5. A chemical reactor currently has a temperature of 395 K. Given the calorimetry data
provided below, calculate:
a. The current conversion
b. The current self-heat rate
c. The time since onset temperature
d. The time to maximum self-heat rate
e. The maximum self-heat rate
1.2
1
0.8
Conversion plot:
Calorimeter data:
Reaction order n: 1
Onset temperature: 360 K
Final temperature: 485 K
Activation energy Ea: 13,500 cal/gm-mol
k(To): 5.2\times10^{-5} sec^{-1}. (20 marks)
Reaction Conversion, x
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0
0.05
0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25
Dimensionless Time, \tau
0.3
0.35
