Look
Look
Look
superheated vapor 2-phase region saturated vapor line saturated liquid line M V
M V
subcooled liquid
From Separa&on Process Engineering, Third Edi&on by Phillip C. Wankat (ISBN: 0131382276) Copyright 2012 Pearson Educa&on, Inc. All rights reserved.
Todays
objec&ves
Extract
informa&on
(boiling
point,
saturated
vapor
pressure,
vola&lity)
from
a
DePriester
chart
Calculate
the
dew
point
and
bubble
point
for
a
mul&component
mixture
using
a
DePriester
chart
and
trial-and-error
Dene
rela&ve
vola&lity
(D. B. Dadyburjor, Chem. Eng. Prog.,85, April 1978; copyright 1978, AIChE; reproduced by permission of the American Ins&tute of Chemical Engineers)
Figure 2-11 Modied DePriester chart (in S.I. units) at low temperatures
showing K as a func&on of T, P for pure compounds at a given T, P: K > 1 compound prefers vapor phase K < 1 compound prefers liquid phase K = 1.0 at boiling point
From Separa&on Process Engineering, Third Edi&on by Phillip C. Wankat (ISBN: 0131382276) Copyright 2012 Pearson Educa&on, Inc. All rights reserved.
Homework
problem
due
Friday
(a) Find the bubble point and dew point for a mixture that is 20 mol% n-butane, 60 mol% n- pentane, and 20 mol% n-hexane, at 300 kPa. (b) For this mixture, nd the composi&ons of the rst bubble formed and the last drop of liquid vaporized. Use a DePriester chart and the trial-and-error method.