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General Expression For The Internal Energy U and The Enthalpy H

This document presents general expressions for calculating the internal energy (U) and enthalpy (H) of substances. It gives two terms for calculating the change in U and H - the first term involves heat capacity and temperature change, the second term involves pressure and volume changes. For ideal gases, the second term is zero, simplifying the expressions. The document also provides an expression for calculating the enthalpy change between two temperatures by integrating heat capacity over the temperature range. Finally, it derives an expression for the imperfection internal energy (Ui) of real gases using the Redlich-Kwong equation of state.

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General Expression For The Internal Energy U and The Enthalpy H

This document presents general expressions for calculating the internal energy (U) and enthalpy (H) of substances. It gives two terms for calculating the change in U and H - the first term involves heat capacity and temperature change, the second term involves pressure and volume changes. For ideal gases, the second term is zero, simplifying the expressions. The document also provides an expression for calculating the enthalpy change between two temperatures by integrating heat capacity over the temperature range. Finally, it derives an expression for the imperfection internal energy (Ui) of real gases using the Redlich-Kwong equation of state.

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General Expression for the internal energy U and the enthalpy H

d P P dV

dT

dU

Cv dT + T

dH

Cp dT + V T

d V dP

dT

Special cases: 1) ideal gases


2) constant volume and pressure processes

1 ideal gases: the second term on both expression is zero


dU

Cv dT

dH

Cp dT

2. Constant volume the second term in dU equals zero and at constant pressure the
second term in dH equals zero
dU

Cv dT

dH

Cp dT

To calculate the enthalpy from the heat capacity at constant pressure Cp


you need to integrate the expression of Cp in the range of temperatures.

T2

Cp( T) dT

T1

Finally for real gases the internal energy U has two terms; the first term is U0 (standard internal
energy and the second term is called the imperfection internal energy Ui.
This latter term is given by
Ui

T P P dV

T

If you use the Redlich-Kwong expression for P in the following form and use Symbolics and the
differentiate you will get

R T

P( V, T)

V b

d
P( V, T)
dT

R
V b

a
T V ( V b )

1
2

3
2

T V ( V b )

then Ui is given by

Ui

a
T R + 1
P dV
2
V

b
3

2

T V ( V b )

and the final eqaution for Ui is

Ui( V, T)

3
2

a
T b

ln

V+ b
V

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