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Synthetically produced ethanol is an important industrial commodity used for various purposes including: as a solvent (especially for substances intended for human contact or consumption); in coatings, inks, and personal-care products; for sterilization; and as a fuel.
Although a great deal of attention has been given to the production of ethanol by fermentation of sugars, industrial ethanol is a petrochemical synthesized by the hydrolysis of ethylene:
C2H4 (g) + H2O (v) ⇌ C2H5OH (v)
Some of the product is converted to diethyl ether in the undesired side reaction
2C2H5OH (v) ⇌ (C2H5)2O (v) + H2O (v)
The combined feed to the reactor contains 53.7 mole % C2H4, 36.7% H2O and the balance nitrogen which enters the reactor at 310.0°C. The reactor operates isothermally at 310.0°C. An ethylene conversion of 30.0% is achieved, and the yield of ethanol (moles ethanol produced/mole ethylene consumed) is 0.700.
Data for Diethyl Ether
(for the liquid)
(assume independent of T)
Cp [kJ/(mol·°C)] = 0.08945 + 40.33 x 10–5T – 2.244 x 10–7T2 (T in °C)
Calculate the reactor heating (positive Q) or cooling (negative Q) requirement in kJ/mol feed.
Q = ![]()
kJ/mol feed.
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