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A fresh feed stream at 2 . 5 C and 5 5 atm ( abs . ) containing C O and H 2 joins a

A fresh feed stream at 2.5C and 55atm (abs.) containing CO and H2 joins a recycle stream, and the combined stream is fed to a reactor. The reactor outlet stream contains 20.0mol%H2 and 39.9mol%CO. The single-pass conversion of H2(the limiting reactant) is 0.80. This stream enters a condenser operating at 80atm(?abs) and 38C, where most (not all) of the methanol is condensed and removed as product at a rate of 100molmin; none of the other components are condensed. The gas stream leaving the condenser contains CO,H2, and uncondensed methanol vapor that is in equilibrium with the liquid methanol product stream. This gas stream is divided into a recycle stream (which mixes with the fresh feed) and a purge stream.
(a)(15 points) Copy the flowchart onto your answer sheet and fully label the flowchart. Circle all your unknowns.
Label the output streams from the condenser with the overall flow rate and mole fractions.
(b)(20 points) Show that the following subsystems have the following degrees-of-freedom. You have to use the specified method to do the DOF analysis for each subsystem.
(i) Overall system (extent of reaction DOF)=3
(ii) Reactor (atomic species DOF)=1(note: C and O balances are NOT independent)
(iii) Condenser =0
(iv) Splitting point =4
(v) Mixing point =5
Circle your unknowns clearly on your diagram so you do not have to list them in your DOF.
(c)25 points) Solve the condenser system to calculate
(i) the molar flow rate of gas leaving the reactor, and
(ii) the composition of the vapor stream exiting the condenser.
(d)(25 points) The goal of this problem is to calculate the overall conversion of H2. Write out (but do not solve) all the equations in the order needed to solve this problem.
Be specific: circle the unknowns you are solving for in each equation, indicate equations that need to be solved simultaneously, etc.
(e)(15 points) Upon solving the problem, the fresh feed was found to contain 230.0molmin of H2 and 158,8molmin of CO. By using the compressibility factor equation of state, calculate the volumetric flow rate of this stream in m3min.
(Note: remember to add 8K and 8atm respectively to the Tc and Pc for H2!)
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