The esterfication reaction of ethanol and acetic acid to form ethyl acetate follows the equation given below, C2H5OH+CH3COOH CH3COOC2H5 + H₂O The process flow diagram for the production of ethyl acetate is given in Figure 1, 2 95 mol % Ethanol 99 mol % Acetic acid Reactor Figure 1: Ethyl acetate synthesis 3 K= Products Ethanol and acetic acid are fed to the reactor at 95 mol% and 99 mol % concentration respectively with the rest being water. The equilibrium constant for the reaction is given as, YH₂O Yester YC₂H5OHYCH3COOH and is found to be 55.25 at 298K. If 50 mol/h of each feed stream are sent to the reactor, (a) Identify the limiting reagent in the reaction. (b) Using extents of reaction calculate the compositions of each substance leaving the reactor. (c) Compute the fractional conversion of the limiting reagent.

Normal butane is catalytically isomerized to isobutane. A fresh feed stream containing pure n-butane at temperature T, is mixed adiabatically with a recycle stream containing n-butane and isobutane, and the combined stream is fed to the reactor, where some but not all of the n-butane in the feed is converted. The reactor effluent is pumped to a distillation column. The overhead distillation product contains primarily isobutane and a small amount of n-butane. The bottoms product, which also contains both species, is the stream recycled to the reactor. The streams leaving the distillation column are at different temperatures. a) Determine the number of degrees of freedom associated with the feed mixer, the reactor, the distillation column, and the entire process. Include all unknown process stream temperatures and process unit heat duties in your analysis. b) Suppose a single-pass conversion of 35.0% is attained in the reactor, the overhead distillation column product contains 88.5 mole…

Chemical Engineering Calculation All questions are interconnected, allowed by bartleby.    PROBLEM #2: In a process for the manufacture of chlorine by direct oxidation of HCl with air over a catalyst to form Cl2 and H2O, the exit product is composed of 4.4% HCl, 19.8% Cl2, 19.8% H2O, 4% O2, and 52% N2.   Detailed Solution in the Following:  0. Draw Process Diagram  1. What is the balanced chemical equation?  2. The limiting reactant is _________. 3. The percentage excess of the excess reactant is _______%. 4. What is the conversion of the limiting reactant? 5. What is the extent of reaction?

Consider the pair of reactions in which ethylene is oxidized either to ethylene oxide (desired) or to carbon dioxide (undesired) in the furnace: C₂H4+0₂-C₂H4O C₂H₂ +30₂-2 CO₂ + 2H₂O The feed mixture and air are fed at a temperature To. All gaseous effluents are at temperature T emerging from the non-isothermal reactor. a) Calculate the number of degrees of freedom of the process. How would the answer differ if the reactor were adiabatic? b) Outline a manual calculation procedure to determine the compositions of all streams.