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B.TECH, (CHEMICAL) - IV SEMESTER: ENDSEMESTER EXAMINATION – APR 2021
SUBJECT: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS - II (CML 225)
Time: 1.30 hour Date: 19.04.2021 Max.Marks: 35
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1 At moderate pressures, the functional relation between PV and P at constant 3

temperature may be written as PV = RT + AP, where A is a constant and R =
8.31451 m3kPa / kmol K.
Calculate the fugacity (in bar) of gaseous ammonia if its density at 200◦C
(473K) and 50 bar is 24.3 kg/m3.
2 The activity coefficient of thallium in amalgams at 293 K are given below 6
x2 0 0.00326 0.01675 0.04856 0.0986 0.168 0.2701 0.424
γ2 1.0 1.042 1.231 1.776 2.811 4.321 6.196 7.707
Determine the activity coefficient of mercury (component1) for the amalgam
at 10 and 20 percent thallium.
3 The following temperature-composition data were obtained for a mixture of 6
octane (O) and methylbenzene (M) at 1 atm, where x is the mole fraction in
the liquid and y is the mole fraction in the vapour at equilibrium.
T °C 110.9 112.0 114.0 115.8 117.3 119.0 121.1 123.0
xM 0.908 0.795 0.615 0.527 0.408 0.300 0.203 0.097
yM 0.923 0.836 0.698 0.624 0.527 0.410 0.297 0.164
The boiling points are 110.6°C and 125.6°C for M and O, respectively. Plot
the temperature-composition diagram for the mixture. What is the
composition of the vapour in equilibrium with the liquid of composition (a)
xM = 0.250 and (b) xO = 0.250?
4a A binary mixture of components (1) and (2) forms an azeotrope at 130 °C and 4
x1 = 0.3. The liquid phase non-ideality is described by lnγ1 = Ax22 and lnγ2 =
Ax12. For both components, the fugacity coefficients are 0.9 at the azeotropic
composition. Saturated vapour pressure at 130 °C are P1S = 70 bar and P2S =
30 bar. Find the total pressure in bars for the given azeotropic system.
4b What is vaporization equilibrium constant? How do you estimate the bubble- 3
point temperature and the bubble-point pressure of a multi component ideal
system?
4c A binary liquid mixture consists of two species1 and 2. Let γ and x represent 3
the activity coefficient and the mole fraction of the species, respectively.
Using a molar excess Gibbs free energy model, lnγ1vs x1 and lnγ2vs x1 are
plotted. A tangent drawn to the lnγ1vs x1 curve at a mole fraction of x1 = 0.2
has a slope = -1.728. Find the slope of the tangent drawn to the lnγ2vs x1
curve at the same mole fraction.
5a The following gas-phase reactions occur in a mixture initially containing 3 4
mol ethylene and 2 mol oxygen.
C2H4 + ½ O2 (CH2)2O
C2H4 + 3 O2 2CO2 + 2H2O
Derive expressions for the mole fractions of various components in the
reaction mixture in terms of the extent of reactions.
5b A mixture of 1 mol CO and 1 mol water vapour is undergoing the water-gas 6
shift reaction at a temperature of 1100 K and a pressure of 1 bar.
CO(g) + H2O(g) CO2(g) + H2(g)
The equilibrium constant for the reaction is K = 1. Assume that the gas
mixture behaves as ideal gas. Calculate
i) The fractional dissociation of steam
ii) The fractional dissociation of steam if the reactant steam is diluted with
2 mol nitrogen.

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