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    The document describes a process for synthesizing methanol from carbon monoxide and hydrogen in a catalytic reactor. A fresh feed containing CO, H2, and N2 is mixed with a recycle stream and fed to the reactor. The reactor effluent is separated into a liquid methanol product and a gas stream. The gas stream is split, with one part purged and the other recycled to mix with fresh feed. The process aims to produce 100 kmol/hr of methanol. Calculations are required to determine the fresh feed rate, purge gas composition and flow, and overall and single-pass conversions.

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    The document describes a process for synthesizing methanol from carbon monoxide and hydrogen in a catalytic reactor. A fresh feed containing CO, H2, and N2 is mixed with a recycle stream and fed to the reactor. The reactor effluent is separated into a liquid methanol product and a gas stream. The gas stream is split, with one part purged and the other recycled to mix with fresh feed. The process aims to produce 100 kmol/hr of methanol. Calculations are required to determine the fresh feed rate, purge gas composition and flow, and overall and single-pass conversions.

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    The document describes a process for synthesizing methanol from carbon monoxide and hydrogen in a catalytic reactor. A fresh feed containing CO, H2, and N2 is mixed with a recycle stream and fed to the reactor. The reactor effluent is separated into a liquid methanol product and a gas stream. The gas stream is split, with one part purged and the other recycled to mix with fresh feed. The process aims to produce 100 kmol/hr of methanol. Calculations are required to determine the fresh feed rate, purge gas composition and flow, and overall and single-pass conversions.

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    Methanol is synthesized from carbon monoxide and hydrogen in a catalytic reactor. The fresh
    feed to the process contains 32.0 mole % CO, 64.0% H2, and 4.0% N2. This stream is mixed with a
    recycle stream in a ratio 5 mol recycle/1 mol fresh feed to produce the feed to the reactor,
    which contains 13.0 mole% N2. A low single-pass conversion is attained in the reactor. The
    reactor effluent goes to a condenser from which two streams emerge: a liquid product stream
    containing essentiall all the methanol formed in the reactor, and a gas stream containing all
    the CO, H2, and N2 leaving the reactor. The gas stream is split into two fractions: one is
    removed from the process as a purge stream, and the other is the recycle stream that
    combines with the fresh feed to the reactor.

    (a) For a methanol production rate of 100 kmol/hr, calculate the fresh feed rate (kmol/hr), the
    molar flow rate and composition of the purge gas, and the overall and single-pass conversions

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    This study source was downloaded by 100000773574968 from CourseHero.com on 11-02-2022 08:36:37 GMT -05:00

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    This study source was downloaded by 100000773574968 from CourseHero.com on 11-02-2022 08:36:37 GMT -05:00

    https://www.coursehero.com/file/102209745/40pdf/
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