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Property Tables Usage Guide

This document provides guidance on determining which thermodynamic property tables to use based on the given properties of a substance. It explains that if pressure and temperature are known, the saturation tables can be used to check if the substance is superheated, compressed liquid, or saturated. For saturated states, an additional property is needed to fully define the state. It also outlines how to determine the table to use if pressure or temperature and another intensive property are provided.

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Property Tables Usage Guide

This document provides guidance on determining which thermodynamic property tables to use based on the given properties of a substance. It explains that if pressure and temperature are known, the saturation tables can be used to check if the substance is superheated, compressed liquid, or saturated. For saturated states, an additional property is needed to fully define the state. It also outlines how to determine the table to use if pressure or temperature and another intensive property are provided.

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GUIDE TO THE USE OF PROPERTY TABLES

Given two properties of a substance, how do you decide which tables (i.e., saturation,
compressed liquid or superheated vapour) you should use to look up other
thermodynamic properties of the substance?

1. If you are given the pressure, Po, and the temperature To:

(1) Using the saturation tables, find the corresponding saturation temperature, Tsat for
the given Po.
(2) If To > Tsat at the given Po, the substance must be in the superheated state. Use
superheated tables.
(3) If To < Tsat at the given Po, then the substance must be in the compressed liquid
state. Use compressed liquid tables.
(4) If To = Tsat at the given Po, then the substance is in the saturated state and you will
need one more property (e.g., v, u, h, s or quality, x) to define the state of the
substance.

If the substance is in the saturated state and another property besides To and Po is
given, e.g. the specific volume (v), then the following procedure can be used to
determine the other properties:

(1) Find vf and vg (i.e., specific volumes of saturated liquid and saturated vapour,
respectively) at To and Po. Note: at saturated states To and Po correspond to
Tsat and Psat.
(2) Determine the quality, x, of the mixture using: v = vf + x (vg - vf)
(3) Calculate the desired properties using: a = af + x (ag – af) where a
corresponds to any intensive property (u, h, s etc.)

2. If you are given Po or To and another property, ao (where a is any intensive property):

(1) Using the saturated tables, find af and ag for Po and To


(2) If ao > ag, then the substance must be in a superheated state. Use superheated
tables.
(3) If ao < af, then the substance must be in the compressed liquid state. Use
compressed liquid tables.
(4) If af < ao < ag, then the substance must be in a saturated state. Use the following
equation to calculate the quality: x = (ao – af) / (ag – af)

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