Maximum bubble point pressure

The primary performance parameter for characterizing porous screen channel LADs inside a propellant tank is the maximum bubble point pressure. The simplified room... 

The program VDWMIX is used to calculate multicomponent VLE using the PRSV EOS and the van der Waals one-fluid mixing rules (either IPVDW or 2PVDW see Sections 3.3 to 3.5 and Appendix D.3). The program can be used to create a new input file for a multicomponent liquid mixture and then to calculate the isothermal bubble point pressure and the composition of the coexisting vapor phase for this mixture. In this mode the information needed is the number of components (up to a maximum of ten), the liquid mole fractions, the temperatures at which the calculations are to be done (for as many sets of calculations as the user wishes, up to a maximum of fifty), critical temperatures, pressures (bar), acentric factors, the /f constants of the PRSV equation for each compound in the mixture, and, if available, the experimental bubble point pressure and the vapor phase compositions (these last entries are optional and are used for a comparison between the experimental and calculated results). In addition, the user is requested to supply binary interaction parameteifs) for each pair of components in the multicomponent mixture. These interaction parameters can be... 

First, the membrane is completely wetted with liquid and then a gas pressure is applied to one side. As the gas pressure is gradually raised (see Figure 2.12), there will be no gas flow through the pores until capillary forces are overcome releasing liquid from the pore. Obviously, from equation (1), the first gas bubble will emerge from the largest pore-where the capillary forces are lowest. The pressure at which this occurs is called the "bubble-point" pressure. The maximum pore size may then be calculated.7... 

For any LAD mesh type, a pore throat defines the point within the pore where cross-sectional area is a minimum for a gas or vapor bubble to pass through the wetted screen, while the pore mouth defines the point where area is a maximum. The effective pore diameter, and thus bubble point pressure, is related to the pore throat. Statistically, the screen breaks down when a gas bubble passes through the largest pore throat, and thus path of least resistance, of the LAD screen. Likewise, the largest pore mouth controls the screen reseal pressure. 

In controlled venting operation, the quench tank pressure is maintained at a desired level by a pressure controller/control valve system or pressure rehef valve. This mode of operation is used when the discharge mixture bubble point is close to or below the maximum ambient temperature, and it is desired to hmit the maximum quench tank pressure. 

Operating pressure There are three modes of operation of a quench tank atmospheric pressure operation, nonvented operation, and controlled venting operation. Atmospheric operation is usually feasible when the effluent Being emitted has a bubble point well above the maximum ambient temperature. A very small quantity of vapor escapes with the air that is displaced as the tank fills with the emergency discharge (typically about 0.2 percent of the reactor contents). Depending on the toxic or flammable properties of the vapor, the vent from the quench tank can be routed to the atmosphere or must be sent to a scrubber or flare. 

Since in the critical point the bubble point curve (l+g—tf) and the dew-point curve (l+g-+g) merge at temperatures between 7C and 7 , an isotherm will intersect the dew-point curve twice. If we lower the pressure on this isotherm we will pass the first dew-point and with decreasing pressure the amount of liquid will increase. Then the amount of liquid will reach a maximum and upon a further decrease of the pressure the amount of liquid will decrease until is becomes zero at the second dew-point. The phenomenon is called retrograde condensation and is of importance for natural gas pipe lines. In supercritical extraction use is made of the opposite effect. With increasing pressure a non-volatile liquid will dissolve in a dense supercritical gas phase at the first dew point. 

The first step in calculating fluid properties is selection of separator conditions. There may be circumstances for a particular field which dictate a specific separator pressure. If not, the separator pressure which produces the maximum amount of stock-tank liquid is selected. This pressure is known as optimum separator pressure. It is identified from the separator tests as the separator pressure which results in a minimum of total gas-oil ratio, a minimum in formation volume factor of oil (at bubble point), and a maximum in stock-tank oil gravity ( API). Most black oils have optimum separator pressures of 100 to 120 psig at normal temperatures. 

Table 7.1 Properties of liquids commonly used in bubble point measurements. The conversion factor divided by the bubble pressure (in psi) gives the maximum pore size (in im)...

In many practical cases, the conditions for criticality described in the previous sections are only necessary to ensure safe operation. Such conditions do not guarantee, indeed, that the maximum allowable temperature in the reactor, Tma, is not exceeded. For instance, this upper temperature limit can be imposed, in liquid systems, by the bubble point of the reacting solution or by the decomposition temperature of some compounds in it, or, in gaseous systems, by the maximum internal pressure the vessel can comply with. 

The maximum bubble pressure method. If a bubble is blown at the bottom of a tube dipping vertically into a liquid, the pressure in the bubble increases at first, as the bubble grows and the radius of curvature diminishes. It was shown in Chap. I, 13, that when the bubble is small enough to be taken as spherical, the smallest radius of curvature and the maximum pressure occurs when the bubble is a hemisphere further growth causes diminution of pressure, so that air rushes in and bursts the bubble. At this point the pressure in the bubble is... 

Consider the enlarged nose section of a single PT loop shown in Fig. 12.5. The critical point is at C. The points of maximum pressure and maximum temperature are identified as MP and MT. The dashed curves of Fig. 12.5 indicate the fraction of the overall system that is liquid in a two-phase mixture of liquid and vapor. To the left of the critical point C a reduction in pressure along a line such as BD is accompanied by vaporization from the bubble point to the dew Point, as would be expected. However, if the original condition corresponds to Point F, a state of saturated vapor, liquefaction occurs upon reduction of the pressure and reaches a maximum at G, after which vaporization takes place until the dew point is reached at H. This phenomenon is called retrograde condensation. It is of considerable importance in the operation of certain deep natural-gas wells where the pressure and temperature in the underground forma-... 

Only the two first methods allow measurement of the temperature coefficient of the surface energy. The maximum bubble pressure technique is well-adapted for metals with low and intermediate melting points and specially for oxidizable metals, while the sessile drop technique has been applied with success to measure ctlv values up to 1500°C. The drop weight method is particularly useful for very high melting-point metals because it avoids liquid contact with container materials. This is also true for the recently developed levitation drop technique that analyses the oscillation spectrum of a magnetically levitated droplet. 

Example 1 Application of FUG Method A large butane-pentane splitter is to be shut down for repairs. Some of its feed will be diverted temporarily to an available smaller column, which has only 11 trays plus a partial reboiler. The feed enters on the middle tray. Past experience with similar feeds indicates that the 11 trays plus the reboiler are roughly equivalent to 10 equilibrium stages and that the column has a maximum top vapor capacity of 1.75 times the feed rate on a mole basis. The column will operate at a condenser pressure of 827.4 kPa (120 psia). The feed will be at its bubble point (q = 1.0) at the feed tray conditions and has the following composition on the basis of 0.0126 kg-mol/s (100 Ib-mol/h) ... 

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