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Problem 4 I need explanations and details for answers. ( Development of PFD and Economic Performance ) The hydrodealkylation of side - chain aromatics to

Problem 4 I need explanations and details for answers.
(Development of PFD and Economic Performance)
The hydrodealkylation of side-chain aromatics to non-substituted parents is a major process in petrochemical processes [for example, benzene is the starting raw material for producing a top commodity chemical like isopropyl benzene (also called cumene) which accounts for about 8% of the total worldwide propylene consumption. Cumene is mostly used to produce phenol and acetone].
The conversion of toluene to benzene is carried out via the reaction:
C6H5-CH3+H2C6H6+CH4
at 30-50bar, either thermally at 550-700C or over a suitable catalys. Thermally, the conversion is 60-80% with selectivity ~~95%[of course, selectivity is higher with catalyst]. Other significant side reaction produces diphenyl via reaction:
2C6H6C12H10+H2
(i) Feeds are introduced by mixing pure toluene and hydrogen with 5% methane. Hydrogen is recycled back to the process but to avoid accumulation of methane in process some purge stream of H2? methane is added to the process from which valuable methane is recovered via membranes.
(ii) All toluene is recycled. But ratio H2/toluene of 5 is maintained at reactor inlet to avoid C formation. We will assume reaction takes place at 40 bar and temperature of 600C.
(iii) Raw feeds will be heated (in furnace) before introduction to the plug flow reactor and the reactor outlet products will be cooled before sending them to a single stage flash unit. A simulation of the flash unit at 40 bar & 305K using Peng-Robinson EOS gives the K values in the table (table includes operating data too).
\table[[Flow rate**,Input*,(),(),(),K-value],[H2,134.5,37.0,714.3,616.8,7.23e+01
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