Advanced Thermodynamics - PMD3022-N

Tutorial 6 - VLE

The following isobaric VLE data have been reported for the system Acetone(1)
Carbon Tetrachloride (2) at 450mmHg.
Calculate the missing figures in the table and then estimate the Wilson constants
for the system.
Using the calculated values of the Wilson constants use the Wilson equation to
calculate the activity coefficients at x
1
= 0.5650 and discuss your answer.

T (
o
C) x
1
y
1

1

2
ln(
1
) ln(
2
)
55.29
0.049 0.189 2.376 1.024 0.866 0.023
46.26
0.297 0.515 1.472 1.150 0.387 0.140
43.05
0.565 0.677 1.146 1.399 0.136 0.336
41.92
0.741 0.784 1.056 1.641 0.054 0.496
41.53
0.926 0.927
------ ------ ------ ------

The appropriate Antoine constants are:
A
i
B
i
C
i

Acetone 16.6513 2940.46 -35.93
Carbon Tetrachloride 15.8742 2808.19 -45.99

(

Where T is in K, and

is the pure component vapour pressure in mmHg.

FORMULAE SHEET

van Laar Equations

(

) (

) (

which can be rearranged to give:

(

) (

)
)

) (

)
)

Wilson Equation
( )

|
|
|
.
|

\
|
=
N
k
N
j
kj j
ki k
N
j
ij j
A x
A x
A x ln 1 ln
i
where N is the number of components,
i refers to the component number,
j and k are counters the take values from 1 to N