Question: someone please help with this. please show all the steps to help me understand. (25 points) Acetic Acid is to be generated in a reactor
(25 points) Acetic Acid is to be generated in a reactor by the addition of sulfuric acid to calcium acetate according to: Ca(COOCH3)2+H2SO4CaSO4+2(CH3COOH) The sulfuric acid fed to the reactor is 10% in excess. The single pass conversion of the reactor is 90%. The unused calcium acetate and sulfuric acid are separated from the reaction products and are recycled back to the process. The acetic acid is separated from the reaction products and sold. The atomic weights are Ca=40,S=32,C=12,H=1,O=16. (a) Draw a diagram for the process. Label all the streams. (b) Calculate the total amount (in moles) of the recycle stream per hour based on 1000lb/h of calcium acetate in the initial feed to the process. (c) Calculate the pounds of acetic acid manufactured per hour
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