Critical properties compressibility factor

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Critical Compressibility Factor The critical compressibility factor of a compound is calculated from the experimental or predicted values of the critical properties by the definition, Eq. (2-21). 

Critical compressibility factors are used as characterization parameters in corresponding states methods (especially those of Lydersen) to predict volumetric and thermal properties. The factor varies from about 0.23 for water to 0.26-0.28 for most hydrocarbons to slightly above 0.30 for light gases. 

No specific mixing rules have been tested for predicting compressibility factors for denned organie mixtures. However, the Lydersen method using pseudocritical properties as defined in Eqs. (2-80), (2-81), and (2-82) in place of true critical properties will give a reasonable estimate of the compressibihty faclor and hence the vapor density. 

A chart which correlates experimental P - V - T data for all gases is included as Figure 2.1 and this is known as the generalised compressibility-factor chart.(1) Use is made of reduced coordinates where the reduced temperature Tr, the reduced pressure Pr, and the reduced volume Vr are defined as the ratio of the actual temperature, pressure, and volume of the gas to the corresponding values of these properties at the critical state. It is found that, at a given value of Tr and Pr, nearly all gases have the same molar volume, compressibility factor, and other thermodynamic properties. This empirical relationship applies to within about 2 per cent for most gases the most important exception to the rule is ammonia. 

The units of the critical and pseudocritical properties are psia and °R. Figures, 3-7 and 3-8, pages 112-413, Compressibility Factors of... 

Critical properties of gaseous compounds are useful in determining the P-V-T Pressure-Volume-Temperature) properties at nonideal conditions. The compressibility factor Z is defined by the following relationship ... 

Calculate the volume using Kay s method. In this method, V is found from the equation V = ZRT/P, where Z, the compressibility factor, is calculated on the basis of pseudocritical constants that are computed as mole-fraction-weighted averages of the critical constants of the pure compounds. Thus, T = Z K, 71, and similarly for Pc and Z, where the subscript c denotes critical, the prime denotes pseudo, the subscript i pertains to the ith component, and Y is mole fraction. Pure-component critical properties can be obtained from handbooks. The calculations can then be set out as a matrix ... 

Explain in your own words and without the use of jargon (a) the three ways of obtaining values of physical properties (b) why some fluids are referred to as incompressible (c) the liquid volume additivity assumption and the species for which it is most likely to be valid (d) the term equation of state (e) what it means to assume ideal gas behavior (f) what it means to say that the specific volume of an ideal gas at standard temperature and pressure is 22.4 L/mol (g) the meaning of partial pressure (h) why volume fraction and mole fraction for ideal gases are identical (i) what the compressibility factor, z, represents, and what its value indicates about the validity of the ideal gas equation of state (j) why certain equations of state are referred to as cubic and (k) the physical meaning of critical temperature and pressure (explain them in terms of what happens when a vapor either below or above its critical temperature is compressed). 

The basis for estimating z in this manner is the empirical law of corresponding states, which holds that the values of certain physical properties of a gas—such as the compressibility factor— depend to great extent on the proximity of the gas to its critical state. The reduced temperature and pressure provide a measure of this proximity the closer Tx and r are to 1, the closer the gas is to its critical state. This observation suggests that a plot of z versus Tx and Px should be approximately the same for all substances, which proves to be the case. Such a plot is called the generalized compressibility chartJ... 

The compilations of CRC (1-2), Daubert and Danner (3), Dechema (15), TRC (13-14), Vargaftik (18), and Yaws (19-36) were used extensively for critical properties. Estimates of critical temperature, pressure, and volume were primarily based on the Joback method (10-12) and proprietary techniques of the author. Critical density was determined from dividing molecular weight by critical volume. Critical compressibility factor was ascertained from application of the gas law at the critical point. Estimates for acentric factor were primarily made by using the Antoine equation for vapor pressure (11-12). 

The results are given in Table B. The initial entries in the table are physical and critical properties. This includes molecular weight, freezing point, boiling point, density, refractive index, and acentric factor for the physical properties. Critical temperature, pressure, volume, density, and compressibility factor are provided for the critical properties. 

The graphs are based on the Peng-Robinson equation of state (1) as improved by Stryjek and Vera (2, 3). The equations for thermodynamic properties using the Peng-Robinson equation of state are given in the appendix for volume, compressibility factor, fugacity coefficient, residual enthalpy, and residual entropy. Critical constants and ideal gas heat capacities for use in the equations are from the data compilations of DIPPR (8) and Yaws (28, 29, 30). 

Once this function is determined, it could be applied to any substance, provided its critical constants Pc, T, and V are known. One way of applying this principle is to choose a reference substance for which accurate PVT data are available. The properties of other substances are then related to it, based on the assumption of comparable reduced properties. This straightforward application of the principle is valid for components having similar chemical structure. In order to broaden its applicability to disparate substances, additional characterizing parameters have been introduced, such as shape factors, the acentric factor, and the critical compressibility factor. Another difficulty that must be overcome before the principle of corresponding states can successfully be applied to real fluids is the handling of mixtures. The problem concerns the definitions of Pq P(> and Vc for a mixture. It is evident that mixing rules of some sort need to be formulated. One method that is commonly used follows the Kay s rules (Kay, 1936), which define mixture pseudocritical constants in terms of constituent component critical constants ... 

Derive expressions for the virial coefficients in terms of the critical properties. What is the value of the critical compressibility factor,... 

The critical constants (temperature, pressure, volume and compressibility factor) have been determined experimentally and are available (1-7). Additional property data such as acentric factor, enthalpy of formation, lower explosion limit in air and solubility in water are also available (8-74). The property data in the top and middle parts of the tabulation are helpfiil in process engineering. The property data in the lower part of the tabulation are helpful in safety and environmental engineering. 

It follows that atoms or molecules interacting with the same pair potential s( )(rya), but with different s and cj, have the same thermodynamic properties, derived from A INkT, at the same scaled temperature T and scaled density p. They obey the same scaled equation of state, with identical coexistence curves in scaled variables below the critical point, and have the same scaled vapour pressures and second virial coefficients as a function of the scaled temperature. The critical compressibility factor P JRT is the same for all substances obeying this law and provides a test of the hypothesis. Table A2.3.3 lists the critical parameters and the compressibility factors of rare gases and other simple substances. 

Although only compressibility factor calculations are used as an example in the explanation of the method, other properties can be predicted equally well. Because of the temperature and density dependence of the diameters and shape factors needed to relate them to critical constants it is best to determine separate values of them for each component. Three basic dimensionless properties should be determined. These are the ones best suited to the use of the HSE method with an equation of state in terms of temperature and density. These are the compressibility factor, z the internal energy deviation (U — V)/RT and a dimensionless fugacity ratio, ln(f/pRT). All other desired properties can be obtained from them. The ln(f/pRT) and z are calculated similarly. The computation scheme is outlined as shown in Table III. 

A new pressure-explicit equation of state suitable for calculating gas and liquid properties of nonpolar compounds was proposed. In its development, the conditions at the critical point and the Maxwell relationship at saturation were met, and PVT data of carbon dioxide and Pitzers table were used as guides for evaluating the values of the parameters. Furthermore, the parameters were generalized. Therefore, for pure compounds, only Tc, Pc, and o> were required for the calculation. The proposed equation successfully predicted the compressibility factors, the liquid fugacity coefficients, and the enthalpy departures for several arbitrarily chosen pure compounds. 

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