An isothermal steady state mixed flow reactor (CSTR) of
1m^(3)
volume is used
C_(d0)
to carry out the first order liquid-phase reaction
A->
products. Fresh feed at a volumetric flow rate of Q containing reactant A at a concentration
C_(A0)
mixes with the recycle stream at a volumetric flow rate
RQ
as shown in the figure below. It is observed that when the recycle ratio
R=0.5
, the exit conversion
x_(Af)=50%
. When the recycle ratio is increased to
R=2
, the new exit conversion (in percent) will be: (A) 50.0 (B) 54.3 (C) 58.7 (Marks-2)