Homework Problems: 1- Propylene oxide (C3H3O) is produced by reacting propylene (C;H,) with oxygen and hydrogen. A side reaction results in reacting propylene with hydrogen and produces propane. A...

Extracted text: Homework Problems: 1- Propylene oxide (C3H3O) is produced by reacting propylene (C;H,) with oxygen and hydrogen. A side reaction results in reacting propylene with hydrogen and produces propane. A mixture of 35 mol/h air, 4 mol/h propylene, and 12.6 mol/h hydrogen (H2) along with 5000 mol/h carbon dioxide (CO2 is used as inert solvent) fed to a continuous reactor. The percent single-pass conversion of limiting reactant is 10%. The fractional yield of C;H6 to C;HgO is 0.80 (i.e., fraction of moles of C;H, reacted to produce C3H3O). The reactor effluents are separated where gases leave the top of the column. Propylene, propane, and propylene oxide (C3H6, C;Hg, and C3H3O) are condensed and removed from the bottom of the column as liquids. Calculate the mole flow rate of each component in the effluent streams. Answer: (H2=12.2, 02=7.19, N2=27.65, co2=5000) '» CO2