Question: ( Part A ) Design a process to produce a nitric acid - water solution ( H N O 3 + H 2 O )

(Part A) Design a process to produce a nitric acid-water solution (HNO3+H2O) from ammonia (NH3) and air (N2+O2), using the following reaction at 750C :
NH3+2O2HNO3+H2O.
Assume that using air is preferable to using O2 obtained by cryogenically separating N2 and O2. Cryogenic separation is expensive. N2 in the reactor yields no by-products, although it increases the size of the reactor. The reaction conversion is less than 100% : the effluent will contain one or more reactant, as follows.
Design Goals (in decreasing importance)
Minimize the number of process units.
Minimize the sizes of the process units.
Design Rules contain both NH3 and O2(and N2,HNO3, and H2O)
If the reactant mixture has excess NH3, the effluent will contain no O2.
If the reactant mixture has excess O2, the effluent will contain no NH3.
Indicate on your flowsheet which reactant (if any) are in excess. Hint: Try multiple designs with different gases in excess (or none in excess) then evaluate if one design if preferable.
 (Part A) Design a process to produce a nitric acid-water solution

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