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Feed stream flowing at 1 0 m o l h consists of 9 0 % Z r , and 1 0 % U is reacted

Feed stream flowing at 10molh consists of 90%Zr, and 10%U is reacted with HCl to produce metal chlorides. The HCl stream contains some water in addition to HCl; the stream is a result of merging recycle stream and makes up pure HCl stream via the following reactions:
U+3HClUCl3+32H2
Zr+4HClZrCl4+2H2
U and Zr are completely converted to chlorides. The total HCl fed to the first reactor (not the fresh feed) is twice the amount required by the reaction stoichiometry. The UCl3 produced is a solid and, hence, is readily removed from the remaining gaseous reaction products. The vapors from this first reactor are passed to a second reactor where the ZrCl4 vapor is reacted with steam to produce solid ZrO2 according to the following reaction:
ZrCl4+2H2OZrO2+4HCl
The reaction goes to completion, and the ZrO2 solid is separated from the gaseous reactor products. The gases leaving the second reactor are sent to an absorber, which uses a solvent consisting of 90%H2O and 10%HCl solution (coming from stripper) to absorb HCl. The liquid leaving bottom of absorber containing 50%HCl and 50%H2O and an overhead gas containing 90%H2 and 10%HCl. The absorber liquid is sent to a stripper, which boils off most of the HCl to produce 90%HCl and 10%H2O recycle vapor. The remaining stripper bottoms are cooled and recycled to the absorber for use as a solvent. Calculate the absorber inlet and exit solvent molar flow rates. n8=80.92molh,n9=161.852molh
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