{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "italian-straight", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Problem 14.04 Heat Effect Upon Mixing of Methane and Dodecane at Elevated Temperature and Pressure Using SRK" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "statutory-consensus", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "1600 kg/hr of methane is mixed with 170 kg/hr of dodecane. The inlet temperature of both streams is 160 °C, and each enter at a pressure of 2 MPa. The mixing process is isobaric.\n", "What is the temperature of the combined stream? Use the SRK EOS with no binary interaction parameters." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "double-laundry", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Solution\n", "\n", "This is a straightforward calculation. The energy of both streams is combined; and the outlet pressure is known. The calculation only requires calculating the inlet energy of both streams, adding it up, and finding the mole fractions of the outlet." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "id": "russian-endorsement", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "The outlet temperature is 150.2259 °C\n" ] } ], "source": [ "from thermo import ChemicalConstantsPackage, SRKMIX, FlashVL, CEOSLiquid, CEOSGas\n", "from chemicals import ws_to_zs, mixing_simple\n", "\n", "constants, correlations = ChemicalConstantsPackage.from_IDs(['methane', 'dodecane'])\n", "eos_kwargs = dict(Tcs=constants.Tcs, Pcs=constants.Pcs, omegas=constants.omegas)\n", "liquid = CEOSLiquid(SRKMIX, HeatCapacityGases=correlations.HeatCapacityGases, eos_kwargs=eos_kwargs)\n", "gas = CEOSGas(SRKMIX, HeatCapacityGases=correlations.HeatCapacityGases, eos_kwargs=eos_kwargs)\n", "flasher = FlashVL(constants, correlations, liquid=liquid, gas=gas)\n", "\n", "P1 = P2 = 2e6\n", "T1 = 160+273.15\n", "\n", "ws = [1600, 170]\n", "zs = ws_to_zs(ws=ws, MWs=constants.MWs)\n", "\n", "methane_H = flasher.flash(T=T1, P=P1, zs=[1, 0]).H()\n", "dodecane_H = flasher.flash(T=T1, P=P1, zs=[0, 1]).H()\n", "H = zs[0]*methane_H + zs[1]*dodecane_H\n", "\n", "res = flasher.flash(P=P2, H=H, zs=zs)\n", "print(f'The outlet temperature is {res.T-273.15:.4f} °C')" ] } ], "metadata": { "language_info": { "name": "python" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 5 }