Ethanol is produced commercially by the hydration of
ethylene:
C2H4+H2O-->C2H5OH
Some of the product is converted to diethyl ether in side
reaction
2C2H5OH-->(C2H5)2O+H2O
The feed to the reactor contains ethylene,steam,and an inert
gas. A sample of the reactor effluent gas is analyzed and found to
contain 43.3 mole% ethylene, 2.5% ethanol, 0.14% ether, 9.3%
inerts, and the balance water.
a. Take as a basis 100 mol of effluent gas, draw and label a
flowchart, and do a degree-of-freedom analysis based...