Question

State true or false.

Space velocity is the number of unit volumes of feed that can be treated per unit time.

(a) Space velocity is the number of unit volumes of feed that can be treated per unit time.

(b) True

(c) False

This question was posed to me in an online interview.

Enquiry is from Space Time and Space Velocity topic in division Ideal Reactors for a Single Reaction, Conversion and Reactor Sizing of Chemical Reaction Engineering

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) Space velocity is the number of unit volumes of feed that can be treated per unit time.

The explanation: Space velocity is the inverse of space time. It gives a measure of what volume of feed can be processed in a unit time.