Question: Ethane (C2H6) is chlorinated in a continuous reactor: C2H6 + Cl2 C2H5Cl + HCl Some of ethane is converted in an undesired side reaction: C2H6

Ethane (C2H6) is chlorinated in a continuous reactor: C2H6 + Cl2 C2H5Cl + HCl Some of ethane is converted in an undesired side reaction: C2H6 + 2Cl2 C2H4Cl2 + 2HCl Flow rate of the feed to the reactor (not the fresh feed to process) is 150 mol/h, containing 4 moles of ethane (C2H6) per mole of chlorine (Cl2). The conversion of C2H6 in the reactor is 15%, and for every 100 moles of ethane consumed in the reactor, 80 moles of monochloroethane (C2H5Cl) exit in reactor products. A separation process is used to separate the products: ethane and chlorine are recycled to the reactor and monochloroethane (C2H5Cl) leaves the system to be sold as a product, and HCl and C2H4Cl2 are discarded. a) Draw and label the flowchart of the process. b) Calculate the molar flow rate on unconsumed C2H6 leaving the reactor. c) Calculate the production rate of C2H5Cl leaving the reactor. d) Calculate the molar flow rate of C2H6 and Cl2 in the fresh feed

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