In: Chemistry
Chemical Engineering. The product gas from a coal
gasification plant consists of 60.0 mole % CO and the balance H2;
it leaves the plant at 150° C and 2000 psia. The gas expands
through a turbine, and the outlet gas from the turbine is fed to a
boiler furnace at 100° C and 1atm at a rate of 15,000 ft^3/min.
Estimate the inlet flow rate to the turbine in ft^3/min using Kay's
rule. What percentage error would result from the use of the ideal
gas equation of state at the turbine inlet?
Please show work.