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Isobutene flow generally consists of 23% isobutene, 20% 1-butene and 57% 2-butene. It is fed at a maximum speed of 500kmol/ hour. Reacting with methanol

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Isobutene flow generally consists of 23% isobutene, 20% 1-butene and 57% 2-butene. It is fed at a maximum speed of 500kmol/ hour. Reacting with methanol only with isobutene is entering; 1-butene, cis-2-butene and trans-2-butene are inert for this reaction. Assume that the conversion of isobutene is 50%. Methanol is feed into the system as 2.0 times the isobutene. MTBE is produced with liquid phase reaction. Under normal operating condition, there is no side reaction and by-product formation. The reaction between isobutene and methanol is as follow: (CH3)2=CH2+CH3OH(CH3)3COCH3. Calculate molar flow rates and concentrations for MTBE, MeOH (methanol), Isobutylene

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