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Phase Behavior of Pure Fluids

BT2061: Biochemical Thermodynamics

M. Hamsa Priya

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Phase Equilibrium – P-V diagram

P − V diagram and Stability


Mechanical stability condition:
 
∂P
<0
∂V T

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Phase Equilibrium – P-V diagram

Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium
The 3 roots of van der Waals equation:
Liquid volume
Vapor volume
One value in the unstable region

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Phase Equilibrium – P-V diagram

Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium
Maxwell’s rule or Lever rule:
V = ω V VV + ω L VL

V − VL VV − V
ωV = ; ω L
= 1 − ω V
=
VV − VL VV − VL

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Phase Equilibrium – P-V diagram

Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium

How to determine the isobar signifying Vapour-liquid equilibrium?


In otherwords, how to determine the vapour pressure at a given T for
a vdW fluid?

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Phase Equilibrium – P-V diagram

Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium
Recollect the conditions of equilibrium
TI = TII
PI = PII
GI = GII

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Phase Equilibrium – P-V diagram

Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium
How to determine the isobar signifying Vapour-liquid equilibrium?
The condition Z
V L
G = G =⇒ VdP = 0

This implies area of region I = area of region II

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Phase Equilibrium – P-V diagram

Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium

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Phase Equilibrium – P-V diagram

Water Vaporization

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Phase Equilibrium – P-V diagram

Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium

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Phase Equilibrium – P-V diagram

Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium

Binodal and Spinodal Curves

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Phase Equilibrium – P-V diagram

Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium
Stable, Metastable and unstable regions

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Phase Equilibrium – P-V diagram

Phase Equilibrium

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