Carbon monoxide at 25 o C and saturated steam at 150 o C are fed to a
Question:
Carbon monoxide at 25oC and saturated steam at 150oC are fed to a continuous water-shift reactor. The product gas, which contains 40.0 mole% H2, 40.0 mole% CO2, and the rest H2O(v) emerges at 500C at a rate of 100 moles/h and goes to a condenser, where all of the H2O is condensed. The gas and liquid streams leaving the condenser are at equilibrium at 25oC and 1 atm. The liquid leaving the condenser can be assumed to be pure water (no dissolved gases), and there is no water vapour in the exiting gas stream from the condenser.
a) Calculate the % excess steam fed to the reactor and rate of condensation of the water (kg/h) leaving the condenser.
b) Calculate the rate (kW) at which heat must be removed from the condensor.
c) Calculate the rate of heat transfer (kW) to or from the reactor (state which it is).
Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes
ISBN: 978-0471720638
3rd Edition
Authors: Richard M. Felder, Ronald W. Rousseau