Ammonia is oxidized with air to form nitric oxide in the first step to produce nitric acid.  The reaction occurs in a well insulated continuous reactor based on the stoichiometry:  

4 NH₃ + 5 O₂ → 4 NO + 6 H₂O

If 100 mol min^-1 of ammonia at 25°C, 8 bar is fed to the reactor and air at 150°C, 8 bar is used with 50% excess, if the reaction goes to completion:

a. Find the composition of the product.

b. Perform an energy balance in the system writing down relevant equations.

c. An estimate for the outlet temperature of the reactor.

Posted Date: 2/22/2013 4:18:43 AM | Location : United States

Ask an Expert

Related Discussions:- Perform an energy balance, Assignment Help, Ask Question on Perform an energy balance, Get Answer, Expert's Help, Perform an energy balance Discussions

Write discussion on Perform an energy balance
Your posts are moderated

Write your message here..

Related Questions

Material balance, how to how to

Lubricants and properties of lubricating oil, Q.  What are lubricants? Exp... Q.  What are lubricants? Explain properties of lubricating oil. Ans. Lubricants: The metal to metal frictional resistance can be minimized by using certain suitable substanc

Applications of piezoelectric materials, Applications: Piezoelectric mater... Applications: Piezoelectric materials serve as a source of ultrasonic waves. At sea, they might be used to calculate depth, distance of shore, position of icebergs, submarines. Th

Polymers, merits and demerits of free radical merits and demerits of free radical

Water treatment, disadvantages of scale and sludge formation disadvantages of scale and sludge formation

Marketing concept, how does marketing concept affect chemical engineering i... how does marketing concept affect chemical engineering in terms of developing a product

Civil engieering, what is the advantages & disadvanteges of road ways what is the advantages & disadvanteges of road ways

Determine the carbon is an asymmetric center, Which one of the following st... Which one of the following statements is correct? You may wish to examine a molecular model of this compound. 1. Carbon D is an asymmetric center and its configuration is R 2

Polymerization, merits and demerits of free radical polymerisation merits and demerits of free radical polymerisation

What are bulk defects, Bulk defects * Voids are little regions where th... Bulk defects * Voids are little regions where there are no atoms, and can be thought of as clusters of vacancies. * Impurities can cluster jointly to form small regions of a