Question: Liquid benzene at 2 5 C and 1 . 2 bar is converted to vapor at 2 0 0 C and 5 bar in a

Liquid benzene at 25C and 1.2 bar is converted to vapor at 200C and 5 bar in a two-step steady-flow process: vaporization in a
counterflow heat exchanger at 1.2 bar, followed by compression as a gas to 5 bar. Determine the duty of the exchanger and the powe
requirement of the compressor in kJ*mol-1. Assume a compressor efficiency of 75%, and treat benzene vapor as as an ideal gas with
constant CP=105J*mol-1*K-1. The properties of benzene are given in the tables below. Take R=8.314J*mol-1*K-1.
Characteristic Properties of Pure Species
Constants for the Antoine Equation for Vapor Pressures of Pure
Species
lnPsatkPa=A-BtC+C
Latent heat of vaporization at the normal boiling point (Hn), and normal boiling point
Heat Capacities of Gases in the Ideal-Gas State ?
Constants in equation CPigR=A+BT+CT2+DT-2 for T(K) from 298K to Tmax
The duty of the exchanger is ...kJmol1.
The power requirement of the compressor is kJmol1.
 Liquid benzene at 25C and 1.2 bar is converted to vapor

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