Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is in equilibrium with calcium oxide (CaO) and (CO2) carbon dioxide according to the equation: ????3 ↔ ??? + ??2 The equilibrium constant, K, is governed by two equations, shown below: Equation 1: ? = 0.55? 200 ? , where T is the temperature in Kelvin and Equation 2: ? = ???????2 ?????3 If calcium carbonate is pumped to a reactor, operating at 585°R at a rate of 100 lbmole/min, determine: a. the fractional conversion of CaCO3 b. the total mass flowrate leaving the reactor in lbm/min
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