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B59TC –Thermodynamics B

Mixtures of Perfect Gases #2 (Tutorial)

Q1 A vessel contains 5 kg of oxygen, 8 kg of nitrogen, and 10 kg of carbon dioxide.


(a) Determine the mass fraction of the constituents.
(b) Find the total number of moles in the vessel and determine the mole fractions
(c) Determine the mean molecular weight of the mixture.
(d) Find the specific gas constant Rmix, using both the numbers of moles and mass
fraction methods.

[0.217, 0.348, 0.435; 0.67, 0.233, 0.427, 0.339; 34.33; 0.242 kJ/kg K]

Q2 Another vessel contains a gas mixture at 400 K and 1.5 bar which consists of
1 kg of carbon dioxide and 3 kg of methane.
(a) Repeat (a) to (d) as in Q1.
(b) Assuming ideal behaviour of the mixture, what is the volume of the vessel?
(c) What are the partial pressures of the components?

[0.25, 0.75; 0.19, 0.108, 0.891;19.05 kg/kmol, 0.436kJ/kgK, 4.66m3, 16.2, 133.7 kN/m2]

Q3. Two adiabatically insulated vessels which are connected by an adiabatically


insulated pipe. In the beginning the pipe is closed and vessel number one
contains 2 kg of oxygen at 25oC and 2 bar. Vessel number two contains 3 kg of
methane at 50oC and 5 bar. Then the pipe is opened, irreversible flow sets in
and, in the end, a homogeneous mixture of the two gases results. The cp values
for O2 and CH4 are 0.918 kJ/kg K and 2.226 kJ/kg K respectively.
(a) Assume ideal gas laws for the mixture and for the components to hold.
Determine the volume of each container.
(b) What is the mean molecular weight of the final mixture?
(c) What is the final temperature and pressure of the mixture?
(d) Determine the change in entropy.

[0.77, 1.01m3; 20kg/kmol, 318K, 3.73 bar, 1.31 kJ/K]

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B59TC –Thermodynamics B

Q4. A vessel contains 1 mol of oxygen and two mols of nitrogen each at 100oC and
2 bar but separated by a wall. Calculate the total entropy of the system assuming
g that the entropy of each gas is zero at 0oC and 1 bar. If the separating wall is
removed so the two gases mix freely, calculate the final temperature and entropy
of the mixture. Assume that there is no heat exchange with the environment and
that volume of the vessel is unchanged by the removal of the partition.  for the
gases is 1.4. See specific heats data for gases.

{10.24 kJ/kgK, 100oC, 26.19 kJ/kgK – from Rogers and Mayhew}

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