Examine the reaction network and the reaction kinetics for drying oil production in Appendix B, Section B.4.2. What conditions will maximize the selectivity for drying oil? Sketch concentration profiles for the case when this reaction is run in a packed bed modeled as a PFR.

Data from section B.4.2

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The reactions and reaction kinetics are adapted from Smith [1] and are as follows: C,H,COOH(1) - CH_COOH(g) + C,H,(I) ACO acetic acid 2CH(1) >CH(s) DO (B.4.1) (B.4.2) where DO gum and = - = kCaco -1 = kCo k, 5.538 x 1013 exp(-44,500/RT) k = 1.55 x 10% exp(-88,000/RT) (B.4.3) (B.4.4) (B.4.5) (B.4.6) The units of reaction rate, r, are kmol/m's, and the activation energy is in cal/mol (which is equivalent to kcal/kmol).