My work attached I\'m not sure what my next steps should be. Please show ur work
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My work attached I'm not sure what my next steps should be. Please show ur work/explain! USING ATOMIC SPECIES BALANCE Solving for all unknowns PLEASE SHOW work and explain 4.76. Methanol is produced by reacting carbon monoxide and hydrogen. A fresh feedstream containing Co and He joins a recycle stream and the combined stream is fed to a reactor. The reactor outlet stream flows at a rate of 350 moVmin and contains 10.6 wt% H2,64.0 wt% CO, and 25.4 wt%CH3OH. (Notice that those are percentages by mass, not mole percents) This stream enters a cooler in which most of the methanol is condensed. The liquid methanol condensate is withdrawn as a product, and the gas stream leaving the condenser which contains C H2, and 0.40 mole% uncondensed CHJoH vapor-is the recycle stream that combines with the fresh feed. (a) Without doing any calculations, prove that you have enough information to determine (i)the molar single-pass and overall conversions of carbon monoxide. Then perform the calculations. (b) After several months of operation, the flow rate of liquid methanol leaving the condenser begins to decrease. List at least three possible explanations of this behavior and state how you might check the validity of each one. (What would you measure and what would you expect to find if the explanation is valid?)Explanation / Answer
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From my observation you have completed part (a) as stated to find the required information without computation so part (a) is correct and you have to concentrate on part (b) where you have to highlight three possibilities one of reduction in hydrogen from recycle stream, second in reactor conversion rate and third possibility of incomplete combustion decreases the output of methanol from condensor.
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