Ethylene oxide is produced by the catalytic oxidation of ethylene:
An undesired competing reaction is the combustion of ethylene to CO2.
The feed to a reactor contains 2 mol C2H4/mol O2. The conversion and yield in the reactor are respectively 25% and 0.70 mol
- Taking a basis of 2 mol of ethylene entering the reactor, draw and label a flowchart of the complete process (show the separation process as a single unit) and calculate the molar amounts and compositions of all process streams.
Data for gaseous ethylene oxide
- Calculate the flow rate (kg/h) and composition of the fresh feed, the overall conversion of ethylene, and the overall process and reactor heat requirements (kW) for a production rate of 1500 kg C2H4O/ day. Briefly explain the reasons for separating and recycling the ethylene-oxygen stream. (d) One of the attributes of this process defined in the problem statement is extremely unrealistic. What is it?
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