1. The pressure gage on a 2.5m3 oxygen tank reads 500 kPa.

Determine the amount of oxygen in

the tank if the temperature is 28°C and the atmospheric pressure is 97 kPa.

Solution:

Pgage = 500kPa
V = 2.5m3
T = 28°C + 273 = 301 K
Patm = 97kPa
m=?

Pabs = Pgage + Patm

= 500kPa + 97kPa
= 597kPa
𝑃𝑉
m = 𝑅𝑇
(597𝑘𝑃𝑎 )(2.5𝑚3 )
= 𝐾𝐽
(0.2598𝑘𝑔−𝐾 )(301𝐾)
= 19.08kg

2. A 400-L rigid tank contains 5kg of air at 25°C. Determine the reading to the pressure gage if
the atmospheric pressure is 97kPa.

Solution:
T=25°C+273=298°C
m=5kg
V=400L=0.4m3
𝑚3
𝑚𝑅𝑇 (5𝑘𝑔)(0.287𝑘𝑃𝑎. . 𝐾)(298𝐾)
𝑘𝑔
𝑃= =
𝑉 0.4𝑚3
=1069.075kPa

Pgage=P-Patm
=1069.075-97kPa
=972.075kPa
3. A 1-m3 tank containing air at 25°C and 500kPa is connected through a valve to another tank
containing 5kg of air at 35°C and 200kPa. Now the valve is opened, and the entire system is
allowed to reach thermal equilibrium with the surrounding, which are at 20°C. Determine the
volume of the second tank and the final equilibrium pressure of air.

Solution:

TA: V=1m3
T=25°C+273=298K
P=500kPa
𝑃𝑉
𝑚=
𝑅𝑇
500(1)
=0.287(298) =5.846kg

TB: m=5kg
T=35°C+273=308K
P=200kPa
𝑚𝑅𝑇
V= 𝑃
(5)(0.287)(308)
= 200
=2.209m3

Vt =VA+ VB
=1+2.209

=3.209m3

mt =mA+mB
=5.846 + 5
=10.846kg

Equilibrium pressure (P)

𝑚𝑅𝑇
P= 𝑉
(10.846)(0.287)(293)
= 3.21
= 284 13𝑘𝑃𝑎
4. The pressure in an automobile tire depends on the temperature of the air in the tire. When the
air temperature is 25°C, the pressure gage reads 210kPa. If the volume of the tire is 0.025m3,
determine the pressure rise in the tire when the air temperature in the tire rises to 50°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 is 100kPa.

Solution:

T1=25°C+273=298K
T2=50℃ +273=323K
P1, gage=210kPa
V=0.025m3

Find Total P and m

P=P2-P1
m=m1-m3
►P1abs=P1 gage+ Patm
=210+100
=310kPa
𝑃1𝑉
m1=𝑅𝑇
1
(310𝑘𝑃𝑎)(0.025𝑚3 )
= 𝐾𝐽
(0.287 )(298𝐾)
𝑘𝑔−𝐾
=0.09062kg
𝑚𝑅𝑇2
►P2= 𝑉
𝐾𝐽
(0.09062𝑘𝑔)(0.287 )(323𝐾)
𝑘𝑔−𝐾
= 0.024𝑚3
=336kPa

P=P2-P1
=336-310
=26kPa

► T3=T2 323K
P3=P1 310kPa

𝑃3 𝑉
𝑚3 =
𝑅𝑇3
(31𝑂𝑘𝑃𝑎)(0.025𝑚3 )
= 𝐾𝐽 = 0.08360𝑘𝑔
(0.287 )(323𝑘)
𝑘𝑔−𝐾
m=0.09062-0.08360
=0.00702kg