// Given:- Rbar = 8.314 // universal gas constant in SI units // The chemical equation for the complete combustion of methane with oxygen is // CH4 + 2O2 --- CO2 + 2H2O yCH4 = 1.0/3.0 yO2 = 2.0/3.0 yCO2 = 1.0/3.0 yH2O = 2.0/3.0 // From table A-25 sbarCH4atTref = 186.16 // in kj/kmol.K sbarO2atTref = 205.03 // in kj/kmol.K p2 = 3.02 // in atm pref = 1.0 // in atm // Calculations sbarCH4 = sbarCH4atTref - Rbar*log(yCH4) sbarO2 = sbarO2atTref - Rbar*log(yO2) // With help from table A-23 sbarCO2 = 263.559 - Rbar*log(yCO2*p2/pref) // in kj/kmol.K sbarH2O = 228.321 - Rbar*log(yH2O*p2/pref) // in kj/kmol.K deltaS = sbarCO2 + 2*sbarH2O - sbarCH4 -2*sbarO2 // in kj/K // Result printf( ' The change in entropy of the system is: %.2f kJ/K ',deltaS)