In: Other
In the hydrodealkylation of toluene to produce benzene, a stream of toluene is mixed with a recycle stream and enters a reactor along with a stream of pure hydrogen. The reaction products at 530°C enter a condenser where they are cooled to 45.0°C. A vapor stream containing 0.55 mol CH4/mol leaves the process, and a liquid stream containing 0.75 mol benzene/mol and 0.25 mol toluene/mol enters a distillation column. The distillate of the column leaves the process at 800.0 mol/hr and contains 0.9000 mol benzene/mol and 0.1000 mol toluene/mol. The bottoms of the column contain 0.15 mol benzene/mol and 0.85 mol toluene/mol and is recycled back to the fresh feed. Hydrogen is fed into the process at 1850 mol H2/hr. This process is carried out at 760 mmHg. Draw the process flow diagram and describe (label) it fully by solving for the unknown variables for all the streams. Calculate the Single Unit and Overall Conversion (%) of toluene.