Ammonia is used for fertilizer production and has been critical to successful agriculture. A steady-state chemical...

 

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Ammonia is used for fertilizer production and has been critical to successful agriculture. A steady-state chemical pro- cess is used to convert nitrogen (N2) and hydrogen (H) to am- monia (NH3) by the reaction N2 + 3H2 2NH3 Stream 1, containing 95 mole % nitrogen and 5 mole% hydro- gen, enters the process at a rate of 400 lbmol/hr, and stream 2, containing pure hydrogen (density = 0.08 lbm/ft), enters the process at a volumetric flow rate of 31,000 ft3/hr. A single stream leaves the process. If all of the nitrogen is consumed in the reaction, what is the molar flow rate of hydrogen in the ex- iting stream? Ammonia is used for fertilizer production and has been critical to successful agriculture. A steady-state chemical pro- cess is used to convert nitrogen (N2) and hydrogen (H) to am- monia (NH3) by the reaction N2 + 3H2 2NH3 Stream 1, containing 95 mole % nitrogen and 5 mole% hydro- gen, enters the process at a rate of 400 lbmol/hr, and stream 2, containing pure hydrogen (density = 0.08 lbm/ft), enters the process at a volumetric flow rate of 31,000 ft3/hr. A single stream leaves the process. If all of the nitrogen is consumed in the reaction, what is the molar flow rate of hydrogen in the ex- iting stream?