GATE 2024 Chemical Engineering, Q31 · Reaction Engineering
The correct answer is 40.
Question
Consider the reaction in a continuous flow reactor under steady-state conditions. The component flow rates at the reactor inlet are mol/s, mol/s, mol/s. If the fractional conversion of is 0.60, the outlet flow rate of in mol/s, rounded off to the nearest integer, is _________
Official answer: 40
Why
GATE 2024 official key: reacted mol/s; by stoichiometry : reacted = 180/3 = 60 mol/s; outlet = 100 − 60 = 40 mol/s.
Explanation cross-checked for consistency. Final answer matches the official IIT answer key.