(T.B.Co 3/16/2000)
Introduction
The calculations for bubble point temperature and dew point temperature
of an ideal binary mixture usually require numerical methods to aid in
determining the required values. In this tutorial, we show the use of the
SOLVER utility of the Excel Spreadsheet program to obtain the curves for
a Txy diagram, i.e. the Bubble Point Curve and the Dew Point Curve. We
will also assume that Raoult's law applies and use the Antoine equation
to obtain the vapor pressures.
Procedure
(The example used in this tutorial will focus on a fictitious mixture of compound D and compound E. The objective is to obtain the Txy diagram for a fixed pressure of P=1 atm, with mole fraction D as the independent variable. A zipped file of the example used below can be obtained throught the link http://www.chem.mtu.edu/~tbco/cm205/txy.zip.)
Based on Antoine equation, the boiling point for pure D is given by
where AD, BD and CD are the Antoine coefficients for compound D.
Bubble Point Calculations:
Next, mark the entries in the T-bubble column and then select from the EDIT menu, the FILL then SERIES… item. A window should pop out. Choose to fill the column using the linear type.
this should result in linearly interpolated data to be used as initial guesses for bubble temperature.
( Squaring the error means we deal with positive values. Thus the objective will be to try and minimize these SE values.)
Dew Point Calculations:
This page is maintained by Tomas B. Co (tbco@mtu.edu). Last revised 3/16/2000.
Tomas B. Co
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Avenue
Houghton, MI 49931-1295