Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach 8th Edition

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Chapter 13 - Gas Mixtures - Problems - Page 717: 13-33

Answer

$M_{m}=16.58$ kg/kmol $V_{w}=1.956$ m$^{3}$ $V_{O2}=0.3118$ m$^{3}$ $P_{He}=63.77$ kPa

Work Step by Step

The total mass of the mixture is $$ m_{\mathrm{it}}=m_{\mathrm{O} 2}+m_{\mathrm{CO} 2}+m_{\mathrm{He}}=0.4+0.7+0.2=1.3 \mathrm{~kg} $$ The mole numbers of each component are $$ \begin{aligned} N_{\mathrm{O} 2} & =\frac{m_{\mathrm{O} 2}}{M_{\mathrm{O} 2}}=\frac{0.4 \mathrm{~kg}}{32 \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{kmol}}=0.01250 \mathrm{kmol} \\ N_{\mathrm{CO} 2} & =\frac{m_{\mathrm{CO} 2}}{M_{\mathrm{CO} 2}}=\frac{0.7 \mathrm{~kg}}{44 \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{kmol}}=0.01591 \mathrm{kmol} \\ N_{\mathrm{He}} & =\frac{m_{\mathrm{He}}}{M_{\mathrm{He}}}=\frac{0.2 \mathrm{~kg}}{4 \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{kmol}}=0.05 \mathrm{kmol} \end{aligned} $$ The mole number of the mixture is $$ N_{\mathrm{w}}=N_{\mathrm{O} 2}+N_{\mathrm{CO} 2}+N_{\mathrm{He}}=0.01250+0.01591+0.05=0.07841 \mathrm{kmol} $$ Then the apparent molecular weight of the mixture becomes $$ M_m=\frac{m_{\text {w }}}{N_m}=\frac{1.3 \mathrm{~kg}}{0.07841 \mathrm{kmol}}=16.58 \mathrm{~kg} / \mathbf{k m o l} $$ The volume of this ideal gas mixture is $$ V_w=\frac{N_m R_u T}{P}=\frac{(0.07841 \mathrm{kmol})\left(8.314 \mathrm{kPa} \cdot \mathrm{m}^3 / \mathrm{kmol} \cdot \mathrm{K}\right)(300 \mathrm{~K})}{100 \mathrm{kPa}}=\mathbf{1 . 9 5 6 \mathrm { m } ^ { 3 }} $$ The partial volume of oxygen in the mixture is $$ V_{\mathrm{O} 2}=y_{\mathrm{O} 2} V_m=\frac{N_{\mathrm{O} 2}}{N_m} V_m=\frac{0.01250 \mathrm{kmol}}{0.07841 \mathrm{kmol}}\left(1.956 \mathrm{~m}^3\right)=0.3118 \mathrm{~m}^3 $$ The partial pressure of helium in the mixture is $$ P_{\mathrm{He}}=y_{\mathrm{He}} P_w=\frac{N_{\mathrm{He}}}{N_w} P_{\mathrm{wt}}=\frac{0.05 \mathrm{kmol}}{0.07841 \mathrm{kmol}}(100 \mathrm{kPa})=63.77 \mathrm{kPa} $$
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