%0 Journal Article %T Predicting the Enthalpy of Vaporization and Calculating the Entropy of Vaporization of 87 Octane Gasoline Using Vapor Pressure %A Shawn M. Abernathy %A Kelly R. Brown %J Open Access Library Journal %V 3 %N 9 %P 1-11 %@ 2333-9721 %D 2016 %I Open Access Library %R 10.4236/oalib.1102954 %X
The vapor pressure (VP) of 87 grade gasoline was measured using an enhanced VP acquisition system over a temperature range of approximately 19.0¡æ (292.2 K) and 69.0¡æ (342.2 K). The empirical data were used to predict the thermodynamic entities the enthalpy of vaporization (¦¤Hvap) and the entropy of vaporization (¦¤Svap) of gasoline. The results of this investigation yielded a ¦¤Hvap value of 35.1 kJ/mol and ¦¤Svap of 102.5 J/mol¡¤K. The value of ¦¤Hvap was in excellent agreement with the findings of a prior study (Balabin et al., 2007), which produced a ¦¤Hvap values of 37.3 kJ/mol and 35.4 kJ/mol. The enthalpy and entropy of vaporization of n-heptane (37.2 kJ/mol and 100.1 J/mol¡¤K) and n-octane (39.1 kJ/mol and 98.3 J/mol¡¤K) were also determined after acquiring VP data for the two VOCs. The empirical results for n-heptane and n-octane were also in excellent agreement with the literature. These favorable comparisons strengthen the capacity of our system for acquiring the VP data for pure and volatile multi-component mixtures.
%K Gasoline %K Vapor Pressure (VP) %K Enthalpy of Vaporization %K Entropy of Vaporization %K Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) %U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5271944