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Q 4 ) The following nonelementary gas phase esterification reaction, where butanoic acid ( C 3 H 7 C O 2 H ) reacts with

Q4) The following nonelementary gas phase esterification reaction, where butanoic acid (C3H7CO2H) reacts with ethanol (C2H5OH) to produce ethyl butanoate (C3H7CO2C2H5) and water is carried out in a packed bed reactor. The reaction is carried out using equal molar feed rate of butanoic acid and ethanol at temperature of 130C*
The reaction fis first order in ethanol and pseudo-zero order in butanoic acid the specific reaction rate rate is 0.3m3 at 130C.
kgcat min
H7CO2H(g)+C2H5OH(g)C3H7CO2C2H5(g)+H2O(g)
The total molar feed rate is 2kmolmin. The reaction is studied using 12kg microporous resin as a catalyst. The inlet pressure is 10atm.
a) Calculate the conversion
i. Neglecting pressure drop
ii. Accounting for pressure drop (Pressure Drop Parameter, =0.035kg-1)
b) Calculate the error in conversion when pressure drop is neglected.
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