Chapter 19 : The Phase Rule and Vapor Liquid Equilibria

Example 19.1 Page No. 563

In [5]:
N1 = 1.;
P1 = 1. ;			# Number of phases present
C1 = 1. ;			#Number of components present
F1 = 2.-P1+C1 ;			#Number of degree of freedom
print ' (a) Number of degree of freedom of pure benzene is %i.\n Therefore %i additional \
intensive variables must be specified to fix to fix the system.'%(F1,F1)

			# (b)
N2 = 1.;
P2 = 2. ;			# Number of phases present
C2 = 1. ;			#Number of components present
F2 = 2.-P2+C2 ;			#Number of degree of freedom
print '(b) Number of degree of freedom of a mixture of ice and water only is %i.\
 \nTherefore %i additional intensive variables must be specified to fix the system. '%(F2,F2)

			# (c)
N3 = 2.;
P3 = 2. ;			# Number of phases present
C3 = 2. ;			#Number of components present
F3 = 2.-P3+C3 ;			#Number of degree of freedom
print '(c) Number of degree of freedom of a mixture of liquid benzene,benzene vapour and\
 helium gas is %i. \nTherefore %i additional intensive variables must be specified to fix the system. '%(F3,F3)

			# (d)
N4 = 2.;
P4 = 2. ;			# Number of phases present
C4 = 2. ;			#Number of components present
F4 = 2.-P4+C4 ;			#Number of degree of freedom
print '(d) Number of degree of freedom of a mixture of salt and water designed to achieve\
 a specific vapour pressure is %i. \nTherefore %i additional intensive variables must be\
  specified to fix the system. '%(F4,F4)
 (a) Number of degree of freedom of pure benzene is 2.
 Therefore 2 additional intensive variables must be specified to fix to fix the system.
(b) Number of degree of freedom of a mixture of ice and water only is 1. 
Therefore 1 additional intensive variables must be specified to fix the system. 
(c) Number of degree of freedom of a mixture of liquid benzene,benzene vapour and helium gas is 2. 
Therefore 2 additional intensive variables must be specified to fix the system. 
(d) Number of degree of freedom of a mixture of salt and water designed to achieve a specific vapour pressure is 2. 
Therefore 2 additional intensive variables must be  specified to fix the system. 

Example 19.2 Page No.564

In [6]:
N1 = 5.;
P1 = 1.; 			# Number of phases present,here 1 gas 
C1 = 3. ;			#Number of  independent components present,here 3 because 3 elements(C,O and H)
F1 = 2-P1+C1 ;			#Number of degree of freedom
print ' (a) Number of degree of gas composed of CO,CO2,H2,H2O and CH4 is %i. \n \
Therefore %i additional intensive variables must be specified to fix the system. '%(F1,F1)

# (b)
N2 = 4.;
P2 = 4. ;			# Number of phases present,here 3 different solid phases and 1 gas phase
C2 = 3. ;			#Number of components present, here 3 because 3 elements(Zn,O and C) ,you can also use method explained 
                    #in Appendix L1
F2 = 2.-P2+C2 ;		#Number of degree of freedom
print '(b) Number of degree of freedom of a mixture of ZnO(s), C(s) ,CO(g) and Zn(s)  is %i. \n \
Therefore %i additional intensive variables must be specified to fix the system. '%(F2,F2)
 (a) Number of degree of gas composed of CO,CO2,H2,H2O and CH4 is 4. 
 Therefore 4 additional intensive variables must be specified to fix the system. 
(b) Number of degree of freedom of a mixture of ZnO(s), C(s) ,CO(g) and Zn(s)  is 1. 
 Therefore 1 additional intensive variables must be specified to fix the system. 

Example 19.3 Page No :576

In [13]:
from scipy.optimize import fsolve
import math

# Variables
P_atm =  1. ;			#[atm]
P =  760. ;			#[mm of Hg]
x_1 = 4./100 ;			# Mole fraction of hexane in liquid phase
# Constant A,B and C for Antoine eqn. of n_hexane 
A1 = 15.8366;
B1 = 2697.55 ;
C1 = -48.784;
# Constant A,B and C for Antoine eqn. of n_octane
A2 = 15.9798;
B2 = 3127.60 ;
C2 = -63.633;

# Calculations
# Solve for bubble point temperature by eqn. obtained by using Antoine equation
def f(T):
    return math.exp(A1-(B1/(C1+T)))*x_1 + math.exp(A2-(B2/(C2+T)))*(1-x_1)  - P
T = fsolve(f,390)[0] ;			# Bubble point temperature 

print 'Bubble point temperature is %.1f K'%T

# Composition of first vapour
# Get vapour pressure of hexane and octane from Perry, it is
vp_1 =  3114. ;			#  vapour pressure of hexane-[mm of Hg]
vp_2 = 661. ;			#  vapour pressure of octane-[mm of Hg]
y_1 = vp_1*x_1/P ;			# Mole fraction of hexane in vapour phase
y_2 =  1- y_1 ;			#Mole fraction of octane in vapour phase

# Results
print ' Composition of first vapour. '
print 'Component            Mole fraction. '
print 'n_hexane             %.3f'%y_1
print ' n_octane             %.3f'%y_2
Bubble point temperature is 393.6 K
 Composition of first vapour. 
Component            Mole fraction. 
n_hexane             0.164
 n_octane             0.836

Example 19.4 Page no. 577

In [14]:
# Variables
# Basis : 100 g solution
F = 100. ;			# Amount of solution-[g]
P_atm = 1. ;			#[atm]
P = 760. ;			# Total pressure -[mm of Hg]
wf_hex = 68.6/100 ;			#Weight fraction of hexane in  mixture
wf_tol = 31.4/100 ;			#Weight fraction of toluene in  mixture
mw_hex = 86.17 ;			# Mol.wt. of hexane-[g]
mw_tol = 92.13 ;			# Mol.wt. of toluene-[g]

# Calculations
mol_hex = wf_hex *F/mw_hex ;			# moles of hexane-[g mol]
mol_tol = wf_tol*F/mw_tol ;			    # moles of toluene-[g mol]
mol_total = mol_hex + mol_tol ;			# Total moles in mixture-[g mol]
molf_hex = mol_hex/mol_total ;			# Mole fraction of hexane 
molf_tol = mol_tol/mol_total ;			# Mole fraction of toluene 
# Get vapour pressure of hexane and toluene at 80 deg. C from Perry, it is
vp_hex = 1020. ;			#  vapour pressure of hexane-[mm of Hg]
vp_tol = 290.  ;			#  vapour pressure of toluene-[mm of Hg]
K_hex = vp_hex/P ;			# K-value of hexane
K_tol = vp_tol/P  ;			# K-value of toluene
rec_K_hex = 1/K_hex ;			# Reciprocal of K-value of hexane
rec_K_tol = 1/K_tol ;			# Reciprocal of K-value of toluene

# Let L/F = x, then use eqn. 19.11 to find x(L/F) 
def g(x):
    return (molf_hex)/(1-x*(1-rec_K_hex)) + (molf_tol)/(1-x*(1-rec_K_tol))-1

x = fsolve(g,1)[0] ;			# L/F value

# Results
print ' Fraction of liquid(L/F) that will remain at equilibrium after vaporization is %.3f. '%x
 Fraction of liquid(L/F) that will remain at equilibrium after vaporization is 0.744. 

Example 19.5 Page no. 578

In [15]:
# Variables
Vo = 3.0 ;			# Initial volume of the solution containing the culture and virus-[L]
Vp = 0.1 ;			# Volume of the polymer solution added to the vessel -[L]
Kpc = 100. ;			# Partition coefficient for virus(cp/cc) between two phases

# Calculations
Vc = Vo ;			# At equilibrium -[L]
cp_by_co = Vo/(Vp+(Vo/Kpc)) ;			
Fr_rec = cp_by_co*(Vp/Vo) ;		

# Results
print ' Fraction of the initial virus in the culture phase that is recovered in the polymer phase  is %.2f . '%Fr_rec
 Fraction of the initial virus in the culture phase that is recovered in the polymer phase  is 0.77 . 
In [ ]: