Problems: Developing Engineering Skills 555
11.87 Using p–v–T data from the steam tables, determine the fu-
gacity of water as a saturated vapor at 280C, Compare with the
value obtained from the generalized fugacity chart.
11.88 Using the equation of state of Problem 11.10 (c), eval-
uate the fugacity of ammonia at 750 K, 100 atm and compare
with the value obtained from Fig. A-6.
11.89 Using tabulated compressibility data from the literature,
evaluate fp at T
R
1.40 and p
R
2.0. Compare with the
value obtained from Fig. A-6.
11.90 Consider the truncated virial expansion
(a) Using tabulated compressibility data from the literature,
evaluate the coefficients and for 0 p
R
1.0 and
each of T
R
1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.0.
(b) Obtain an expression for ln ( fp) in terms of T
R
and p
R
. Us-
ing the coefficients of part (a), evaluate fp at selected states
and compare with tabulated values from the literature.
11.91 Derive the following approximation for the fugacity of
a liquid at temperature T and pressure p:
where (T) is the fugacity of the saturated liquid at temper-
ature T. For what range of pressures might the approximation
f(T, p) (T) apply?
11.92 Beginning with Eq. 11.122,
(a) evaluate ln f for a gas obeying the Redlich–Kwong equa-
tion of state.
(b) Using the result of part (a), evaluate the fugacity, in
bar, for Refrigerant 134a at 90C, 10 bar. Compare with
the fugacity value obtained from the generalized fugacity
chart.
11.93 Consider a one-inlet, one-exit control volume at steady
state through which the flow is internally reversible and
isothermal. Show that the work per unit of mass flowing can
be expressed in terms of the fugacity f as
11.94 Propane (C
3
H
8
) enters a turbine operating at steady state
at 100 bar, 400 K and expands isothermally without irre-
versibilities to 10 bar. There are no significant changes in ki-
netic or potential energy. Using data from the generalized fu-
gacity chart, determine the power developed, in kW, for a mass
flow rate of 50 kg/min.
11.95 Ethane (C
2
H
6
) is compressed isothermally without ir-
reversibilities at a temperature of 320 K from 5 to 40 bar.
Using data from the generalized fugacity and enthalpy de-
parture charts, determine the work of compression and the
heat transfer, each in kJ per kg of ethane flowing. Assume
steady-state operation and neglect kinetic and potential
energy effects.
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m
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int
rev
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f
2
f
1
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1
2
V
2
2
2
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1
z
2
2
f
sat
L
f
sat
L
f 1T, p2 f
L
sat
1T 2 exp e
v
f
1T 2
RT
3p p
sat
1T 24f
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ˆ
B
ˆ
, C
ˆ
,
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ˆ
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R
2p
R
C
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R
2p
2
R
D
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1T
R
2p
3
R
11.96 Methane enters a turbine operating at steady state at
100 bar, 275 K and expands isothermally without irre-
versibilities to 15 bar. There are no significant changes in
kinetic or potential energy. Using data from the generalized
fugacity and enthalpy departure charts, determine the power
developed and heat transfer, each in kW, for a mass flow rate
of 0.5 kg/s.
11.97 Methane flows isothermally and without irreversibilities
through a horizontal pipe operating at steady state, entering at
50 bar, 300 K, 10 m/s and exiting at 40 bar. Using data from
the generalized fugacity chart, determine the velocity at the
exit, in m/s.
11.98 Determine the fugacity, in atm, for pure ethane at 310
K, 20.4 atm and as a component with a mole fraction of 0.35
in an ideal solution at the same temperature and pressure.
11.99 Denoting the solvent and solute in a dilute binary liq-
uid solution at temperature T and pressure p by the subscripts
1 and 2, respectively, show that if the fugacity of the solute is
proportional to its mole fraction in the solution:
where is a constant (Henry’s rule), then the fugacity of the
solvent is where y
1
is the solvent mole fraction and
f
1
is the fugacity of pure 1 at T, p.
11.100 A tank contains 310 kg of a gaseous mixture of 70%
ethane and 30% nitrogen (molar basis) at 311 K and 170 atm.
Determine the volume of the tank, in m
3
, using data from the
generalized compressibility chart together with (a) Kay’s rule,
(b) the ideal solution model. Compare with the measured tank
volume of 1 m
3
.
11.101 A tank contains a mixture of 70% ethane and 30%
nitrogen (N
2
) on a molar basis at 400 K, 200 atm. For 2130
kg of mixture, estimate the tank volume, in m
3
, using
(a) the ideal gas equation of state.
(b) Kay’s rule together with data from the generalized com-
pressibility chart.
(c) the ideal solution model together with data from the gen-
eralized compressibility chart.
11.102 An equimolar mixture of O
2
and N
2
enters a compres-
sor operating at steady state at 10 bar, 220 K with a mass flow
rate of 1 kg/s. The mixture exits at 60 bar, 400 K with no
significant change in kinetic or potential energy. Stray heat
transfer from the compressor can be ignored. Determine for
the compressor
(a) the power required, in kW.
(b) the rate of entropy production, in kW/K.
Assume the mixture is modeled as an ideal solution. For the
pure components:
10 bar, 220 K 60 bar, 400 K
h (kJ/kg) s (kJ / kg K) h (kJ/kg) s (kJ/kg K)
Oxygen 195.6 5.521 358.2 5.601
Nitrogen 224.1 5.826 409.8 5.911
11.103 A gaseous mixture with a molar analysis of 70% CH
4
and 30% N
2
enters a compressor operating at steady state at
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f
1
y
1
f
1
,
f
2
ky
2
,