Question: Jimmy works for DynoWorks and is tasked with a controlled explosion of 350 tons of dynamite. First, Jimmy must produce the nitroglycerine. Nitroglycerine (C3H5O3(NO2)3) is

 Jimmy works for DynoWorks and is tasked with a controlled explosion

Jimmy works for DynoWorks and is tasked with a controlled explosion of 350 tons of dynamite. First, Jimmy must produce the nitroglycerine. Nitroglycerine (C3H5O3(NO2)3) is made by reacting glycerol (C3H8O3) with nitric acid (HNO3) in the presence of an inert component, sulfuric acid (H2SO4), according to the unbalanced reaction: C3H8O3+HNO3C3H5O3(NO2)3+H2O. The single feed to the reactor (not the fresh feed) is 212 tons/hr and is 47wt% glycerol, 34wt% nitric acid, and 19 wt\% sulfuric acid. The single pass conversion of nitric acid is 0.62. The single stream exiting the reactor is passed through a separator into three streams, nitroglycerine exits as the product stream, water exits as a waste stream, and another stream containing the remaining components. 10% of the stream exiting the separator containing sulfuric acid and nitric acid is purged. The recycle stream is mixed with a fresh feed of glycerol, nitric acid, and sulfuric acid. In the last level, the following component molar flow rates exiting the reactor were found: n3,G=766hrkmol,n3,N=395hrkmol, n3,W=645hrkmol. Calculate the following unknowns entering the overall system. Component molar flow rate of glycerol = kmol/hr Component molar flow rate of nitric acid = kmol/hr Component molar flow rate of sulfuric acid = kmol/hr

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