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    Example 4.2: Solution 4.2

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    The document discusses calculating the heat required to raise the temperature of methane from 260 to 600°C using defined functions. It defines the functions ICPH(T0,T;A,B,C,D) to represent the integral in the equation, and MCPH(T0,T;A,B,C,D) to represent the dimensionless mean value. It then calculates the heat required for the example problem as 19,778 J using these defined functions and the parameters for methane.

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    The document discusses calculating the heat required to raise the temperature of methane from 260 to 600°C using defined functions. It defines the functions ICPH(T0,T;A,B,C,D) to represent the integral in the equation, and MCPH(T0,T;A,B,C,D) to represent the dimensionless mean value. It then calculates the heat required for the example problem as 19,778 J using these defined functions and the parameters for methane.

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    The document discusses calculating the heat required to raise the temperature of methane from 260 to 600°C using defined functions. It defines the functions ICPH(T0,T;A,B,C,D) to represent the integral in the equation, and MCPH(T0,T;A,B,C,D) to represent the dimensionless mean value. It then calculates the heat required for the example problem as 19,778 J using these defined functions and the parameters for methane.

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    Example 4.

    Calculate the heat required to raise the temperature of 1 mol of methane from 260 to 600°C in a
    steady-flow process at a pressure sufficiently low that the ideal-gas state is a suitable
    approximation for methane.

    Solution 4.2

    Equations (4.3) and (4.8) together provide the required result. Parameters for   are from
    Table C.1; T0 = 533.15 K and T = 873.15 K.
    Then

    Use of Defined Functions

    The integral   appears often in thermodynamic calculations. As a matter of convenience, we


    therefore define the right side of Eq. (4.8) as the function, ICPH(T0, T; A, B, C, D), and presume
    the availability of a computer routine for its evaluation.6 Equation (4.8) then becomes:

    The function name is ICPH (I indicates an integral), and the quantities in parentheses are the
    variables T0 and T, followed by parameters A, B, C, and D. When these quantities are assigned
    numerical values, the notation represents a value for the integral. Thus, for the evaluation of Q in
    Ex. 4.2:
    Also useful is a defined function for the dimensionless mean value   given by Eq. (4.9).
    The function name is MCPH (M indicates a mean). The right side defines the function,
    MCPH(T0, T; A, B, C, D). With this definition, Eq. (4.9) becomes:

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    A specific numerical value of this function is:

    representing   for methane in the calculation of Ex. 4.2. By Eq. (4.10),

    ΔH = (8.314)(6.9965)(873.15 − 533.15) = 19,778 J

    Note that neither the particular polynomial used here to express the temperature dependence of
    heat capacity nor these defined functions has thermodynamic significance. In particular, these
    defined functions are simply convenient abstractions that reduce the need to write the details of
    the corresponding integrals.

    Example 4.3

    What is the final temperature when heat in the amount of 400 × 106 J is added to 11 × 103 mol of
    ammonia initially at 530 K in a steady-flow process at 1 bar?

    Solution 4.3

    If ΔH is the enthalpy change for 1 mol, Q = n ΔH, and

    Then for any value of T, with parameters from Table C.1 and R = 8.314 J·mol−1·K−1:

    This equation and Eq. (4.11) together can be solved for T, yielding T = 1234 K.
    A trial procedure is an alternative approach to solution of this problem. One sets up an
    equation for Q by combining Eqs. (4.3) and (4.8), with T as an unknown on the right.
    With Q known, one merely substitutes a rational succession of values for T until the known value
    of Q is reproduced. Microsoft Excel’s Goal Seek function is an example of an automated version
    of this procedure.

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