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production of styrene from dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene, You are required to manufacture 3 0 0 0 0 kg h - 1 styrene, using catalytic dehydrogenation

production of styrene from dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene, You are required to manufacture 30000 kg h-1 styrene, using catalytic dehydrogenation of EB. I want material balance 65 mol% EB converted in reactor (96.4 mol% styrene yield)
1 mol% of the EB that is converted forms benzene and ethane
C6H5CH2CH3+ H2----> C6H6+ C2H6
2 mol% of the EB that is converted forms methylbenzene and methane
C6H5CH2CH3+ H2----> C6H5CH3+ CH4
0.6 mol% of the EB that is converted forms tars through pyrolysis, which have very high (but unknown) RMM
C6H5CH2CH3----> Tars
All H2, CH4 and C2H6 leave as gases
14.6 wt% benzene, 5.1 wt% toluene, 2 wt% EB and 2 wt% styrene entering the separator leaves with the gases.
All water leaves separately (assume complete immiscibility of organics)
During distillation, as the styrene product is heated, some of it polymerises (assume 0.22 wt% of the styrene in each column does this). These polymers and the tars are non-volatile and finish up in the bottom product of any column in the train0.22 wt% of styrene entering each column polymerises.
Topping Column
All remaining styrene in bottom product.
All benzene entering leaves in the top product
2.0 wt% of the top product is EB
0.1 wt% of the bottom product is toluene
Ethylbenzene Column
All toluene entering leaves in the top product
1.5 wt% of top product is styrene
0.3 wt% of bottom product is EB
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