Instituto Tecnológico de Chihuahua

Síntesis y Optimización de Procesos, Unidad II, Síntesis de Sistemas de Reacción.

Nombre: _________________________________________________ No. De Control: __________

1. Acetaldehyde can be obtained by either one of the following reactions:

a. Evaluate the economic potential for each reaction. Indicate the source of the
economic information used.
b. For the process with the best economic potential, draw a block flow diagram clearly
showing mixers, splitters, dividers, and reactors.
2. LeBlanc process to manufacture sodium carbonate, involve the following reactions:
2 NaCl + H2SO4 → Na2SO4+ 2HCl
Na2SO4 + 2C → Na2S + 2CO2
Na2S + CaCO3 → Na2CO3 + CaS
a. Calculate the economic potential of the global reaction.
b. Calculate the Gibbs free energy for each of the partial reactions and the global
reaction.
c. Why is preferred the Solvay process over Leblanc process?