Error in PengRobinson (line 21)

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Hamed
Hamed on 30 Apr 2020
Commented: Mehmed Saad on 30 Apr 2020
I keep getting this error for both line 21 (P/Pc) and 20 T/Tc, I am trying to calculate using values of P from 10 to 3000 at 200 steps. And then plot the answer. I am new to Matlab so any help would be appreciated ( I got the code from file exchanger) Thank you.
% PengRobinson.m : calculates the compressibility factor,fugacity coefficient and density
% of a pure compound with the Peng Robinson equation of state (PR EOS)
% Authors: Piñero.R, Serna.J.G, Martin. A.
%
% function result = PengRobinson(T,P,Tc,Pc,w,MW,Liquido)
% Parameters: T,P,w,Tc,Pc,w,MW,Liquido
% T: Temperature [=] K
% P: Presure [=] Pa
% Tc: critical temperature [=] K
% Pc: critical presure [=] Pa
% w: accentic factor
% MW: molar weigth [=] kg/mol
% Liquido: if Liquido == 1, then calculates liquid fugacity;
% if Liquido == 0 then calculates vapor fugacity
% Example:
% [Z fhi density] = PengRobinson(273,2*1.013*1e5,304.21,7.382*1e6,0.225,0.044,1)
function [Z,fhi,density] = PengRobinson(T,P,Tc,Pr,w,MW,Liquido)
R = 8.314; % gas constant [=] J/(mol K)
% Reduced variables
Tr = T/Tc;
Pr = P/Pr;
% Parameters of the EOS for a pure component
m = 0.37464 + 1.54226*w - 0.26992*w^2;
alfa = (1 + m*(1 - sqrt(Tr)))^2;
a = 0.45724*(R*Tc)^2/Pr*alfa;
b = 0.0778*R*Tc/Pr;
A = a*P/(R*T)^2;
B = b*P/(R*T);
% Compressibility factor
Z = roots([1 -(1-B) (A-3*B^2-2*B) -(A*B-B^2-B^3)]);
ZR = [];
for i = 1:3
if isreal(Z(i))
ZR = [ZR Z(i)];
end
end
if Liquido == 1
Z = min(ZR);
else
Z = max(ZR);
end
% Fugacity coefficient
fhi = exp(Z - 1 - log(Z-B) - A/(2*B*sqrt(2))*log((Z+(1+sqrt(2))*B)/(Z+(1-sqrt(2))*B)));
if isreal(fhi)
density=P*MW/(Z*R*T);
result = [Z fhi density];
else
'No real solution for "fhi" is available in this phase'
result=['N/A' 'N/A' 'N/A'];
end
% Bibliography:
% - ORBEY. H, SANDLER. I; Modeling Vapor-Liquid Equilibria: cubic equations of state and their mixing rules; Cambridge University Press (1998)
% - Walas,Stanley. M ; Phase Equilibria in Chemical Engineering ; Boston,
% Butterworth Publishers (1984)

Answers (1)

Mehmed Saad
Mehmed Saad on 30 Apr 2020
Edited: Mehmed Saad on 30 Apr 2020
You are running a function directly without passing arguments to it. If you want to run the function PengRobinson you have to call it from another code or command window
Example
Type following i command window
[Z fhi density] = PengRobinson(273,2*1.013*1e5,304.21,7.382*1e6,0.225,0.044,1)
I am assuming that PengRobinson is added in MATLAB path or is in Current folder
Also see the following link
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Hamed
Hamed on 30 Apr 2020
Yes, however I dont want a fixed value for P, I want it to be from 10 to 20000 step 200, Do you have any ideas on how to do that?
Thank you

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