Reduce the amount of hydrogen in the feed to the reactor to the stoichiometric amount—that is, 144 kmol/h—and determine the effect on the equilibrium conversion at 600°C.

Example 6.3

For the PFD presented in Figure 1.5,

1. Calculate the actual conversion.

2. Evaluate the equilibrium conversion at 600°C.

Assuming ideal gas behavior: K = (N_benzene N_methane)/(N_tolueneN_hydrogen) where N represents the Information on the feed stream to the reactor from Table 1.5

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Hydrogen Methane Benzene Toluene Total 735.4 kmol/h 317.3 7.6 144.0 1204.3