CHE 151 Midterm II Spring 2013

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Instructions: Please circle your answers and include units to get full credit. If you don't have the
information you are seeking, please make and clearly state your assumptions so that you can complete

the calculation.

Vapor Liquid Equilibrium

Problem I. The infinite dilution activity coefficients for n-hexane (1) and diethyl ketone (2) at 65C were
measured at

rt' =2.25 and r; =3.67.

Antoine coefficients for diethyl ketone are not in the back of the text, but you can use the following:

1n P2sal

= 168138
.

3,410.51 were
h
d ..
I'
pzsat
IS In Torr, an T IS In Ke Vln.

T - 40.15

lao 5 pts. Does the system have an azeotrope? .

ClA\G\.Al?1.~

P:l~t :.:
o!.
'"2-

'I -) 0
1

p/"\t- = el<rll3.~t9~

255, ~ k.f>'"l
_

(:1.2 5 )( q 0, I)-

- -

? '6, ""

;J

'?, . 0 4
~5 + 224.311
;) b

"= :r--\- D~
" ,

q D, l kJ>cq

-+- \

1(;}, I)(/ , ~ G, 515'6

I.,.
toT'
i
'-( S ').
t
~ wIt <?~~
ci l2. )(

f ,);:::

"",OJ"'"

C\

(2.0+--0

ye... 't

lb. 10 pts. Calculate the bubble pressure for a system of n-hexane11) and diethyl ketone (2) at 65C
with an overall mole fraction Zl

JV~ -h t.

q}

=0.4.

~ :: l, S'{2

0'2:= (. l21

Ie. 5 pts. calC. ulate the Henry Coefficient (in kPa) for dilute n-hexane in dieth~l

1f[:: 'D1(fJf,ht-

:0

d-.d-?

j.

'l0,l

=~~_l-_~_pq--,'

Id. 10 pts. A liquid (1 mol/s) mixture of 40 mole% n-hexane (1) and 60% diethyl ketone (2) is at 25C
and 1 bar of pressure. The liquid is fed to a flash tank at 65C with a pressure of 60 kPa. Using the
information given for the system above, determine the compositiQTl of the liquid and vapor phases

s "\

exiting the tank.

.'i?- - , .y,: ;

I ~cV \

----7 \

5ollf-e? -- y.. I ()) p I ~+ + ~ L-y 2- ? ~'"'

3...( ~ d =: I, !t <0 S
0'2- ::. ( 0L 1
2

;::.loO

T~ Co ~ y-7

Co

0'::' )< I

rX

I::

t ~ b 5 q (?; l 1- (l- X I) (. 02-=t- . ) 2s-. ~

Yt ~

tJ 1..2 { ,

I< , ir,~"'- -\-_ -= .22.1 (.~'5 '?Ol

F"

Coo

19'011J

le. 5 pts. Based on information given in ld above, determine the fraction of liquid exiting the flash
tank.

l~L-t-V

() A ::: ~

_L -;.

,"2-2\
(9,

+ (\ - L)(, (, \ t:t')

o ;J.~ nwlih X ~'1~

-=- ~. ~'t k)

SS ~o~l'(t~
V"V-- 0

le. 10 pts. Calculate the heat effect of the hexane in the process. For heat capacities, use
Liquid: Cp (kJ/moIOq

=0.2163

Vapor: Cp (kJ/moIOq = 0.13744 + 4.085 x 1O-~ - 2.392 X 10-7 T2 + 5.766x 10-11 T3 with T in c

ht.?

Problem II. Wilson equation parameters for the system Methanol (1) and Benzene (2) are as follows

j\ 12 -:: ~'7.4.1
Vmethanol(cm3/mol) =40.73;
au =1,734.42 cal/mol

Vbenzene(cm3/mol) =89.41;
an =183.04 cal/mol

Ll(')
- t . "1-3

A'1-= ~

IIa. 10 pts. A system of Methanol (1) and Benzene (2) at 55 C with an

of 0.4 has a liquid composition of 0.0518 mole methanol/mol. Determ

(-1!+3.q.4~ \

Lq&T'~'6.\S)

/\7-\ :: O,~4io

ole fraction of methanol1(j)

e dew pressure of this

1- \

system.

J \r--T\ ;< ::. (:J. 0 ~ ( <is

d.t.. fe-rn.., i ~ (f "t -t L-, " 5

'\
tv] 0'[ :::. -lVl ()(, -r)<7 1\ i 2 ) +

-\- \

i'

15 ~
L,,"I '0V

l
=:0

1.0/3
lL'"

VJ"'<.

~ (~V\

f -=-

r::

2-

I1'.'(1< 2- t- XJ\1-\ ) - XI

02.-~

5! VI ~

+L

+/55>

Xl?r I

(J. D~il'~

o'ICt d,'

C0

+v

1'2

{< I t 't

bo-t

\2

J\,.. .

~2
<.0

..,

A,~

LLli, v

(~\c~lLt.~

(C\. ~

V c.

p a -('

C cY'Y'foJ.1 rf\,a Y1f,

\;Urt~

~ 1-'"

r; ~

(/\t2.
X J\
D

S'v.+

+ ~ 0' P2
1-

1.~S.' "~.l- +(I -."51~) 10 13 -43.0

[1:::'6'31. \? ~l\ J -t1'F'lu'J''''J i(\~ p ~

.

lib. 10 pts. Does this system (methanol/benzene atS50C) have an azeotrope? Justify your answer to
get credit.

(,'i. g

\JO+~

~~+

U "'\. \ u...Q s

~~M

~E> ~LA->t- \.;Je ~I/\ ~:c-e6 ivof<

....
v{
c... . l c.. r!! ::. t 2. .5S
i41 :rf
-,).,
t
-Yo
't[)
t

odJ
v

~ ~ 1-1

()(

\l-~;yl

"'

~2,2

~ 1- etJ+--V

eP

+5

(jJY\+>.,

~1)

Problem III. 20 pts. For the system CO 2 (1) in Propane (2) at 37.8C and 13.79 bar the values of the virial
3

coefficients (units in cm /mol) are given

B11 = -112.4;

B22 = -366.45;

B12 =-209.76;

Problem IV. 20 pts. Calculate the Poynting factor for liquid acetone at 15 bar and 25C. The specific
gravity of acetone

=0.791 (Le. density of acetone can be taken as 0.791 g/cm 3 .)

\J.t (
--

r _p;~CAt-)

R-\

Solution to problem 1(f) Calculate the heat effect of hexane ....

a
liq
yap

~2

4.08E-04

-2.39E-07

5.77E-11

H_in

n*_out

H_out

0.1377

deltaH

T2

25

65

8.652

25.00

65.00

6.22

0.2163

ref 25C liquid

n*_in
hex liq

25C
hexvap

25C
hex liq
65C

0.4

+-\

0.12155 \
0.2785s-t

hexvap 65C

0.27855
deltaH =

-r-l

T1

11.568231"-

2-

8.652

-\-'2

6.22

+-2

31.53:zt'Jrr1=
31.53128

Tr2=

0.673144
0.587025

ref 65C liquid

H_in

n*_in
hex liq

25C
hexvap

25C
h"E!x liq

65C

L-

0.4

-8.65rl-

..

hexvap 65C
deltaH =

n*_out

H_out
0

0.12155
0.27855
0.27855

11.56548

29.10
29.09594
29.09528

+1
Tr1=

0.673144

Tr2=

0.665781

Ct/,=1-)