In the process of reactive distillation, a reaction occurs in a distillation column simultaneously with distillation, offering process intensification. Consider a reactive distillation including the reaction: cyclohexene_(l) + acetic acid_(l) ⇆ cyclohexyl acetate_(l). In a reactive distillation two feeds are used, one for each reactant. In a small-scale column, the flows, heat capacities, and temperatures are tabulated below in mol/min. Assume the heat capacities are temperature-independent. All streams are liquids. Use data from the NIST WebBook for heats of formation to estimate the net heat requirement for the column.

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T(K) cyclohexene acetic acid cyclohexyl acetate Cp(J/mol-K) bottom feed 304 0.35 0 0 165 130 290 top feed 298 0 0.425 0 distillate 328 0.115 0.03 0 bottoms 386 0.11 0.27 0.125