Design Procedure for Cooled Reactor System

Pick the tube diameter Dtube, the length Ltube, the inlet flowrate per tube Ftube, and the yA/yB ratio (four variables to be optimized). 

Calculate the amount of catalyst per tube ITtube from the volume of the tube and the bulk density of the catalyst (2000 kg/m3). 

Integrate down the length of the reactor tube to obtain the temperature profile and the generation of C per tube using Eq. (5.8), which is the energy balance with heat transfer. 

If the peak temperature is not equal 500 K, adjust 7 in = Tst and then return to step 4. 

Calculate the number of tubes /Vlllbc and the total amount of catalyst needed for the total generation of C = 0.12 kmol/s. 

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