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LABORATORY EXERCISE
VILLENA, Diana Rose P.
BSAEng’g 4
October 29, 2018
1. The pressure gage on a 2.5 m3 oxygen tank reads 500 kPa. Determine
the amount of oxygen in the tank if the temperature is 28o C and the
atmospheric is 97 kPa.
Given:
V= 2.5m3
Pgage=500 kPa
O2=?
T=28o + 273=301 K
Patm=97 kPa
Solution:
a. Patm=Pabs – Pgage
Pabs=Patm + Pgage
Pabs=97 kPa + 500 kPa
P abs=597 kPa
b. PV=mRT
m=PV/RT
m= (597 kPa x 2.5m3) / (0.2598 kj.kg-k x 301 K)
m= 19.08 Kg
2. A 400-L rigid tank contains 5 kg air at 25o C. Determine the
reading on the pressure gage if the atmospheric pressure is 97
kPa.
Given:
V =400-L
m =5 kg
T= 25o C
Pgage=97 kPa
Solution:
P=mRT/V
P= (5 kg x 0.287 kPa.m3/kg.K x 298 K) / (0.4 m3)
P= 1069.1 kpa
b.
Given:
Volume of the tank A, VA = 1 m3
Temperature of air in tank A, TA = 25 oC = 298 K
Pressure of air in tank A, P A = 500 kPa
Mass of air in tank B, mB = 5 kg
Temperature of air in tank B, T B = 35 oC = 308 K
Pressure of air in tank B, P B = 200 kPa
Surrounding temperature, T surr = 20 oC = 293 K
c.
Solution:
Assuming, at given conditions air behaves as an ideal gas.
For air, gas constant R = 0.287 kJ/kmol K
From ideal gas equation, mass of air in tank A is determined by
mA = PAVA / RTA
mA = (500 kPa x 1m3) / (0.287 kj.kmol-K x 298 K)
mA= 5.846 kg
Therefore, P = mRTSum / V
P = (10.846 kg x 0.287 kj.kg-k x 293 K) / 3.21 m3
P= 284.13 kPa.
4. The pressure in an automobile tire depends on the temperature of the
air in the tire. When the air temperature is at 25 o C, the pressure gauge
reads 210 kPa. If the volume of the tire is 0.025 m 3, determine the
pressure rise in the tire when the air temperature in the tire rises to 50O C.
Also determine the amount of air that must be bled off to restore pressure
to its original value at this temperature. Assume the atmospheric pressure
to be 100 kPa.
Given:
T1= 25o C + 273= 298 K
Pgage1= 210 kPa
V= 0.025 m3
Pabs= ? when T2= 50o C + 273= 323 K
mabs= m1-m3
Solution:
a. Pabs1= Pgage1 + Patm1
Pabs1= 210 kPa + 100 kPa
P abs1= 310 kPa
m1=P1v / RT1
m1= (310 kPa x 0.025 m3) / (0.287 kj.kg-k x 298 K)
m 1= 0.09062 kg
b. P2 =mRT2 / V
P2= (0.09062 kg x 0.287 kj.kg-k x 323 K) / (0.025 m 3)
P2= 336.0 kPa
Pabs= Pabs2 – Pabs1
Pabs= 336 kPa – 310 kPa
P abs= 26 kPa