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Consider the formation of Propylene (C;H6) by the gas-phase thermal cracking of n-butane (C4H10):
C4H10 → C3H6 + CH4
Ten mol/s of n-butane is fed into a steady-state reactor which is maintained at a constant temperature
T = 450 K and a constant pressure P = 20 bar. Assuming the exit stream from the reactor to be at
equilibrium, determine the composition of the product stream and the flow rate of propylene produced.
Make your calculations by considering the following cases:
(a) The gas phase in the reactor is modeled as an ideal gas mixture
(b) The gas phase mixture fugacities are determined by using the generalized correlations for the
second virial coefficient
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider the formation of Propylene (C;H6) by the gas-phase thermal cracking of n-butane (C4H10): C4H10 → C3H6 + CH4 Ten mol/s of n-butane is fed into a steady-state reactor which is maintained at a constant temperature T = 450 K and a constant pressure P = 20 bar. Assuming the exit stream from the reactor to be at equilibrium, determine the composition of the product stream and the flow rate of propylene produced. Make your calculations by considering the following cases: (a) The gas phase in the reactor is modeled as an ideal gas mixture (b) The gas phase mixture fugacities are determined by using the generalized correlations for the second virial coefficient
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