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Gas Mixture Calculations

The document describes a vessel containing a mixture of 1 mole of CO2 and 4 moles of air at 1 bar and 20°C. It then calculates: (1) the masses of CO2, O2, and N2 in the mixture and the total mass, (2) the percentage carbon content by mass, (3) the apparent molecular weight and gas constant for the mixture, and (4) the specific volume of the mixture. The calculations use mole quantities, molecular weights, the ideal gas law, and the composition of air by volume.

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Gas Mixture Calculations

The document describes a vessel containing a mixture of 1 mole of CO2 and 4 moles of air at 1 bar and 20°C. It then calculates: (1) the masses of CO2, O2, and N2 in the mixture and the total mass, (2) the percentage carbon content by mass, (3) the apparent molecular weight and gas constant for the mixture, and (4) the specific volume of the mixture. The calculations use mole quantities, molecular weights, the ideal gas law, and the composition of air by volume.

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3- A vessel contains at 1 bar and 20C a mixture of 1 mole of CO 2 and 4 moles of air.

Calculate for the mixture : (i) The masses of CO2, O2 and N2, and the total mass ; (ii) The percentage carbon content by mass ; (iii) The apparent molecular weight and the gas constant for the mixture ; (iv) The specific volume of the mixture. The volumetric analysis of air can be taken as 21% oxygen and 79% nitrogen. Solution. The pressure in the vessel, p = 1 bar Temperature in the vessel, T = 20 + 273 = 293 K No. of moles ofCO2 = 1 mole No. of moles of air= 4 mole From equation, ( ) we have nO2 = 0.21 4 = 0.84 nN2 = 0.79 4 = 3.16 (i) From equation,mi = niMi, we have mCO2 = 1 44 = 44 kg. (Ans.) mO2 = 0.84 32 = 26.88 kg. (Ans.) and mN2 = 3.16 28 = 88.48 kg. (Ans.) The total mass, m = mCO2 + mO2 + mN2 = 44 + 26.88 + 88.48 = 159.36 kg. (Ans.) (ii) Since the molecular weight of carbon is 12, therefore, there are 12 kg of carbon present for every mole of CO2, i.e., Percentage carbon in mixture == 7.53% by mass. (Ans.) (iii) From equation n = ni, we have n = nCO2 + nO2 + nN2 = 1 + 0.84 + 3.16 = 5.0 Now using the equation M = , we have 086 8 = 8.8 + 5.376 + 17.696 = 31.872 i.e., Apparent molecular weight = 31.872. (Ans.) From equation, R = , we have R= 0.2608 kJ/kg K i.e., Gas constant for the mixture = 0.2608 kJ/kg K. (Ans.) (iv) To find specific volume of the mixture, v using the relation : pv = RT 0 0 = 0.7641 m3/kg i.e., Specific volume of the mixture = 0.7641 m3/kg. (Ans.)

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