Ethane (component A - C2H6) and hydrogen (component B) are fed to a differential reactor where they react on the catalyst to form methane (component C - CH4) at 300K. The amount of catalyst is 10 grams. The reaction is irreversible.The total molar feed rate into the reactor is 1.70 mol/h. Total pressure is one atm. The mole fraction of ethane at the inlet is 0.5. There are no inerts in the feed.
Required:
a. Write the stoichiometric equation for this reaction.
b. Find the concentrations of ethane and hydrogen at the inlet.
