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Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

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ISBN:9781259696527

Author:J.M. Smith Termodinamica en ingenieria quimica, Hendrick C Van Ness, Michael Abbott, Mark Swihart

Publisher:J.M. Smith Termodinamica en ingenieria quimica, Hendrick C Van Ness, Michael Abbott, Mark Swihart

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Methanol is produced in the reaction of carbon dioxide and hydrogen:
??2 + 3?2 → ??3?? + ?2?
The fresh feed to the process contains hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and 0.8 mol% inert. The reactor effluent passes to a condenser that removes all of the methanol and water formed and none of the reactants or inert. The unused reactants and inert are recycled to the reactor. To avoid buildup of the inert in the system, a purge stream is withdrawn from the recycle.
The reactor effluent contains 13.5 mol% CO2, 37.4 mol% H2, 2.9 mol% inert, 23.1 mol% CH3OH and 23.1 mol% H2O. The single pass conversion of hydrogen is 65%. It is desired to produce 125 kmol/h of CH3OH. Calculate the molar flow rate of the feed of reactor.

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