Q4: (10 marks)
In the Deacon process for the manufacture of chlorine, HCl and O? react to form Cl? and H?O. Sufficient air (21 mole % O?, 79% N?) is fed to provide 35% excess oxygen and the fractional conversion of HCl is 85%.
(a) Calculate the mole fractions of the product stream components, using atomic species balances in your calculation.
(b) Again calculate the mole fractions of the product stream components, only this time use the extent of reaction in the calculation.
2HCl + O? ? Cl? + H?O