Pure ethanol vapor is fed to a reactor packed with alumina catalyst, at the rate of 100 kmole / hr. The reactor products comprise: ethylene :95 kmole / hr, water vapour: 97.5 k mole / hr and diethyl ether :2.5 kmole/hr. The reactions occuring can be represented by: C 2 H 5 OH C 2 H 4 + H 2 O 2C 2 H 5 OH C 2 H 5 - O - C 2 H 5 + H 2 O The percent conversion of ethanol in the reactor is

Pure ethanol vapor is fed to a reactor packed with alumina catalyst, a

1.	Pure ethanol vapor is fed to a reactor packed with alumina catalyst, at the rate of 100 kmole / hr. The reactor products comprise: ethylene :95 kmole / hr, water vapour: 97.5 k mole / hr and diethyl ether :2.5 kmole/hr. The reactions occuring can be represented by: C 2 H 5 OH C 2 H 4 + H 2 O 2C 2 H 5 OH C 2 H 5 - O - C 2 H 5 + H 2 O The percent conversion of ethanol in the reactor is
A.	100
B.	97.5
C.	95
D.	2.5
Answer» B. 97.5

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