(Solved): Hydrodealkylation reaction is common in industry which often involves a reaction between aromatic ...

Hydrodealkylation reaction is common in industry which often involves a reaction between aromatic hydrocarbon in the presence of hydrogen gas to form a simpler aromatic hydrocarbon. The reactions involve (including the side reaction) are shown below: \( \mathrm{C}_{7} \mathrm{H}_{8}+\mathrm{H}_{2} \rightarrow \mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{6}+\mathrm{CH}_{4} \quad \) (Equation 1) \( 2 \mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{6} \rightarrow \mathrm{C}_{12} \mathrm{H}_{10}+\mathrm{H}_{2} \) (Equation 2) Table 1: Combosition of the reactor products As a Chemical Engineer at Company XXX (your company), your team is required to propose separation processes (i.e., distillation process, absorption) to separate the products from the reactor (as listed in Table 1). The aim of the separation processes is to recover and recycle toluene and to collect \( \mathrm{C}_{12} \mathrm{H}_{10} \) as the end product. Your team is required to prepare a report to propose the separation processes required to meet the objective as stated above and to include required information as below: (1) Brief information of the problem - Describe problem related (2) Propose TWO (2) possible sequences (direct/indirect) for the distillation columns. (3) Based on (2), determine the sequence that will be used in your design. State your justification.