CHEN3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Volumetric Flow Rate, Compressibility Factor, Gas Constant

• School: Curtin University
• Department: Chemical Engineering
• Course: CHEN3010
• Professor: Gia Hung Pham

Document Summary

Find the concentration as a function of conversion for: Normally, in the literature the rate law is expressed as a function of concentrations. But in chapter 2 we developed the design equations in terms of conversion x and use them for reactor sizing. Now we learn, how we can express concentration as a function of conversion ca = f(x). At the time t=0 min we place a number of moles of species. Na0 :number of moles of a at t=0 min. Nb0 :number of moles of b at t=0 min. Nc0 :number of moles of c at t=0 min. Nd0 :number of moles of d at t=0 min. Ni0 :number of moles of i at t=0 min. After a certain reaction time t, a is consumed to form c and: the number of moles of a at the time t is na and achieved conversion is. Number of mole of a remains in the system at the time t.