Scribd
Upload
432 views2 pages

B49CE - Tutorial Topic 1 Questions v3

The document contains three questions about estimating fugacity coefficients and fugacities of ethylene and ethane gases at different temperatures and pressures using provided thermodynamic data and properties. Fugacity is estimated for ethylene at 50.5 bar and 24.95°C, ethane at 24.6 bar using different methods, and solid carbon dioxide at 10 bar and -59.11°C.

Uploaded by

Buyu
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
432 views2 pages

B49CE - Tutorial Topic 1 Questions v3

The document contains three questions about estimating fugacity coefficients and fugacities of ethylene and ethane gases at different temperatures and pressures using provided thermodynamic data and properties. Fugacity is estimated for ethylene at 50.5 bar and 24.95°C, ethane at 24.6 bar using different methods, and solid carbon dioxide at 10 bar and -59.11°C.

Uploaded by

Buyu
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Tutorial Topic 1 Questions 1

1.4 Tutorial 1

1. Estimate the fugacity coefficient, and hence the fugacity, of ethylene at


50.5 bar and 24.95oC using the following data:

Molar mass of ethylene is 28.05 g/mol.

Table of P  v  T data for ethylene at 24.95oC

Pressure Specific Volume


(bar) ( 10 4 m 3 /mol )
1.0 245.00
5.1 47.80
10.1 23.20
15.2 15.00
20.2 10.80
25.3 8.34
30.3 6.66
35.4 5.44
40.4 4.52
45.5 3.78
50.5 3.17

Solutions:
  0.73854
f  37.30 bar

2. Estimate the fugacity of gaseous ethane, temperature constant at


275K, using the following methods:
a) At 24.6 bar assuming ideal gas behaviour.
b) At 24.6 bar using the Z factor method.
c) At 24.6 bar using the generalised fugacity coefficient charts.
Critical properties for ethane are given below:

PC  48.72 bar
TC  32.17 o C
  0.100

©HERIOT-W ATT UNIVERSITY B49CE December 2017 v3


Tutorial Topic 1 Questions 2

Use the pressure increments and thermodynamic data provided:

Pressure
(bar)
0.0
1.0
2.0
4.0
8.0
12.0
14.8
19.7
24.6

Solutions:
a) f  24.6 bar
b) f  18.43 bar
c) f  18.97 bar

3. Solid carbon dioxide at -59.11oC has a vapour pressure of 4.09918 bar


and specific volume of 0.000657 m3/kg. The molar mass of carbon
dioxide is 44.01 kg/kmol

Calculate the fugacity of solid carbon dioxide at 10 bar and -59.11oC


using the following the P  v  T data for gaseous carbon dioxide.

Pressure Specific Volume


3
(bar) (m / kg )
0.01020 33.36600
0.03061 13.02200
0.07483 5.32870
0.13605 2.92280
0.37415 1.05870
0.95236 0.41189
2.44897 0.15600
4.09918 0.09120

Solution:
f  2.83 bar

©HERIOT-W ATT UNIVERSITY B49CE December 2017 v3

You might also like