Question

2. Ethyl chloride is produced from HCl and ethyl alcohol using the reaction
HCl + C2H5OHC2H5Cl + H2O.
Pure HCl gas is available. The ethanol is available as a 90% (wt based) solution in water and must be vaporized. The reaction does not go to completion. The reactor effluent is sent to a purification unit which separates feed into a product containing 87%C2H5Cl, 12%C2H5OH, and 1% H2O and a spent acid stream containing 78% HCl and 22% water. Using a basis of 1000 kg product/hr, determine i) the reactor effluent composition, ii) the limiting reactant, and iii) the fractional conversion of the limiting reactant.

Answer 1