PROJECT: ACRYLIC ACID PRODUCTION Design a chemical plant to produce 50000 metric tons per annum of acrylic acid from propylene (assumed pure propylene), air (a source of oxygen), and steam. The compressed air contains water vapor at an amount that would saturate the air at 25C and 1atm. The components are mixed and fed to the reactor at 4.3atm. The mole fractions of the feed are: 0.05 propylene, 0.55 air and 0.4 steam. The reactions occurring withing the reactor are as follows: C3H6+1.5O2C3H4O2+H2O Propylene acrylic acid C3H6+4.5O23CO2+3H2O Propylene Equation (1) is the desired acrylic acid production reaction and equation (2) is the undesired propylene combustion reaction. Selectivity and conversion at various temperatures. Process Design Project PDP3702 (2023) SEMESTER 1 The plant should operate for 330 days in a year, to allow for shutdown and maintenance. You are required to analyse a simplified acrylic production process and to suggest profitable operating conditions. Evaluate the feasibility of a process to produce 50000 tonne/year of ammonia by producing the following: 1. A conceptual design of the process. 2. A detailed design of ONE reactor AND one other major piece of equipment (such as a heat exchanger, separator, or other equipment). Useful information Utility costs. Convert the cost from US dollars to SA Rands