Faculty of Chemical Engineering CHE553 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

ASSIGNMENT 1 (SEPT 2018 – JAN 2019)

INSTRUCTION
1. This is an group assignment (max 3 persons/group)
2. Due date and time: 22 October 2018, before 12.00pm.
3. Send your assignment to your respective lecturer’s room.

1. A feed containing equimolar amounts of benzene(1)and cyclopentane(2) is throttled to

pressure 1.23 bar and temperature T. For what temperature range will two phases
(liquid and vapor) be formed. Assume that modified Raoult’s law applies. Activity
coefficients are given by:

( )
R R

( )
R R

A = 1402 J/mol and B = 76 J/mol

(Show details calculation. Calculate pressure and temperature to two decimal places; A,
 and mole fraction to four decimal places. )

2. A reactor effluent that consists of 907 kmol/hr methane, 907 kmol/hr ethane, 277
kmol/hr benzene, 45 kmol/hr toluene is separated in a flash drum at 38oC at 3446 kPa.
ssuming the validity of Raoult’s law, determine the flow rate of the vapor leaving the
flash drum and the resulting liquid and vapor composition.

3. If the molar density of a binary mixture is given by the empirical expression

ao a a

Find the corresponding expression for ̅ ̅

4. The enthalpy expression for the n-octanol(1)/n-decane(2) liquid mixture at atmospheric

pressure are approximately fit by [ ( - )] (in J/mol) where A = -12974 +
51.505 T and B = 8782.8 - 34.129 T with T in K.

a) Compute the partial molar and pure component enthalpies of n-octanol and n-
decane at x1 = 0.5 and T = 300 K
b) Plot H vs. x1 at 300 K. Show in the plot the relationship between the plotted data and
your answers in part a)
c) By using the plot, estimate values for ̅ ̅ . Confirm your answer through
calculation.