Ammonia synthesis is performed in a two bed catalytic reactor see Fig P5 21 Each bed operates adiabatically and the reactor employs direct cooling The syngas is at 20C The heated syngas is fed to the first bed at 400C Total pressure is 300 atm Determine the fraction of the syngas that is directly f...

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Ammonia synthesis is performed in a two-bed catalytic reactor; see Fig. P5.21. Each bed operates adiabatically and

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Ammonia synthesis is performed in a two-bed catalytic reactor; see Fig. P5.21.

Each bed operates adiabatically and the reactor employs image text in transcribed

direct cooling. The syngas is at 20C. The heated syngas is fed to the first bed at 400C. Total pressure is 300 atm. Determine the fraction of the syngas that is directly fed to the second bed so that the initial temperature of all beds is 400C and there is total conversion.
Data for the equilibrium and the energy balance:

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