MIXTURE EQUATION OF STATE. One way the p–v–T relation for a gas mixture can be
estimated is by applying to the overall mixture an equation of state such as introduced in
Sec. 11.1. The constants appearing in the equation selected would be mixture values
determined with empirical combining rules developed for the equation. For example, mixture
values of the constants a and b for use in the van der Waals and Redlich–Kwong equations
would be obtained using relations of the form
(11.96)
where a
i
and b
i
are the values of the constants for component i and y
i
is the mole fraction.
Combination rules for obtaining mixture values for the constants in other equations of state
also have been suggested.
KAY’S RULE. The principle of corresponding states method for single components intro-
duced in Sec. 3.4 can be extended to mixtures by regarding the mixture as if it were a single
pure component having critical properties calculated by one of several mixture rules. Perhaps
the simplest of these, requiring only the determination of a mole fraction averaged critical
temperature T
c
and critical pressure p
c
, is Kay’s rule
(11.97)
where T
c,i
, p
c,i
, and y
i
are the critical temperature, critical pressure, and mole fraction of com-
ponent i, respectively. Using T
c
and p
c
, the mixture compressibility factor Z is obtained as
for a single pure component. The unknown quantity from among the pressure p, volume V,
temperature T, and total number of moles n of the gas mixture can then be obtained by solving
(11.98)
Mixture values for T
c
and p
c
also can be used to enter the generalized enthalpy departure and
entropy departure charts introduced in Sec. 11.7.
ADDITIVE PRESSURE RULE. Additional means for estimating p–v–T relations for mixtures
are provided by empirical mixture rules, of which several are found in the engineering liter-
ature. Among these are the additive pressure and additive volume rules. According to the
additive pressure rule, the pressure of a gas mixture occupying volume V at temperature T
is expressible as a sum of pressures exerted by the individual components
(11.99a)
where the pressures p
1
, p
2
, etc. are evaluated by considering the respective components to be
at the volume and temperature of the mixture. These pressures would be determined using
tabular or graphical p–v–T data or a suitable equation of state.
An alternative expression of the additive pressure rule in terms of compressibility factors
can be obtained. Since component i is considered to be at the volume and temperature of the
mixture, the compressibility factor Z
i
for this component is so the pressure
p
i
is
p
i
Z
i
n
i
RT
V
Z
i
p
i
V
n
i
RT,
p p
1
p
2
p
3
###
4
T,V
Z
pV
nRT
T
c
a
j
i1
y
i
T
c,i
,
p
c
a
j
i1
y
i
p
c,i
a a
a
j
i1
y
i
a
1
2
i
b
2
,
b a
a
j
i1
y
i
b
i
b
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Kay’s rule
additive pressure rule