Energy Balances with Reaction: ConcepTest and Example Problem

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Example Problem 1

100 mol/h of N2 and 300 mol/h of H2 are fed to an isothermal reactor at 350°C to carry out the following gas-phase reaction:

N2 + 3H2 → 2NH3

Assume the heat capacities for the components are the following:

Cp(N2) = Cp(H2) = 29 J/mol-K

Cp(NH3) = 36 J/mol-K

How much heat must be removed from the reactor if the conversion is 75%? The heat of formation of ammonia at 25°C is -46 kJ/mol.

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