Question: Repeat Exercise 6.10 using intercoolers instead of cold shots and an unknown number of reaction stages. The feed to the first reactor is at (25^{circ}

Repeat Exercise 6.10 using intercoolers instead of cold shots and an unknown number of reaction stages. The feed to the first reactor is at \(25^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) and \(1 \mathrm{~atm}\). Throughout the reactors, the temperature must be held below \(300^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\). What is the conversion of \(\mathrm{CO}\) in the first reactor? How many reaction stages and intercoolers are necessary to operate between 25 and \(300^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) ?

Data From Exercise 6.10:-

Divide the methanol reaction operation in Example 6.6 into five consecutive stages in series. Feed the \(\mathrm{CO}\) reactant entirely into the first operation at \(25^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) and \(1 \mathrm{~atm}\). Divide the \(\mathrm{H}_{2}\) reactant into five cold shots and vary the temperature of \(\mathrm{H}_{2}\) before dividing it into cold shots. Assuming that the reaction operations are adiabatic, determine the maximum temperature in the flowsheet as a function of the temperature of the cold shots. How does this compare with the adiabatic reaction temperature?

Data From Example 6.6:-

To demonstrate the advantages of running the reactions at intermediate temperatures, show

To demonstrate the advantages of running the reactions at intermediate temperatures, show the rate constants for the three competing reactions as a function of temperature.

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