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Reactor I i
Tube ' Tube -:
Figure 7.31. A typical metal tuhular reactor.
space velocity, F / W, regulated to give a series of conversions. The analysis
follows by fitting rate equations to the design equation
W , IX, dX.\ (7.24 )
F = (\0 0 kf( C" )
to verify f( C.,) and find k. The initial concentration of A is C AO and X" is
the fractional conversion. This approach is best for simple order rate
equations. There are too many constants with Langmuir-Hinshelwood
expressIons.
