Chapter 11: Nonisothermal Reactor Design: The Steady State Energy Balance and Adiabatic PFR Applications

Second Order Reaction Carried Out Adiabatically in a CSTR

4. Combine:

\( V = \frac{v_0 X}{k C_{A0} (1 - X)^2} \)

Space time is defined as:

\( \tau = \frac{V}{v_0} \)

After some rearranging:

\( \frac{V}{v_0} = \frac{1}{k C_{A0} (1 - X)^2} \)

Substituting:

\( \tau = \frac{1}{k C_{A0} (1 - X)^2} \)