LECTURES ON GEOCHEMICAL !N1 ERPRETATION OF ...

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- 6 -Values of y a~ewater and the reLationship,generally calculated using enthalpy data for pure boiling(14)where H is the enthalpy of the initialoand HG are the enthalpies of coexistingliquidliquidptiorwaterto boiling, and "tand steam afterboiling (Table 3). Enthalpies of liquid water and steam are generallyobtained from steam tables or they can be calculated using equations (f)and (t) in Table 1.Equation (13), however, yields values of y that arcslightly in error because the enthalpy of steam containing CO 2is differentthan the enthalpy of pure steam.Other factors also may cause the calculatedconcentration of CO 2in the liquid and steam fractions of a boilingsolution to be in error. Assumptions implicit in the use of equations (12)and (13) are that dissolved CO 2does not become supersaturated in theliquid phase as pressure is released, and that little or no H 2C0 3convertsto HCO; as the boiling solution cools.The rapid transfer of most of thedissolved CO 2into the steam fraction at an early stage of boiling and therelatively slow conversion of dissolved CO 2to H 2C0 3(previously discussed)will tend to limit the amount of HCO; that can fo~.but some nonequilibriumpartitioning of CO 2between the liquid and gas phase is likely,particularly when the first boiling is initiated at a temperature belowabout 200°C .Another factor that must be considered is physical removal ofthe steam fraction from contact with the residual liquid as the boilingprocess proceeds.Compared to single- step steam separation, multistep andcontinuous steam separation result in much lower concentrations of CO 2inthe last liquid and steam fractions that are in contact.Henley et al.(1984) present methods and equations for dealing with multistep and continuoussteam separation.Figure 2 shows values of Cl/CO for single- stepsteam separation for a variety of initial and final temperatures, calculatedusing equations (12) and (14).

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