Consider the production of ethanol from acetylene and water at 355 K and 1 bar by the following reaction
C2H4 1 g 2 1 H2O 1 g 2 dS C2H5OH 1 g 2
(a) If the feed contains an equimolar mixture of reactants, calculate the equilibrium conversion.
(b) Would the yield of ethanol produced per mol of acetylene fed increase if the feed ratio was changed to 10 1 H2O C2H5OH? Explain.
(c) Another strategy to increase the yield is to increase the pressure to 10 bar. Comment on what would happen in the system if you tried this approach.