A method of separating cyclopentadiene from a stream containing other Cs hydrocarbons has been proposed in which the cyclopentadiene is dimerized to dicyclopentadiene and the Clo’s separated from the Cs’s by distillation. The kinetics for this reaction can be represented as follows:
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A 1- 87+ D A = cyclopcntadienc It = dicyclopentadiene = I-I, 3, pentadiene D = codinicr 2k,r .12 – k ,c. k,r44-n re. = k3cile
Develop the steady state mass balance equations for this system for (a) continuous flow stirred tank reactor (b) tubular plug flow reactor.
Express your answers in concentrations, recognizing that cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadience are liquids.