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The document is a midterm exam for a chemical engineering thermodynamics course consisting of 5 true/false questions and 5 multi-part problems related to topics like the Joule-Thomson inversion temperature, excess enthalpy of mixtures, adiabatic expansion of methane, fugacity coefficients calculated using different equations of state, and evaluating a proposed fugacity expression for a binary mixture.

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The document is a midterm exam for a chemical engineering thermodynamics course consisting of 5 true/false questions and 5 multi-part problems related to topics like the Joule-Thomson inversion temperature, excess enthalpy of mixtures, adiabatic expansion of methane, fugacity coefficients calculated using different equations of state, and evaluating a proposed fugacity expression for a binary mixture.

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Cairo University Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Faculty of Engineering CHEM603 - Spring 2010


Chemical Engineering Department Midterm - Time: 1.5 hour

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If required data are missing, use data from the textbook. Maximum grade is 30.

Section I. True or False (5 marks)


101. The Joule-Thomson inversion temperature is the temperature at which isenthalpic expansion does not change the
temperature of a fluid.
102. The second virial coefficient is a constant that can be obtained from the critical properties of the substance.
103. The excess enthalpy of a binary mixture that obeys the Porter equation must be parabolic in composition.
104. The thermodynamic consistency test makes use of Gibbs-Duhem equation to examine the consistency of phase
equilibrium experimental data.
105. The residual Gibbs energy can be interpreted physically as the reversible adiabatic shaft work involved in “turning
on” intermolecular forces, thereby converting ideal-gas molecules into real molecules.

Section II (27 marks)


201. Consider a binary mixture that follows Porter equation. The activity coefficient at infinite dilution for component 1
is 2.3. What is the maximum value of gE/RT for this mixture? (3 marks)

202. Consider a pure fluid of hard spheres that obeys the Carnahan-Starling equation. Show that such a fluid always has
positive values for the residual enthalpy. (3 marks)

203. Determine a reliable estimate for the maximum work that could be obtained when one mole of pure methane,
initially at 25C, 30 bar, adiabatically expands to twice its original volume. Assume for these conditions that methane
obeys the model Z = 1 + BP/RT, with

BPc 0.422
 0.083  1.6
RTc TR

Where TR is the reduced temperature. For the ideal-gas heat capacity, you may assume cp is independent of
temperature, with cp=19R/4. Methane has Tc=190.6K and Pc=46 bar. Estimate the error if methane was considered an
ideal gas. (12 marks)

204. Compute the difference between the fugacity coefficient calculated using the truncated virial equation of state
given in the above problem and that calculated using the Redlich-Kwong equation of state for methane at 25C and
0.83 liter/mol. (6 marks)

205. For a certain binary mixture at fixed T and P, Dr. Emmett Brown has proposed that the composition dependence of
the component-1 fugacity be represented by

f1   x3  2 x 2  2 x  f pure1

Do you find any problem with his proposal? (3 marks)

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