Professor Van Eggmon thinks that dissolving eggshells at 74.1o F is easier than cracking eggs. The...

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Professor Van Eggmon thinks that dissolving eggshells at 74.1o Fis easier than cracking eggs. The shells are made of calciumcarbonate (CaCO3), which reacts with acetic acid (CH3COOH) to formcarbon dioxide (CO2), water (H2O), and calcium acetate(Ca(CH3COO)2). The feed to the egg dissolver (reactor) contains46.2 mol/s calcium carbonate and 352 mol/s dilute acetic acidsolution (4.15 mol% acetic acid and the balance water). Theconversion of acetic acid is 69.4%. a. (5 points) Draw and label aprocess flow diagram. Number the streams and clearly label thecomponents in each stream. b. (3 points) Write the limitingreactant in the box. c. (34 points) Determine the component flowrates (mol/s) exiting the reactor. d. (3 points) Find thetemperature in Kelvin (K). e. (3 points) The professor’s childrenstate that the feed flow rate of CaCO3 of 9.43 x 107 g/day.Compared to the original operating conditions, the feed flow rateof CaCO3 will (circle one): INCREASE DECREASE STAY THE SAME

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b Given feed flow rate of CaCO3 462 molsflow rate of CH3COOH 352 mols x 415100 146 molsflow rate of water 352 146 3374 molsGiven the conversion rate of CH3COOH 694 146 x694100 101 molsHence only 101    See Answer
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