Chemical Engineering - Chemical Reaction Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Chemical Reaction Engineering - Section 3 (Q.No. 30)
30.
A chemical reaction, A 3B, is conducted in a constant pressure vessel. Starting with pure A, the volume of the reaction mixture increases 3 times in 6 minutes. The fractional conversion is
0.33
0.5
1
data insufficient, can't be predicted
Answer: Option
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Sangram said:   9 years ago
v = v'(1+eX);
3 = 1+2X;
X = 1 answer.

Vijay Parmar said:   9 years ago
The conversion is the ratio of the moles that react to the moles that are fed to a reactor.

In the above reaction, 1 mole of A is fed to a reactor and the same is taking part in the reaction so the answer is C.
(1)

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