(Solved): (a) Define reaction selectivity and explain why selectivity analysis is important in chemical reacto ...

(a) Define reaction selectivity and explain why selectivity analysis is important in chemical reactor design and optimizabion? [4 marks] (b) Reactant

decomposes of

following three simullaneous reactions Io form

and

as shown in Table

.

is the desired product,

and

are undesired. The leed volumetric flow rate of

is

and concentration of 0.4 mol.

Table Q4. The parallei reactions and parameter values. \table[[No,Reaction,\table[[Reaction],[Order]],\table[[Rate Constant],[(al

)]],\table[[Activation Energy],[(k.J.mar')]]],[1,

,

order,\table[[