Question: In a reactor surrounded by a cooling jacket, to which water at 2 3 deg C is fed, sulfur dioxide is oxidized to sulfur

In a reactor surrounded by a cooling jacket, to which water at 23\deg C is fed, sulfur dioxide is oxidized to sulfur trioxide. SO2 and 110% excess air are fed to the reactor at 420\deg C. The reaction proceeds up to 68% conversion of SO2 and the products emerge from the reactor at 525\deg C. The SO3production rate is 2.0 X 102kg / min.
a) Calculate the feed flows in standard cubic meters per second of S02 and air and the progress of the reaction in kmol/s.
b) Calculate the energy requirement of the reactor in kW. To do this, build an enthalpy table and specify the selected references and trajectories.
c) If the heat from the previous point is transferred to the water used in the cooling jacket, calculate what the minimum flow of water must be so that its temperature rise remains below 14\deg C.

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