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Air Density Calculation & Uncertainty

The document provides information about the air density calculation for a hot air balloon given the air pressure and temperature measurements and uncertainties. It uses the ideal gas law to calculate the air density as 1.06 kg/m^3. The uncertainty in the calculated density is estimated by propagating the uncertainties in pressure and temperature measurements through the ideal gas law equation using partial derivatives, resulting in an uncertainty of ±0.328% or ±3.47×10-3 kg/m^3.

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Air Density Calculation & Uncertainty

The document provides information about the air density calculation for a hot air balloon given the air pressure and temperature measurements and uncertainties. It uses the ideal gas law to calculate the air density as 1.06 kg/m^3. The uncertainty in the calculated density is estimated by propagating the uncertainties in pressure and temperature measurements through the ideal gas law equation using partial derivatives, resulting in an uncertainty of ±0.328% or ±3.47×10-3 kg/m^3.

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Problem 1.

41

[Difficulty: 2]

Given:

Air in hot air balloon

p = 759 1 mm Hg T = 60 1C

Find: Solution:

(a) Air density using ideal gas equation of state (b) Estimate of uncertainty in calculated value We will apply uncertainty concepts. = p R T
1

Governing Equations:

(Ideal gas equation of state)

2 x R 2 1 u R = R x u x1 + L 1

(Propagation of Uncertainties)

We can express density as:

= 101 10

N m
2

kg K 287 N m

1 333 K

= 1.06

kg m
3

= 1.06

kg m
3

So the uncertainty in the density is:

p 2 T 2 2 u = T uT p u p + p 1 = RT =1 p RT
T T p = T RT 2 p = 1 = RT
1 2 2

Solving each term separately:

up =

1 759 1 333

= 0.1318%

uT =

= 0.3003%

Therefore:

u = (u p ) + ( uT )
2

= (0.1318% ) + ( 0.3003% )
2

1 2 2

kg u = 0.328% 3.47 10 3 3 m

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