Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach 8th Edition

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Chapter 16 - Chemical and Phase Equilibrium - Problems - Page 831: 16-30

Answer

$6.4\%$

Work Step by Step

The stoichiometric and actual reactions in this case are Stoichiometric: $\quad \mathrm{CO}_2 \Leftrightarrow \mathrm{CO}+\frac{1}{2} \mathrm{O}_2$ (thus $v_{\mathrm{CO}_2}=1, v_{\mathrm{CO}}=1$, and $v_{\mathrm{O}_2}=\frac{1}{2}$ ) Actual: $$ \mathrm{CO}_2 \longrightarrow \underbrace{x \mathrm{CO}_2}_{\text {neact. }}+\underbrace{y \mathrm{CO}+z \mathrm{O}_2}_{\text {products }} $$ C balance: $$ 1=x+y \longrightarrow y=1-x $$ O balance: $$ 2=2 \mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y}+2 \mathrm{z} \longrightarrow \mathrm{z}=0.5-0.5 \mathrm{x} $$ Total number of moles: $$ N_{\text {total }}=x+y+z=1.5-0.5 x $$ The equilibrium constant relation can be expressed as $$ K_p=\frac{N_{\mathrm{CO}}^{v_{\mathrm{CO}}} N_{\mathrm{O}_2}^{v_{\mathrm{O}_2}}}{N_{\mathrm{CO}_2}^{v_{\mathrm{CO}_2}}}\left(\frac{P}{N_{\text {total }}}\right)^{\left(v_{\mathrm{CO}}+v_{\mathrm{O}_2}-v_{\mathrm{CO}_2}\right)} $$ From Table A-28, $\ln K_p=-3.860$ at $2400 \mathrm{~K}$. Thus $K_p=0.02107$ Substituting, $$ 0.02107=\frac{(1-x)(0.5-0.5 x)^{1 / 2}}{x}\left(\frac{3}{1.5-0.5 x}\right)^{1.5-1} $$ Solving for $x$, $$ x=0.936 $$ Thus the percentage of $\mathrm{CO}_2$ which dissociates into $\mathrm{CO}$ and $\mathrm{O}_2$ is $$ 1-0.936=0.064 \text { or } 6.4 \% $$
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