Exercise 3.3.1: Ammonia conversion. A chemical plant produces ammonia (NH3). The feed to a reactor flows at 214 kmol/h with 67.2 mol% hydrogen (H2) and the balance nitrogen (N2). The conversion of nitrogen is 0.139. (a) Draw and label a process flow diagram. (b) Calculate the molar flow rates (kmol/h) of each component exiting the reactor. (c) (6) The conversion of nitrogen increases by 7%. Will the component flow rate of hydrogen exiting the reaction increase, decrease or stay the same?
Exercise 3.3.1: Ammonia conversion. A chemical plant produces ammonia (NH3). The feed to a reactor flows at 214 kmol/h with 67.2 mol% hydrogen (H2) and the balance nitrogen (N2). The conversion of nitrogen is 0.139. (a) Draw and label a process flow diagram. (b) Calculate the molar flow rates (kmol/h) of each component exiting the reactor. (c) (6) The conversion of nitrogen increases by 7%. Will the component flow rate of hydrogen exiting the reaction increase, decrease or stay the same?
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A chemical plant produces ammonia (NH3). The feed to a reactor flows at 214 kmol/h with 67.2 mol% hydrogen (H2) and the balance
nitrogen (N2). The conversion of nitrogen is 0.139.
(a)
Draw and label a process flow diagram.
(b)
Calculate the molar flow rates (kmol/h) of each component exiting the reactor.
(©) The conversion of nitrogen increases by 7%. Will the component flow rate of hydrogen exiting the reaction increase, decrease or
(c)
stay the same?
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