Problem: 100 lbmol/hr of an equimolar mixture of ethane/ethylene is available at 25 oC and 20 atm. This stream needs to be separated in a distillation column to recover 99.6% of the moles of the light key (ethylene) as vapor in the column top product stream and 99.9% of the moles of the heavy key (ethane) in column bottom product stream. The column has 40 stages and it operates at 19 atm and 21 atm for both condenser and reboiler respectively. The feed is introduced at stage #20. The separated ethane stream will be mixed with a pure oxygen stream of 350 lbmol/hr and 25 oC and 10 atm. The mixed stream will then be heated at constant pressure to 350 oC and then sent to a conversion reactor to run the following reaction: 2C2H6+ 702 + 4CO2+ 6H2O The reactor is isothermal that operates at 350.C and 10 atm. The limiting reactant is ethane with a conversion of 92%. The separated ethylene from the distillation column top stream will be cooled at constant pressure to -50.C and then pumped to 25 atm. Problem: 100 lbmol/hr of an equimolar mixture of ethane/ethylene is available at 25 oC and 20 atm. This stream needs to be separated in a distillation column to recover 99.6% of the moles of the light key (ethylene) as vapor in the column top product stream and 99.9% of the moles of the heavy key (ethane) in column bottom product stream. The column has 40 stages and it operates at 19 atm and 21 atm for both condenser and reboiler respectively. The feed is introduced at stage #20. The separated ethane stream will be mixed with a pure oxygen stream of 350 lbmol/hr and 25 oC and 10 atm. The mixed stream will then be heated at constant pressure to 350 oC and then sent to a conversion reactor to run the following reaction: 2C2H6+ 702 + 4CO2+ 6H2O The reactor is isothermal that operates at 350.C and 10 atm. The limiting reactant is ethane with a conversion of 92%. The separated ethylene from the distillation column top stream will be cooled at constant pressure to -50.C and then pumped to 25 atm