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0. What heat duty in kJ/h is removed from an equimolar mixture of n-hexane and n-octane to cool
it at a constant 2 bars from 200°C to a saturated vapor? a saturated liquid? a sub-cooled
liquid at 20°C? What are the temperatures of the exit stream in the first two cases?

Sat’d Vapor: QSV  ________ kJ / h and TE  ________ C

Sat’d Liquid: QSL  ________ kJ / h and TE  ________ C
Sub-cooled Liq: Q20  ________ kJ / h and TE  ________ C

1. What is the heat of condensation in kJ/kgmol to cool the equimolar mixture of n-hexane and n-
octane at 2 bars from the sat’d vapor to the sat’d liquid state?


Hˆ cond  Hˆ SL  Hˆ SV 
kJ kJ
Hˆ cond  ________   ________   ________ kJ / kgmol
kgmol kgmol

Each molar enthalpy value was obtained by copying it from HYSYS and pasting it here.

What is the heat of vaporization in kJ/kgmol to heat the same mixture from the sat’d liquid to
the sat’d vapor state?


Hˆ vap  Hˆ SV  Hˆ SL 
kJ kJ
Hˆ vap  ________   ________   ________ kJ / kgmol
kgmol kgmol

What can you concluded about these two latent heat changes?

The heat of condensation is the __________ of the _____________________.

2. Which HYSYS cooler simulation algorithms in Appendix G would you use to solve for the exit
dew-point and bubble-point temperatures?

 ________, n , Z , _____, _____   cooler__ T , P , n , Z ,

E E I I I I
_____, ________ 
 ________, n , Z , _____, _____   cooler__ T , P , n , Z ,
E E I I I I
_____, ________ 

To solve for the exit sub-cooled temperature of 20°C?

 _____, nE , Z E , _____   cooler__ TI , PI , nI , Z I , _____, _____ 

Which HYSYS cooler simulation algorithm would you use to solve for each point in the
performance plot?

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 _____, nE , Z E , _____   cooler__ TI , PI , nI , Z I , _____, _____ 

3. How do the mathematical models for the cooler and heater units in this problem differ?
Eq. __, the ______ balance, differs by the sign in front of the _______.
For the cooler, the sign is __. For the heater, the sign is __.
How are they the same?
Eqs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 are the ______ in the heater and cooler mathematical models.
For the two conceptual diagrams above, what are their heat duties in kJ/h?

For the cooler, Q  ___________ kJ / h , where energy is removed from the stream.
For the heater, Q  ___________ kJ / h , where energy is added to the stream.

4. The total specific energy of a process stream is composed of its internal energy, flow energy,
kinetic energy, and potential energy. Note that enthalpy is defined to be internal energy plus
flow energy ( Hˆ  Uˆ  PVˆ ). For the sub-cooled exit stream at 20°C, what additional information
would you need to know in order to calculate its kinetic energy and potential energy?

EK  _______ kJ / h need to know mass flow rate,

velocity (v), acceleration of
EP  _______ kJ / h gravity, and height (h).

For a velocity of 1.6 m/s and a height of 10 m, what percentage of the total specific energy of the
exit stream is internal energy, flow ( PVˆ ) energy, kinetic energy, and potential energy?

TE  _______ C mE  _________ kg / h from HYSYS

PE  _______ bar VˆE  _________ m3 / kgmol from HYSYS
nE  _______ kgmol / h Hˆ E  _________ kJ / kgmol from HYSYS
VE  _________ m3 / h from HYSYS

 m3  ___ kJ 1000 L
PEVˆE   __ bar   _______    __________ kJ / kgmol
 kgmol  1 bar  L 1 m3
kg
Uˆ E  Hˆ E  PEVˆE   __________  ______   __________ kJ / kgmol
kgmol
1  _______ kg   m 2  h  J /s kJ
Eˆ E  E E / nE    ___ 2   
2 h  s   _______ kgmol  kg  m / s 1000 J
2 3

 __________ kJ / kgmol

 _______ kg  _______ m   h  J/s kJ

Eˆ P  EP / nP      ___ m    
    _______ kgmol  kg  m / s 1000 J
2 2 3
h s
 __________ kJ / kgmol

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Stream E abs(kJ/kgmol) % of Total

internal energy: %
flow energy: %
kinetic energy: %
potential energy: %
total energy %

What would be the pipe diameter of the exit stream for a velocity of 1.6 m/s?
0.5
4 
0.5
 4  VE  m3  s  h 3.2808 ft 12 in
DE      ______     ________ m 
   vE    h   ____ m  _____ s  m ft
 _____ cm  _____ in using the continuity equation

5. Which equations in the mathematical model would you use to calculate the molar enthalpy of
the exit stream given the conditions of the inlet stream and the duty of the cooler? What is the
exit stream molar enthalpy for a cooling operation using the inlet stream in this problem and a
duty of 1000 kilo-watts? Check that HYSYS calculates the same result.

_ ________________  0
 4 Hˆ I  hmix TI , PI , Z I 

 4 Hˆ I  hmix  200 C , 2 bar , 0.5 HX  0.5 OC   __________ kJ / kgmol

 3 Hˆ E   ____________  nE
kJ 3600 s
1
kgmol  kJ  s 1h
45.36  ________ kgmol   _____ kW
h   1 kW

Hˆ E 
kgmol
45.36
h
Hˆ E  ________ kJ / kgmol HYSYS reports ________ kJ / kgmol

6. In your printed performance plot, label the dew-point temperature and bubble-point
temperature on the temperature axis. After doing this task, you should notice three distinct
areas on the plotted curve. Place a label on the liquid portion, vapor-liquid portion, and vapor
portion of this plot.

Do this labeling on the next page using the cooling performance plot from 200°C to 20°C.

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This plot of heat flow versus temperature is for a multicomponent mixture. What would the
vapor-liquid portion of this plot look like, if the mixture contained only one chemical
component (e.g., pure n-hexane)? What does the Gibbs Phase Rule state for the vapor-liquid
portion?

The line connecting the bubble point to the dew point would be ____________.
Gibbs Phase Rule: dof = 2 + nc – Π = __ + __ – __ = __, ____ degree of freedom.
For a pure compound, the temperature remains _________ once the pressure is fixed.

7. What is the energy relative imbalance (%RIB) for an exit temperature of 20°C? Show your
calculations. The energy %RIB equals 100*(energy flow in – energy flow out) / (energy flow
in).

___________
% RIBEB   100
Ein
  _________ kJ/h    _________ kJ/h   _________ kJ/h 
% RIBEB     100
  _________ kJ/h  
% RIBEB  _____

Each energy flow value was obtained by copying it from HYSYS and pasting it here.

In the HYSYS software, the Mass/Energy Balance page within the Flowsheet/Flowsheet Summary
menu provides the relative imbalances for material and energy.

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