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( 9.29 of Koretsky 2nd edition) Gaseous hydrogen can be produced by the steam cracking of methane in a catalytic reactor at 500C and 1

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( 9.29 of Koretsky 2nd edition) Gaseous hydrogen can be produced by the steam cracking of methane in a catalytic reactor at 500C and 1 bar according to the following reaction: CH4+2H2OCO2+4H2 (a) If 5 moles of steam are fed into the reactor for every mole of methane, at equilibrium, how many moles of hydrogen are produced? Please account for the variation with temperature of hrxno (b) If we build a reactor and run it under these conditions, could we ever get a lower conversion (less hydrogen) than that calculated in part (a)? Can we ever get a higher conversion? Explain. (c) Would it make sense to increase the pressure in order to increase the equilibrium conversion? Explain

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