Your company is designing a reactor to run the methanol + acetic anhydride reaction. You have been assigned the task of designing the cooling coil system within the reactor. The reactor is designed to handle 10,000 kg of reacting mass. Assume a heat capacity for the liquid of 2.3 J/kg-K. (20 points) a. Using the results of textbook Examples 8-3 and 8-4, estimate the heat load, in J/s, on the cooling coils at the maximum reaction rate. What additional capacity and other considerations are important to ensure that the cooling coils are sized properly to prevent a runaway reaction?
b. Using the results of part a, estimate the cooling water flow required, in kg/s. The cooling water is available at 30 °C with a maximum temperature limit of 50 °C