Chemical Engineering Tutorials: March 2023

Tuesday, 28 March 2023

P – T Diagram Exercises

 Sketch the following processes on the P -T diagram from an original state (1) to the resulting state (2):

a) The sublimation of dry ice (solid carbon dioxide),


b) A constant pressure cylinder of superheated vapor is cooled until liquid just begins to form,


c) A constant pressure cylinder of superheated vapor is cooled until all the vapor is gone,


d) A liquid-vapor two-phase mixture is heated at constant volume until its quality is 1.0









The Thermal Properties of Matter

To be able to use Fourier’s law, the thermal conductivity of the material must be known. This property, referred to as a transport propert...