Question: Methane ( CH 4 ) and oxygen ( O 2 ) react in the presence of a catalyst to formformaldehyde ( HCHO ) . In

Methane (CH4) and oxygen (O2) react in the presence of a catalyst to formformaldehyde (HCHO). In a parallel reaction methane is oxidized to carbon dioxide(CO2) and water (H2O) :CH4+ O2 HCHO + H2OCH4+2O2 CO2+2H2OSuppose 100 mol/s of equimolar amount of methane and oxygen is fed to acontinuous reactor. The fractional conversion of methane is 0.9 and the fractionalyield of formaldehyde is 0.855. Calculate the molar composition of the reactoroutput stream and the selectivity of formaldehyde production relative to carbondioxide production using molecular species balances.

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