversion is reached by displaying the message "limiting reactant depleted". If the outlet temperature is below 0 °C or above 1,000 °C, the message "operating conditions unrealistic" appears.
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