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16.4: Expressions for Fugacity Calculation

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    It is clear that, if we want to take advantage of the fugacity criteria to perform equilibrium calculations, we need to have a means of calculating it. Let us develop a general expression for fugacity calculations. Let us begin with the definition of fugacity in terms of chemical potential for a pure component shown in (16.21a):

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic. @ const T (16.26)

    The Maxwell’s Relationships presented in equation (15.27c) is written for a pure component system as:

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic.(16.27)

    Consequently,

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic. @ const T(16.28)

    Substituting (16.28) into (16.26),

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic. @ const T (16.29)

    Introducing the concept of fugacity coefficient given in equation (16.23a),

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic.(16.23a) Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic.(16.30)

    We end up with:

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic.(16.31a)

    or equivalently,

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic.(16.31b)

    Integrating expression (16.31b),

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic.(16.32)

    It is convenient to define the lower limit of integration as the ideal state, for which the values of fugacity coefficient, volume, and compressibility factor are known.

    At the ideal state, in the limit P —> 0,

    Φ* —>1 Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic. lnΦ* —> 0(16.33)

    Substituting into (16.32),

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic.(16.34)

    Equation (16.34) is the expression of fugacity coefficient as a function of pressure, temperature, and volume. Notice that this expression can be readily rewritten in terms of compressibility factor:

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic.(16.35)

    Let us also derive the expression for the fugacity coefficient for a component in a multicomponent mixture. Following a pattern similar to that which we have presented, beginning with the definition of fugacity for a component in terms of chemical potential:

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic. @ const T(16.36)

    This time, it is more convenient to use the Maxwell’s Relationships presented in equation (15.27d):

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic.(16.37)

    After you introduce the definitions of fugacity coefficient and compressibility factor:

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic.(16.38a)
    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic. ,(16.38b)

    and recalling that our lower limit of integration is the ideal state, for which, at the limit P —> 0:

    V* —> Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic. , (16.39c)

    Φi* —>1 and hence lnΦi* —> 0 ,(16.39a)

    Z* —> 1 and hence lnZ* —> 0 ,(16.39b)

    it can be proven that:

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic.(16.40)

    The multi-component mixture counterpart of equation (16.35) becomes:

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic.(16.41a)
    where:

    Contact your instructor if you are unable to see or interpret this graphic.(16.41b)

    Equations (16.34), (16.35), (16.40), and (16.41) are very important for us. Basically, they show that fugacity, or the fugacity coefficient, is a function of pressure, temperature and volume:

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    This tells us that if we are able to come up with a PVT relationship for the volumetric behavior of a substance, we can calculate its fugacity by solving such expressions. It is becoming clear why we have studied equations of state — they are just what we need right now: PVT relationships for various substances. Once we have chosen the equation of state that we want to work with, we can calculate the fugacity of each component in the mixture by applying the above expression. Now that we know how to calculate fugacity, we are ready to apply the criteria for equilibrium that we just studied! That is the goal of the next module.

    Contributors and Attributions

    • Prof. Michael Adewumi (The Pennsylvania State University). Some or all of the content of this module was taken from Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' OER Initiative.


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