ME 523 Advanced Thermodynamics

Assignment 5: Mixture of Real Gases

Instructions
• Make suitable assumptions and state them.
• Assignments are to be written by hand in A4 sheets.
• A single PDF file is the preferred mode of submission.

Question

The state of a mixture of 3 real gases need to be evaluated following the

van der Waals equation of state at a specified mixture temperature and
pressure. Develop suitable expressions for the requisite coefficients am and
bm for the mixture, in terms of the coefficients for the individual
component gases.