Question

Butadiene sulfone (MW=118) can be produced by the following irreversible liquid-phase reaction at 190degree F and 160 psia: Butadiene + SO_2 rightarrow Butadiene Sufone Pure SO_2 is fed to the reactor in onestream. Pure butadiene (MW=54) is fed separately into the reactor at a molar flow rate that is 25% more than that required to react with all of the SO_2, and 70% of the entering butadiene is converted into product. The density of the stream leaving the reactor is 42.2Ibm/ft^3.

-for an SO2 flow rate of 100 Ibmol/hr, determine the volume of the CSTR required to achieve the specified 70% conversion. The rate of reaction is described by

r reaction,butadiene=4.44ft^3/Ibmol hr