Question

Hydrogen gas can be produced by the following re-

actions between propane and steam in the presence

of a nickel catalyst:

a. Compute the standard heat of &action and the

standard-state Gibbs energy change on reaction

for each of the reactions at 1000 and 1100 K.

b. What is the equilibrium composition of the prod-

uct gas at 1000 K and 1 bar if the inlet to the

catalytic reactor is pure propane and steam in a

I-to-10 ratio?,

c. Repeat calculation (b) at 1100 K.