The ammonia converter is fed with a stoichiometric mixture of nitrogen and hydrogen. The mixture carries 5 moles of Ar per 100 moles of synthesis gas. The reactor operates at 230 atm and 800K isothermally.

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0.5N2 +1.5H2NH3 The value for the equilibrium constant as a function of the temperature can be computed using the following equation: log(K)= 2250.322 T (K) -0.85340 -1.51049 log(T(K)) -2.58987 x 10**T(K) + 1.48961 X 10-77(K) The ammonia is condensed in a heat exchanger at the reaction pressure. Determine the final temperature to recover 96% of the ammonia produced. Assume humid air ideal behavior in the ammonia condensation. The ammonia vapor pressure is seen below (Fig. P5.5): logoP) A (BI(T+ C)) P, vapor pressure (bar) T temperature (K)