Question: 2. You are a project engineer. You found a storage container of 50dm3 in a scrap metal treatment plant. The vessel is marked to explode

 2. You are a project engineer. You found a storage container

2. You are a project engineer. You found a storage container of 50dm3 in a scrap metal treatment plant. The vessel is marked to explode if the absolute pressure exceeds 3.5MPa. The company's policy is that no container pressure should exceed half the explosion pressure. You want to use it as a surge tank for ethane. The maximum amount stored in the container is 0.75kg and the maximum temperature is 425K. Is it against the company's policy if you use this container? Do the calculations using the following methods and discuss the results. (a) ideal gas law (b) Lee-Kesler equation (c) Second Virial equation

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