Component Mass Balance - Reactor Example

A mass, component, and stoichiometric balance is performed for a reactor with components A, B, C, and S. Component S is a solvent that does not participate in the reaction, while A decomposes to form B and C. The molecular weights for A, B, and C are 10, 6, and 4, respectively.

Mass and component balance is performed on the node above with components A, B, C. The measured values and the results are listed in the table below.

Component Mass Balance - Reactor Example

Flow	Measurement	Tolerance	Reconciled Value
F1		250 ton	3 ton
A	0.6	0.02	0.601
B	01	0	0
C	01	0	0
S	0.04	0.01	0.398
P1		260 ton	2 ton
A	0.21	0.02	0.208
B	0.23	0.02	0.236
C	0.17	0.02	0.157
S	0.39	0.02	0.398
1 Not measured, but known to be zero.