Principles of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

CHE 5843
Homework 1
Due by 10:30 am in the class (EN 516) on 09/02/14
Problem 1
Ionic liquids (ILs), as you may recall from the class, are substances that are made up entirely of
ions but unlike common salts they can be designed to be liquids under ambient conditions. Since
many ILs have extremely low vapor pressures, they do not evaporate at ambient conditions. 1-nbutyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide also known as [bmim][Tf2N] is
one such IL for which volumetric and thermal properties have been measured (see the research
article included).
In a given experiment, 0.01 mol of the IL [bmim][Tf2N] is heated in a glass tube from a
temperature of 23 oC to 31 oC. The glass tube is open to the atmosphere. Assume that there is no
change in the volume of the glass tube. Also neglect any heat losses to the surroundings.
Molecular weight of the IL is 419.37 g/mol.
Calculate the change in the internal energy of the IL. Comment on the solution.
Problem 2
Two moles of nitrogen are initially at 10 bar and 600 K (state 1) in a horizontal piston/cylinder
device. It is expanded adiabatically to 1 bar (state 2). It is then heated at constant volume to 600
K (state 3). Finally, it is isothermally returned to state 1. Assume N2 is an ideal gas with constant
heat capacity. Neglect the heat capacity of the piston/cylinder device. Assume each step of the
process is reversible. Cv = 5/2 R and Cp = 7/2 R.
(a) Calculate the heat transfer and work done on the gas for each step and overall.
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(b) Taking state 1 as the reference state, and setting UR = 0, calculate U and H for the nitrogen at
each state, and U and H for each step and the overall Q and W.

Problem 3
An insulated rigid vessel of volume V initially contains Ni moles of an ideal gas at temperature
Ti. A pipe is connected to the vessel and the same gas at temperature Tin is pumped in, until the
number of moles in the vessel becomes Nf. Derive an explicit relationship for the final
temperature of the vessel, Tf, in the form of
Tf = f(Ti, Tin, Nf/Ni, Cp)

where Cp is the molar heat capacity of the gas, which is assumed to be independent of the
temperature. Neglect any heat transfer between the gas and the vessel walls.