TEMA 14. BALANCES SIMULTÁNEOS DE MATERIA Y ENERGÍA | 14.3. OXIDACIÓN DE METANOL A FORMALDEHÍDO

One of the possible processes for obtaining formaldehyde involves reacting methanol vapor with air in the presence of a silver catalyst, according to the reaction: CH3OH + 1/2 O2 → CH2O + H2O When the molar ratio of methanol to air in the reaction mixture is 2:5, a 60% conversion of the fed methanol is achieved. Assuming the reactor is adiabatic and the mixture enters at 348 K: a) Calculate the volume percent composition of the outlet gases, both on a dry and wet basis. b) Calculate the temperature of the outlet gases.