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Vinyl acetate monomer "VAM" is manufactured by reacting acetic acid with oxygen and ethylene according to the following chemical reaction: C2H4+0.5O2+C2H4O2=C4H6O2+H2O (ethylene oxygen acetic acid VAM water) Consider the process shown in Fig. 4.45. In an acid tower, 10,000kg/hr of acetic acid "AA" along with 200kg/hr of water are evaporated. The vapor is fed with oxygen and ethylene to the reactor where 7000kg/hr of acetic acid are reacted and 10,000kg/hr of VAM are formed. The reactor off-gas is cooled and fed to the first absorber, where AA (5100kg/hr) is used as a solvent. Almost all the gases leave from the top of the first absorption column together with 1200kg/hr of AA. This stream is fed to the second absorption column where water (200kg/hr) is used to scrub acetic acid. The bottom product of the first absorption column is fed to the primary distillation tower where VAM is recovered as a top product (10,000kg/hr), along with small amount of AA (100kg/hr), which is not worth recovering, and water (200kg/hr). This stream is sent to final finishing. The bottom product of the primary tower (6800kg/hr of AA and 2300kg/hr of water) is mixed with the bottom product of the second absorption column (1200kg/hr of AA and 200kg/hr of water). The mixed waste is fed to a neutralization system followed by biotreatment. The following technical constraints should be observed in any proposed solution. The following technical constraints should be bserved in any proposed solution. Neutralization: [4.53] 0 Flow Rate of Feed to Neutrazation (kg/hr)11,000 [4.54] 0AA in Feed to Neutralization (wt\%) 85% Acid Tower: [4.55] 10,200 Flow Rate of Feed to Acid Tower (kg/hr)11,200 [4.56] 0.0 Water in Feed to Acid Tower (wt%)10.0 First Absorber: [4.57] 5,100 Flow Rate of Feed to Absorber I (kg/hr)6000 [4.58] 0.0 Water in Feed to Absorber I (wt\%) 5.0 It can be assumed that the process performance will not significantly change as a result of directrecycle activities. What is the target for minimum usage (kg/hr) of fresh acetic acid in the process if segregation, mixing, and direct recycle are used? Develop three implementations to reach the target