{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "occupational-circulation", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Problem 14.09 Temperature Change Upon Ethylene Expansion in Throttle Valves Using a High Precision EOS" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "efficient-dress", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Ethylene is expanded from P1 = 3000 bar, T1 = 600 K to P2 = 300 bar by a first valve, and then to P3 = 1 bar by a second valve. What are the temperatures T2 and T3? Neglect the velocity term in the solution." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "improved-holder", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Solution\n", "\n", "This is straightforward - an initial PT flash calculation, followed by two separate PH flash calculations." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "id": "ignored-charles", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# Set the conditions and imports\n", "from scipy.constants import bar, hour\n", "from thermo import ChemicalConstantsPackage, PRMIX, CEOSLiquid, CoolPropLiquid, CEOSGas, CoolPropGas, FlashPureVLS\n", "fluid = 'ethylene'\n", "constants, correlations = ChemicalConstantsPackage.from_IDs([fluid])\n", "\n", "T1 = 600\n", "P1 = 3000*bar\n", "P2 = 300*bar\n", "P3 = 1*bar\n", "zs = [1]" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 2, "id": "interim-module", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "The second temperature is 676.94 K\n", "The third temperature is 651.47 K\n" ] } ], "source": [ "backend = 'HEOS'\n", "gas = CoolPropGas(backend, fluid, T=T1, P=P1, zs=zs)\n", "liquid = CoolPropLiquid(backend, fluid, T=T1, P=P1, zs=zs)\n", "\n", "flasher = FlashPureVLS(constants, correlations, gas=gas, liquids=[liquid], solids=[])\n", "\n", "# Flash at inlet conditions to obtain initial enthalpy\n", "state_1 = flasher.flash(T=T1, P=P1)\n", "state_2 = flasher.flash(H=state_1.H(), P=P2)\n", "state_3 = flasher.flash(H=state_1.H(), P=P3)\n", "\n", "print(f'The second temperature is {state_2.T: .2f} K')\n", "print(f'The third temperature is {state_3.T: .2f} K')" ] } ], "metadata": { "language_info": { "name": "python" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 5 }