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 SO3 production rate is 2.0 X 102 kg / min.
a) Calculate the feed rates (standard cubic meters per second) of the
SO2 and air feed streams and the degree of progress of the reaction, (kmol / s).
b) Calculate the standard heat of the oxidation reaction of SO2, AH \deg r (kJ / mol). After, taking the molecular species at 25\deg C as references, prepare and fill in the table of input-output enthalpies and write an energy balance to calculate the heat (kW) that is must transfer from the reactor to the cooling water.
c) Calculate the minimum flow rate of the cooling water if its increase in
temperature should be kept below 14\deg C.

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