Question: please, just work it out Design a process that separates a high-purity aqueous methanol feed stream (98.5 mol% methanol) to produce two distinct methanol grades.

please, just work it out
Design a process that separates a high-purity aqueous methanol feed stream (98.5

Design a process that separates a high-purity aqueous methanol feed stream (98.5 mol% methanol) to produce two distinct methanol grades. Starting with a feed stream at 150 lbm/h, 1300F, and 25 psia, you will split and mix this stream to obtain the required products: Diluted Methanol Product A: Route 40 wt% of the methanol feed stream to mix with 30 kg/h of water at 150C and 1 atm at a tee junction. Methanol Product B: The remaining 60 wt% of the feed stream mixes with 15 kg/h of water at 700F and 1 atm to form the second product. Assume mixers operate at 1 atm for both products. Generate results that fully characterize the two product streams (T, P, mass and molar flow rate, mass and molar composition). Watch input units, and make sure that you check the boxes for the mass/mol flow and fraction basis in Report Options (expand the Setup menu in the simulation environment and click Report Options* under the Stream tab, check the boxes for mole and mass in both flow and fraction basis). Use IDEAL property method. Ouestions: 1. What are the product stream molar compositions and product stream temperatures (oc)? 2. What is the temperature difference in oc between the two mixers? 3. Confirm the energy balance (conservation of energy) of the mixing process by performing the following calculations a. Calculate the total enthalpy of the incoming streams before mixing in MI 00 andM200 Htotal, in Hmethanol feed,in + Hwater feed,in b. Compare the value from part (a) with the total enthalpy of the mixed streams after reaching equilibrium to verify the conservation of energy principle Htotal, in Hmixed,out

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