Question: ( Another old exam question - do this one with your Partner ) Ethene ( C 2 H 4 ) reacts with water to create

(Another old exam question - do this one with your Partner) Ethene (C2H4) reacts with water to create ethanol in a gas phase reaction. The ethene stream contains 50%(by mole) Nitrogen as an inert. Water is fed in 20% excess.
(a) Write a balanced reaction for the transformation above. Use only whole numbers for your stoichiometry.
(b) If you assume you have 2 moles of ethene entering the reactor, determine the initial number of moles of each species in this process. Show your work in this section.
(c) Assuming the fractional conversion of ethane is 15%, determine the partial pressure of each species (in bar) if the reaction is performed at 400K and 3 bar. To "show your work" on this problem, write out a mole table here and provide the extent of reaction value you obtained. And, of course, provide the partial pressure for each species (in bar). Note: once you get your extent of reaction value, you can plug into your spreadsheet to calculate the partial pressure if you want.
(d) If the reaction reaches equilibrium at 400K and 3 bar, determine the partial pressure (in bar) of each species. To "show your work" on this problem (since you should be using the reaction spreadsheet), provide the main equation you used to solve the problem, the K value and the extent of reaction value. And, of course, list the partial pressures (in bar) of each species.
(e) Without doing a calculation, how would the equilibrium composition of ethene change (at 400K) if you increase the system pressure? Would the equilibrium composition of ethene increase, decrease or stay the same? Explain how you arrived at your answer.
 (Another old exam question - do this one with your Partner)

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