Which outcome diminishes ethylene yield when steam cracking ethane beyond design?

💡 Explanation

Increased residence time accelerates coke formation on the reactor walls via polymerization, because this blocks active sites; therefore ethylene production decreases rather than reactions fully equilibrating, due to the change in optimal reaction rate.

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