Question: You are tasked with designing a flash drum to remove unreacted ethylene from 1 , 2 - dichloroethane so the ethylene can be recycled to

You are tasked with designing a flash drum to remove unreacted ethylene from 1,2-dichloroethane so the ethylene can be recycled to the reactor. 90mols of a vapor mixture of 80mol%1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) and 20mol% ethylene (E) at 450K is to be flashed from 5 bar to 2 bar and 298K. You determine that the product vapor flowrate is 18.8mols with a composition of 95.4mol%E and the product liquid flowrate is 71.2mols with a composition of 99.9mol% DCE. Calculate the energy requirement using the vapor product stream for a reference state. You cannot ignore pressure change contributions in the energy balance.
a. What are the specific enthalpies for each stream (kJmol)? :
b. What is the enthalpy of each stream (kJs)?
c. What is the heating/cooling requirement (Q) for this separator (kJs)?
 You are tasked with designing a flash drum to remove unreacted

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