5. Reactor Selection A chemist colleague comes to you with the following reaction, kinetic data, and processing requirements: + O2 + 2 H20 k A + O2 + B + 2H2O In which A is cyclohexanone and B is phenol. It is required for downstream processes that the steady-state conversion of A is 90%, and unfortunately there is no separator available so the reactor is required to achieve the entire 90% conversion. The reactor also needs to be operated at 0.8 bar so that if there is a leak the hydrocarbons do not leak out of the reactor. All components are in the gas phase. You have several laboratory PERs available in stock as shown in the table below and need to decide which one(s) would be the best to use. Reactor Volume Small A 100 mL Small B 200 ml Medium A 1 L Medium B 2L Large 50 L Other data: L bar T = 200 C, k = 1500 R = 0.08314 L mol

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