ADIABATIC OPERATION OF A TUBULAR REACTOR FOR CRACKING OF ACETONE  |POLVER05_0 |1
d(FA)/d(V) = rA # Differential mass balance on acetone
d(FB)/d(V) = -rA # Differential mass balance on ketene
d(FC)/d(V) = -rA # Differential mass balance on methane
d(T)/d(V) = (-deltaH) * (-rA) / (FA * CpA + FB * CpB + FC * CpC + FN * CpN) # Differential enthalpy balance
XA = (FA0-FA)/FA0 # Conversion of acetone
rA = -k * CA # Reaction rate in g-mol/m3-s
FA0 = 38.3 # Feed rate of acetone in g-mol/s
FN = 38.3 - FA0 # Feed rate of nitrogen in g-mol/s
P = 162 # Pressure kPa
CA = yA * P * 1000 / (8.31 * T) # Concentration of acetone in k-mol/m3
yA = FA / (FA + FB + FC + FN) # Mole fraction of acetone
yB = FB / (FA + FB + FC + FN) # Mole fraction of ketene
yC = FC / (FA + FB + FC + FN) # Mole fraction of methane
k = 8.2E14 * exp(-34222 / T) # Reaction rate constant in s-1
deltaH = 80770 + 6.8 * (T - 298) - .00575 * (T ^ 2 - 298 ^ 2) - 1.27e-6 * (T ^ 3 - 298 ^ 3)# Heat of reaction in J/mol-K
CpA = 26.6 + .183 * T - 45.86e-6 * T ^ 2 # Heat capacity of acetone in J/mol-K
CpB = 20.04 + 0.0945 * T - 30.95e-6 * T ^ 2 # Heat capacity of ketene in J/mol-K
CpC = 13.39 + 0.077 * T - 18.71e-6 * T ^ 2 # Heat capacity of methane in J/mol-K
CpN = 6.25 + 8.78e-3 * T - 2.1e-8 * T ^ 2 # Heat capacity of nitrogen in J/mol-K
FB(0) = 0 # Feed rate of ketene in g-mol/s
FA(0) = 38.3 # Feed rate of acetone in g-mol/s
FC(0) = 0 # Feed rate of methane in g-mol/s
T(0) = 1035 # Inlet reactor temperature in K
V(0) = 0 # Reactor volume in m3
V(f) = 4