
(a)
Interpretation:
Determine the temperature of the expanded ethane gas, expands isentropically in a turbine and work produced if properties of ethane are calculated by equations for an ideal gas.
Concept Introduction:
The entropy change for an ideal gas is calculated by,
(a)

Answer to Problem 6.59P
Temperature is
Work done is
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
It is given that ethane expands isentropically from
Process is isentropically, so
From equation (1)
wherE
Values of constants for ethane in above equation are given in appendix C table C.1 and noted down below:
For work produced
And for ideal gas
Where
Hence,
(b)
Interpretation:
Determine the temperature of the expanded ethane gas, expands isentropically in a turbine and work produced if properties of ethylene are calculated by appropriate generalized correlations.
Concept Introduction:
The entropy change by appropriate generalized correlations is
(b)

Answer to Problem 6.59P
Temperature is
Work done is
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
It is given that ethane expands isentropically from
Process is isentropically, so
From equation (2),
Initial statE
For pure species ethane, the properties can be written down using Appendix B, Table B.1
So, at above values of
At
At
At
At
And
At
At
At
At
Applying linear interpolation of two independent variables, From linear double interpolation, if
And
Now, from equation,
Or
And
Or
Final state
Final state temperature is calculated in part (a),
So, at above values of
At
At
At
At
And
At
At
At
At
Applying linear interpolation of two independent variables, From linear double interpolation, if
And
Now, from equation,
Or
And
Or
Now,
Hence,
Now, for work produced
And enthalpy change by generalized correlations is given by,
Where
Hence,
Hence,
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