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Homework Solutions – Chapter 12

12-9 Six pound moles of ethane, three lb-moles of propane and one lb-mole of n-
butane are mixed in a closed container and the temperature is adjusted to 75oF. What is
the bubble-point pressure? What is the dew-point pressure? Calculate the compositions
of the gas and liquid at equilibrium at 75oF and 300 psia. You may assume that the
mixture behaves like an ideal solution.

Composition Vapor pressure

Component mole fraction at 75oF zjpvj zj/pvj
zj pvj
C2 0.6 610 366 0.00098
C3 0.3 135 40.5 0.00222
n-C4 0.1 35 3.5 0.00286
1.00 Pb=410 psia 0.00606

pd = 1/0.00606 = 165 psia

Equation 12-8. This is a trial-and-error solution; only the calculation with the final trial
value of ng = 0.532 will be shown.

Composition Vapor pressure

Eq 12-8 Eq. 12-2
Component mole fraction at 75oF
xj yj = xjpvj/p
zj pvj
C2 0.6 610 0.387 0.787
C3 0.3 135 0.424 0.191
n-C4 0.1 35 0.189 0.022
1.00 1.000 1.000

Since xj = 1.000, the trial value of nf = 0.532 is correct, and the compositions of the
liquid and gas are given in the table.

12.10 Determine the compositions of the gas and liquid phases of the mixture in
Exercise 12-9 at 75oF and 5000 psia. What do you results indicate about the
phase of this system?

Eq. 12-8 Several trial values are shown

Vapor
Composition
pressure xj xj xj xj
Component mole fraction
at 75oF ng = 0.5 ng = 0.3 ng = 0.15 ng = 0.05
zj
pvj
C2 0.6 610 1.070 0.815 0.691 0.628
C3 0.3 135 0.584 0.424 0.351 0.315
n-C4 0.1 35 0.199 0.142 0.118 .105
1.00 1.852 1.381 1.160 1.048

The trial value shows that the xj will not result in 1.0. Since the xj is always greater
than 1.0, the mixture is a liquid at 5000 psia.
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12-11 Determine the compositions of the gas and liquid phases of the mixture in
Exercise 12-9 at 75oF and 100 psia. What do your results indicate about the phase of this
system?

Eq. 12-8 Several trial values are shown

Vapor
Composition
pressure xj xj xj xj
Component mole fraction
at 75oF ng = 0.5 ng = 0.3 ng = 0.15 ng = 0.05
zj
pvj
C2 0.6 610 0.169 0.237 0.340 0.478
C3 0.3 135 0.255 0.271 0.285 0.295
n-C4 0.1 35 0.148 0.124 0.111 0.103

1.00 0.575 0.633 0.736 0.876

The trial value shows that the xj will not result in 1.0. Since the xj is always less than
1.0, the mixture is a gas at 100 psia.

12-13 Recalculate Exercise 12-9. Do not assume that the mixture acts like an ideal
solution. Use equilibrium ratios from Appendix A.

Bubble-Point start with pb = 410 psia

Composition
Kj Kj
zj mole fraction z jKj z jKj Kj z jKj Kj zjKj
Pb = 410 Pb = 380
zj Pb = 370 Pb = 377
C2 0.6 1.31 0.786 1.41326 0.84795 1.4409 0.86645 1.42233 0.85340
C3 0.3 0.412 0.1236 0.43667 0.13100 0.44451 0.13335 0.43897 0.13169
n-C4 0.1 0.15 0.015 0.14700 0.01470 0.14883 0.01488 0.14753 0.01475
1.00 0.9246 0.99365 1.01468 0.99984

It is about 98.9% of the way between 370 and 377, Use 376oF.

Dew-Point start with pd = 160 psia

Composition
Kj Kj
zj mole fraction z jKj z jKj Kj zjKj
Pd = 160 Pd = 180
zj Pb = 174
C2 0.6 3.01203 0.19920 2.68595 0.22338 2.77378 0.21631
C3 0.3 0.87561 0.34262 0.79061 0.37945 0.81366 0.36870
n-C4 0.1 0.25649 0.38988 0.23518 0.42520 0.24097 0.41498
1.00 0.93170 1.02804 0.99976

It is about 1% of the way between 174 and 180, Use 174+oF.

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Homework Solutions – Chapter 12
75oF & 300 psia
Composition yj
yj yj yj
zj mole fraction Kj nL =
nL = 0.5 nL = 0.25 nL = 0.387
zj 0.375
C2 0.6 2.0 0.8000 0.6857 0.7385 0.7440
C3 0.3 0.521 0.2055 0.2439 0.2231 0.2213
n-C4 0.1 0.171 0.0292 0.0452 0.03549 0.0348
1.00 1.0347 0.9749 0.9970 1.0001

12-14 a mixture with the total composition given below is at equilibrium at 160oF and
250 psia. Calculate the compositions of the gas and liquid. Use equilibrium ratios from
Appendix A.

Component Composition,
Mole fraction
Propane 0.650
n-butane 0.300
n-pentane 0.050
1.000

P = 250 psia, T = 160oF

Composition
yj yj yj yj
zj mole fraction Kj
nL = 0.5 nL = 0.55 nL = 0.54 nL = 0.548
zj
C3 0.65 1.42 0.7628 0.7763 0.7736 0.7757
n-C4 0.30 0.55 0.2129 0.2069 0.2081 0.2071
n-C5 0.05 0.222 0.0182 0.0171 0.0173 0.0171
1.00 0.9939 1.0003 0.9990 0.9999