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What happens if there is no narrow tubes in the fluidized bed for the production of ethylene oxide?

(a) Leads to less intermediate yield

(b) Leads to maximum yield of reaction intermediate

(c) No effect on the reaction

(d) None of the mentioned

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Question is from Synthesis Reactions in portion Particles and Fluidization of Fluidization Engineering

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Right option is (a) Leads to less intermediate yield

Easy explanation: Since the reaction is exothermic, it need to be controlled which is only possible in plug flow with the help of downtherm.

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