Problem 9.13: In an air-liquefaction process, air is compressed from 1 bar, 25 °C, to 180 bar. To avoid overheating, compression is done in stages so that the exit temperature does not exceed 200 °C. The stream exiting a stage is cooled to 25 °C before it is led to the next stage. If the efficiency of each stage is 80%, determine the number of stages, and the total amount of compression work.
Problem 9.14: Use the SRK equation to do the following calculations:
a) The enthalpy (J/mol) of a vapor mixture at 1.2 bar, 130 °C, that contains 25% (by mol) n-hexane in n- octane.
b) The enthalpy of a liquid solution at 1.2 bar 90 °C that contains 25% (by mol) n-hexane in n-octane.
c) A mixture of n-hexane (25% by mole) in n-octane, initially at 1.2 bar, 130 °C, passes through a heat exchanger and exits as liquid at 90 °C. Assuming no pressure drop in the heat exchanger, calculate the amount of heat removed.
Additional data: Assume for simplicity that the ideal-gas heat capacities are constant: n-hexane = 176 J/mol K; n-octane = 247 J/mol K.