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Q#1 GATE CH 2021 NAT +2 marks -0.66 marks

Formaldehyde is produced by the oxidation of methane in a reactor. The following two parallel reactions occur.

                                     

Methane and oxygen are fed to the reactor. The product gases leaving the reactor include methane, oxygen, formaldehyde, carbon dioxide and water vapor.

60 mol s–1 of methane enters the reactor. The molar flowrate (in mol s–1) of CH4, O2 and CO2 leaving the reactor are 26, 2 and 4, respectively. The molar flowrate of oxygen entering the reactor is_______mol s–1.

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