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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. As before,

1)1.25kmol of C2H4 per kmol of Cl2 are fed to the reactor. As before, ethene and chlorine react together 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% the unreacted ethene is recycled.
(Part 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 4>. 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. Calc
ulate 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 the unreacted ethene is recycled.(related to the image given)
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