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1 ) 1 . 2 5 kmol of C 2 H 4 per kmol of C l 2 are fed to the reactor.Ethene and chlorine

1)1.25kmol of C2H4 per kmol of Cl2 are fed to the reactor.Ethene and chlorine react to form dichloroethane via the main reaction C2H4+Cl2C2H4Cl2 and some of the ethene and chlorine also react to form tricholorethane via a side reaction C2H4+2Cl2C2H3Cl3+HCl. However, a recycle for unreacted ethene is now being introduced. In this set up the byproducts leave with the dichloroethane. The single-pass conversion of chlorine is still 100% and the selectivity of C2H4Cl2 over C2H3Cl3 is still 8. The plant is to be designed to produce 100,000 te/y of dichloroethane and is to operate for 8000h per year.
a)Calculate the feed rates (kgh) of ethene and chlorine required if 80% of the unreacted ethene is recycled.
2.The separation stages from the process of Q1 are to be redesigned. Now, the C2H4Cl2 and the C2H3Cl3 are separated first in unit Sep #1 and leave as a mixed product stream . All of the remaining gases, C2H4,Cl2 and HCl, are recycled through an absorption unit (Sep #2), which allows for 100% recyle of any unreacted ethene and selectively removes a fraction of the HCl. The production rate of dichloroethane is to be maintained at 100,000 te/y and the plant still operates for 8000hyr. Calculate the steady-state flowrates of HCl in the recycle before the absorber in kgh, for the cases where
(a) All of the HCl in the stream <5> is removed in the Sep #2 absorber
(b)80% of the HCl in stream <5> is removed in the Sep #2 absorber

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