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APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Fourth Semester B.Tech Degree Examination July 2021 (2019 Scheme)
Course Code: CHT202

Course Name: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS
Max. Marks: 100 Duration: 3 Hours
PART A
(Answer all questions; each question carries 3 marks) Marks
1 A system undergoes a series of processes before returning to its initial state. 3
Comment on the internal energy change and the total work done by the system.
2 State any three characteristics of a reversible process 3
3 Explain how the compressibility factor of all gases at various conditions of 3
temperature and pressure can be obtained from a single chart.
4 Prove that the Joule Thomson coefficient is zero for an ideal gas 3
5 Define activity and show how activity becomes equal to mole fraction for an 3
ideal solution.
6 State any three criteria for phase equilibrium. 3
7 Compute the number of independent variables required to define the intensive 3
state of a pure solid in equilibrium with its vapour.
8 Compare the application of van Laar and NRTL activity coefficient models. 3
9 Write down the conditions in which the equilibrium constants K and Ky are 3
equal for a gas phase reaction.
10 Equilibrium constant for a gas phase reaction at 850 K and 1 bar is given as 3
0.574. What would be the equilibrium constant when the reaction is taking
place at 850 K and 2 bar? Justify your answer.
PART B
(Answer one full question from each module, each question carries 14 marks)
Module -1
11 a) Derive the expression for calculating entropy change of an ideal gas undergoing 5
an isothermal process followed by a reversible adiabatic process.
b) Air flows through a pipe of diameter 0.15 m at a rate of 0.3 m3/s at 100 kPa and 9
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300 K before entering a compressor. A cooler removes heat from the

compressed gas at a rate of 75.0 kJ/s. The stream leaves the compressor at 315
K and 550 kPa through a pipe of diameter 0.03 m. Calculate the power input to
the compressor. Assume air to be an ideal gas with molar heat capacity CP = 30
kJ/kmol K.
12 a) Derive expression for the critical pressure ratio in a convergent divergent 8
nozzle
b) The work required for compressing a gas from an initial condition of 100 kPa 6
and 300 K to a final pressure of 300 kPa is found to be 280 kJ/kg of the gas.
The compressed gas is admitted to a nozzle where its velocity is increased to
700 m/s. If the gas enters the compressor with negligible velocity and leaves
the nozzle at 100 kPa and 300 K, what is the heat removed during
compression?
Module -2
13 a)  C p  CV   6
Prove that dH  CpdT  V  dP
  
b) Calculate the change in internal energy, enthalpy, entropy and free energy when 8
one kmol an ideal gas at 300 K and 1 bar is heated and compressed to 500 K
and 100 bar. The entropy of the gas in the initial state is 131.5 kJ/kmol K.
Enthalpy at 273 K may be taken to be zero. Assume CP  27.3  4.2 10 3 T at
1 bar where CP is in kJ/kmol K and T is in K.
14 a) With the help of a neat diagram, explain the PV relationship for water. 5
b) Derive expressions for the effects of temperature and pressure on fugacity and 9
activity.
Module -3
15 a) The partial molar volumes of acetone and chloroform in a mixture containing 8
54% mole acetone are 74.2 x 10–6 m3/mol and 80.2 x 10–6 m3/mol respectively.
Calculate the volume of 2 kg of the solution.
b) Sketch a diagram and explain the criterion for stability in a binary mixture 6
16 a) Derive the expressions for the activity coefficients that result from the two- 4
suffix-Margules equation G E  Ax 1 x 2 where A is an empirical constant
independent of composition.
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b) In a binary mixture, the activity coefficient ϒ1 of component 1, in the entire 10
range of composition, is given by R ln  1  Ax22  Bx23

where R, A and B are constants. Derive expression for the activity coefficient
of component 2.
Module -4
17 a) With a neat phase diagram, explain the concept of VLLE in a partially miscible 7
system
b) Explain the material balance and calculations involved in flash vapourization in 7
a multicomponent systems.
18 A binary mixture of components 1 and 2 form an azeotrope at 66.8% (mol) of 14
component 1. It boils at 331.9 K at 101.3 kPa. At 331.9 K, the vapour pressures
are 72.24 kPa for component 1 and 44.25 kPa for component 2. Determine the
total pressure and vapour composition for a solution containing 50% (mol)
component 1 boiling at 331.9 K.
Module -5
19 a) Derive the relationship between mole fraction of species and extent of reactions 4
in a system involving multiple reactions
b) 10
For the gas phase reaction SO2 g   O2 g   SO3 g  determine the
1
2
equilibrium pressure required for 90% conversion of SO2 at 775 K. Assume that
the initial mixture is equimolar in the reactants and a system of ideal gas. Take
the free energy of the reaction at 775 K to be –2.8626 x104 J.
20 Estimate the maximum conversion of ethylene to alcohol by vapour phase 14
hydration at 523 K and 34 bar, by the reaction
C2H4 (g) + H2O (g) C2H5OH (g)
The equilibrium constant varies with temperature as

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ln K = - 1.558 ln T + 2.22  10 -3 T - 0.29  10 -6 T 2 - 5.56
T
The steam–ethylene ratio in the initial mixture is 5.0. The fugacity coefficients
for ethylene, ethanol and water vapour are 0.98, 0.84 and 0.91.
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300 K before entering a compressor. A cooler removes heat from the

b) In a binary mixture, the activity coefficient ϒ1 of component 1, in the entire 10

range of composition, is given by R ln  1  Ax22  Bx23

The equilibrium constant varies with temperature as

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