I've got what I would have thought would be a fairly simple problem, and I am trying not to over complicate it.
I've got a tank half full of water at 80*C. I've got an air line blowing through the reactor at some flow rate, and I am trying to make an estimate of how much water is evaporating. I am assuming the air flow is fully saturated with water. I haven't located any psychrometric charts at higher temperatures.
Is Raoult's Law all I need for this estimate?
At 80*C the vapor pressure would be 6.85 PSIA.
(yi)(P)=(xi)(Psat)
yi = (1.0)(6.85)/(14.7) = 0.465
So the head space of the vessel is 46.5 mole % water?
Thermodynamics has been too long ago.
I've got a tank half full of water at 80*C. I've got an air line blowing through the reactor at some flow rate, and I am trying to make an estimate of how much water is evaporating. I am assuming the air flow is fully saturated with water. I haven't located any psychrometric charts at higher temperatures.
Is Raoult's Law all I need for this estimate?
At 80*C the vapor pressure would be 6.85 PSIA.
(yi)(P)=(xi)(Psat)
yi = (1.0)(6.85)/(14.7) = 0.465
So the head space of the vessel is 46.5 mole % water?
Thermodynamics has been too long ago.