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100 lbmoles of Methane is feed into a partial oxidizer with 160 lbmoles of dry air which also contains water(humidity = 0.050 lb water/lb dry air). The methane partially oxidizes to produce CO according to: CH4 + 3/2 O2 —> CO + 2H2O If the outlet gas contains 45.00% (mole %, wet basis) nitrogen, what is the reaction conversion based on the limiting reactant?
to solve this problem, we will first draw the flow diagram and determine the unknowns.
then, with the help of reaction equation and amount of reactants provided, we will determine the limiting reactant and then we will calculate its conversion.
hence, the conversion of the limiting reactant, i.e., oxygen = 71.52 %