Question: the answer to a.) is 0.876 and the answer to b.) is 58.1 Please show work to how to get these answers, only respond if

the answer to a.) is 0.876 and the answer to b.) isthe answer to a.) is 0.876 and the answer to b.) is 58.1

Please show work to how to get these answers, only respond if your values for a and b are as provided above

Closed Book/Closed Notes/Open Calculator Acetaldehyde (CH3CHO=A) is synthesized by the dehydrogenation of ethanol (C2H5OH=E) : C2H5OHCH3CHO+H2 Fresh feed (Stream 1) is blended with a recycle stream, and the combined stream is fed to a reactor. Gases leaving the reactor are cooled to 15C condensing the acetaldehyde (PA=168 mmHg) and unreacted ethanol (PE=3.71mmHg). The condensate, which contains 45 mole\% ethanol, is in equilibrium with the off-gas to the scrubber (Stream 2) and is sent to a distillation column that produces a distillate containing 99 mole\% acetaldehyde and a bottoms product that constitutes the recycle blended with fresh feed to the process. The production rate of the distillate (Stream 3) is 50kmol/hr. The pressure throughout the process is 760mmHg absolute. (a) Find the composition of hydrogen in Stream 2,y2H2. (b) Find the flowrate of fresh feed to the process, n1 (kmol/hr)

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