VLE stands for vapor liquid
equilibrium. It is the state in which there is coexistence of the liquid and
vapor state. There are two models are introduced that is used to calculate the
temperature, pressure and also the composition of phases in equilibrium. The
two simplest models for the vapor liquid equilibrium are the Raoul’s law and
Henry’s law. The Raoul’s law is used for
the medium pressure of the ideal gas. For this law liquid phase is an ideal
solution because the system is chemically similar. This means that the
molecules have different size but their chemical nature is same
In this equation
Henry’s law is used for
those species of molecules whose critical temperature is extremely less than
the temperature of application this means that when temperature is low this
means pressure is also low, when this pressure is too low so in that case the Raoul’s
law is invalid. In that case this law is applied (Benjamin & Lawler, 2013).
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Raoul’s law is used for ideal
liquid and gas solution. The two liquids are entirely miscible with each other
at all proportions that will give a single liquid. This law is used for the
ideal mixture of two liquid. The ideal mixtures are those mixtures that obey Raoul’s
law. In the ideal mixture there are some molecules that are present in it and
these molecules are more energetic that can able to overcome the intermolecular
attraction and able to escape from the surface of liquid in the form of vapors.
In the case when these two liquid’s temperatures rise or fall so this mixture
is not ideal (Gerrard, 2013).
The Raoul’s law is defined as the
partial vapor pressure of a liquid or gas in a mixture that is equal to the
vapor pressure of the ideal liquid and gas at any temperature rather than
extreme lower temperature and it is multiplied by its mole fraction in the
mixture. This law is only applied for the ideal mixtures (Nevers, 2012).
The mathematical equation for two
liquid is given by
This is the equation
for the two liquids that is mixed with each other
The and then partial vapor pressure of the two
liquid components. Now for the mixture of two gases, each gas exerts its own
pressure and this pressure is called the partial pressure and this pressure is
also independent of the other gases. A mixture’s vapor pressure is equivalent
to the sum of each and every single vapor pressure.
The mole faction
can be easily calculated through