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When the upper steady state is used as the initial conditions, the unsteady-state mole balance
P9-16 (d)
When T0 or Ta is increases slightly, the upper steady state becomes stable. At these elevated inlet
P9-16 (e)
Starting at the lower steady state, if T0 is increased to 550 °R, the lower steady state is no longer
stable, but the upper steady state is
If we plot the concentration-temperature phase-plane trajectory, we see that increasing Ta will
shift the trajectory to the left. However, the final steady state is shifted to the right. This means
that from the initial conditions, at any temperature CA is lower for the larger Ta until the minimum