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LABORATORY EXERCISE
Submitted by: Honorio Junior B. Felix
Submitted to: Engr. Marvin T. Valentin
Submitted on: 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 28 ᵒC and the atmospheric
pressure is 97 kPa.
Given:
Volume of the oxygen tank = 2.5 m³
Temperature of oxygen tank = 28 ᵒC + 273
= 301 Kelvin
Patm = 97 kPa
Pgage = 500 kPa
R of oxygen = 0.2598 KJ/kg-K
Req’d: m
Solution:
2. A 400-L rigid tank contains 5 kg of air at 25 ᵒC. Determine the reading on the
pressure gage if the atmospheric pressure is 97 kPa.
Given:
Volume of the tank, V = 400 Liters x (0.001 m³/1 Liter)
= 0.4 m³
Temperature of air in tank, T = 25 ᵒC + 273
= 298 Kelvin
Mass of air in the tank, m = 5 kg
Atmospheric pressure, Patm = 97 kPa
Gas constant of air, R = 0.287 KJ/kg-K
400-L
Solution: Pgage
25 oC
P = mRT/V
(5 kg)( 0.287 KN.m/kg−K)(298 K)
=
0.4 m³
= 1069.08 kPa
The gage pressure, Pgage
Pgage = P – Patm
= 1069.08 kPa – 97 kPa
= 972.08 kPa
3. A 1-m³ tank containing air at 25 ᵒC and 500 kPa is connected through a valve to
another tank containing 5 kg of air at 35 ᵒC and 200 kPa. Now the valve is opened,
and the entire system is allowed to reach thermal equilibrium with the
surroundings, which are at 20 ᵒC. Determine the volume of the second tank and
the final equilibrium pressure of air.
Given:
Volume of the tank 1, V1 = 1 m³
Temperature of air in tank 1, T1 = 25 ᵒC + 273
= 298 Kelvin
Pressure of air in tank 1, P1 = 500 kPa
Mass of air in the tank 2, m2 = 5 kg
Pressure of air in tank 2, P2 = 200 kPa
Temperature of air in tank 2, T2 = 35 ᵒC + 273
= 308 Kelvin
Temperature of surrounding, Tatm = 20 ᵒC + 273
= 293 Kelvin
For air, gas constant R = 0.287 KJ/kg-K
Req’d: m1
:V2
:P
Solution:
m1 = P1 V1/RT1
(500 KN/m²)(1m)
=
(0.287 KN.m/kg−K)(298 K)
= 5.85 kg
V2 = m2RT2/P2
(5 kg)(0.287 KN.m/kg−K)(308 K)
=
200 KN/m²
= 2.21 m³
Total volume, V = V1 + V2
= 1 m³ + 2.21 m³
= 3.21 m³
P1 = Pgage + Patm
= 210 kPa + 100 kPa
= 310 kPa
P2 = P1T2/T1
(310 kPa)(323 Kelvin)
=
298 Kelvin
= 336.01 kPa
Pressure rise ∆P
∆P = P2 – P1
= 336.01 kPa – 310 kPa
= 26.01 kPa