The critical pressure and temperature needed to find the reduced
pressure and temperature can be found in the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and
Physics:
Tc = 506.5 K
Pc = 4750 kPa
These equations can now be plugged into Polymath.
In this case only 18 moles of acetic acid is left giving a
conversion of 94 %. This is much better than the case with no reactive
distillation.
In real life the other products will also evaporate. We can
develop similar equations for the other species to see how their evporation
effects the reaction.
Reactive Distillation - All Species Evaporate
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