Pure butanol is to be fed into a semibatch reactor containing pure ethyl acetate to produce butyl acetate and ethanol. The reactionCH3COOC2H5 + C4H9OH ↔ CH3COOC4H9 + C2H5OHis elementary and reversible. The reaction is carried out isothermally at 300 K. At this temperature, the equilibrium constant is 1.08 and the specific reaction rate is 9 × 10-5 dm3/mol ∙ s. Initially, there is 200 dm3 of ethyl acetate in the vat, and butanol is fed at a volumetric rate of 0.05 dm3/s. The feed and initial concentration of butanol and ethyl acetate are 10.93 and 7.72 mol/dm3, respectively.(1) Plot and analyze the equilibrium conversion of ethyl acetate as a function of time.(2) Plot and analyze the conversion of ethyl acetate, the rate of reaction, and the concentration ofbutanol as a function of time.

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Pure butanol is to be fed into a semibatch reactor containing pure ethyl acetate to produce butyl acetate and ethanol. The reaction

CH3COOC2H5 + C4H9OH ↔ CH3COOC4H9 + C2H5OH

is elementary and reversible. The reaction is carried out isothermally at 300 K. At this temperature, the equilibrium constant is 1.08 and the specific reaction rate is 9 × 10-5 dm3/mol ∙ s. Initially, there is 200 dm3 of ethyl acetate in the vat, and butanol is fed at a volumetric rate of 0.05 dm3/s. The feed and initial concentration of butanol and ethyl acetate are 10.93 and 7.72 mol/dm3, respectively.

(1) Plot and analyze the equilibrium conversion of ethyl acetate as a function of time.

(2) Plot and analyze the conversion of ethyl acetate, the rate of reaction, and the concentration of

butanol as a function of time.

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