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Midsem 2012
Midsem 2012
Porus plug
Compression device
Initially at 40bar and 600K the gas first seeps through a porus plug whereupon its pressure drops
to 1 bar. Next the gas stream is isothermally compressed by application of 5000J/mol of work to
attain a pressure of 20bar at the exit of the compression device. Compute the amount of heat per
mole of gas (in kJ) that needs to taken out of the compression device in order to ensure an
isothermal compression process. The pipeline is perfectly insulated till the entry point to the
compression device. The EOS for the gas is: V =
RT
+
; where = 4.6 J .m3 / mol 2 . Also,
P RT