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1. Ethyl oxide is produced by the catalytic oxidation of ethylene: 2C2H4 + O2 + 2C2H4O An undesired competing reaction is the combustion of ethylene: C2H4 + 302 2CO2 + 2H2O unnart The feed to the reactor (not the fresh feed to the process) contains 3 moles of ethylene per mole of oxygen. The single-pass conversion of ethylene is 20%, and for every 100 moles of ethylene consumed in the rector, 90 moles of ethylene oxide emerge in the reactor products. A multiple-unit process is used to separate the products: ethylene and oxygen are recycled to the reactor, ethylene oxide is sold as a product, and carbon dioxide and water are discarded. a. Draw a flow diagram of the process. b. Determine the flow rate of ethylene and oxygen if the reactor feed rate is 100 lbmol/h. C. Calculate the lb/h of ethylene oxide produced