Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (Even Semester 2020)

Home work 2

Problems to be discussed in tutorials: Problems 1, 2, 3, 4.

Problems to be submitted: Problems 5, 6, 7 (due on 16th February 2020).

1. The following data is available for benzene:

Melting point at atmosphere: 5.49oC

Heat of fusion at 5.49oC: 127 J/g

Liquid volume at 5.49oC: 0.901×10-3 m3/kg

Volume change upon melting: 0.1317×10-3 m3/kg

Also the vapor pressures at lower temperatures are given as below

T (oC) -36.7 -19.6 -11.5 -2.6

Pvap (Pa) 1.33 6.67 13.33 26.67

Compute the triple point of the benzene from the above data and compare it with the actual
value.

2. Followng data is available for carbon in graphite and diamond forms at ambient conditions:

Graphite Diamond
G (J/mol) 0 2900
S (J/mol.K) 5.74 2.38
Density (kg/m3) 2220 3510

Compute the pressure at which graphite can be transformed into diamond at room temperature.
Also, if this conversion has to be maintained at elevated temperatures, estimate the change in
pressure required per unit change in temperature (at room temperature).

3. A thermally insulated constant volume bomb has been carefully prepared so that half of the
volume is filled with water vapor and the half with subcooled liquid water, both at -10oC and
0.2876 kPa (the saturation pressure of the subcooled liquid). Find the temperature, pressure, and
fraction of water in each phase after equilibrium has been established in the bomb. What is the
entropy change in this process.

Neglect the heat capacity of the bomb, assume the vapor phase to be ideal, and assume that the
following quantities are independent of temperature:

 (solid  liquid) =335 J/g;

H  (liquid  vapor, at T = 0 deg C) =2530 J/g;
H

C p (liquid)=4.22 J/g.C ; C p (solid)=2.1 J/g.C ; C p (vapor)=2.03 J/g.C ;

V (liquid)=10−3 m3 /kg ; V (solid)=1.11×10−3 m3 /kg ;

4. The following figure is a plot of A(T,V) for a particular molecular species as functions of V at a
given temperature when the species is present in liquid phase and in vapor phase. Find out the
geometrical construction needed in this figure to find out the conditions at which the liquid and
vapor phases will be in equilibrium.

T constant
A Liquid
Vapor

5. The following vapor-liquid equilibrium data are available for methyl ethyl ketone:

Heat of vaporization at 75oC: 31.602 kJ/mol.

Molar volume of saturated liquid at 75oC: 9.65 ×10-2 m3/mol.

Vapor pressure dependence on T is given by the followng equation:

5622.7
ln p vap=43.552− −4.70504 ln T , where vapor pressure is in bar and T is in K.
T
RT
Assume that the vapor phase obeys the following equation of state: V = B
P
Calculate B at 75oC.

6. The vapor pressure of liquid ethanol at 126oC is 505 kPa, and its second virial coefficient at this
temperature is -523 cm3/mol.

(a) Calculate the fugacity of ethanol at saturation at 126oC assuming ethanol to be an ideal gas.

(b) Calculate the fugacity of ethanol at 126oC assuming ethanol to obeay virial equation of state
(truncated at the second term).

7. A fluid obeys the following equation of state:

PV B C
=1  2 , where B and C are constants.
RT V V

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Also, C V =abT. For what values of B and C will this fluid undergo vapor-liquid transition?