1.

Determine the atmospheric pressure at a location where the barometric reading is 750
mm Hg. Take the density of mercury to be 13,600 kg/m3

2. The gage pressure in a liquid at a depth of 3 m is read to be 28 kPa. Determine the gage
pressure in the same liquid at a depth of 9 m.

3. Determine the pressure exerted on a diver at 30 m below the free surface of the sea.
Assume a barometric pressure of 101 kPa and a specific gravity of 1.03 for seawater.

4. A gas is contained in a vertical, frictionless piston–cylinder device. The piston has a mass
of 4 kg and a cross-sectional area of 35 cm 2 . A compressed spring above the piston exerts
a force of 60 N on the piston. If the atmospheric pressure is 95 kPa, determine the pressure
inside the cylinder. Answer: 123.4 kPa

5. A vertical piston–cylinder device contains a gas at a pressure of 100 kPa. The piston has a
mass of 5 kg and a diameter of 12 cm. Pressure of the gas is to be increased by placing
some weights on the piston. Determine the local atmospheric pressure and the mass of the
weights that will double the pressure of the gas inside the cylinder. Answers: 95.7 kPa,
115.3 kg

6. The basic barometer can be used as an altitude-measuring device in airplanes. The

8. A water jet that leaves a nozzle at 60 m/s at a flow rate of 120 kg/s is to be used to
generate power by striking the buckets located on the perimeter of a wheel. Determine the
power generation potential of this water jet.

9. A person gets into an elevator at the lobby level of a hotel together with his 30-kg
suitcase, and gets out at the 10th floor 35 m above. Determine the amount of energy
consumed by the motor of the elevator that is now stored in the suitcase.

10. Determine the energy required to accelerate a 1300 kg car from 10 to 60 km/h on an
uphill road with a vertical rise of 40 m.

11. A fan is to accelerate quiescent air to a velocity of 10 m/s at a rate of 4 m 3/s. determine
the minimum power that must be supplied to the fan. Take the density of air to be 1.18
kg/m3. Answer: 236 W

12. An oil pump is drawing 35 kW of electric power while pumping oil with dens ity 860
kg/m 3 at a rate of 0.1 m 3 /s. The inlet and outlet diameters of the pipe are 8 cm and 12 cm,
respectively. If the pressure rise of oil in the pump is measured to be 400 kPa and the motor
efficiency is 90 percent, determine the mechanical efficiency of the pump.

13. 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 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 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 100
kPa.

14. The pressure gage on a 2.5-m 3 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.

15. A 0.5-m 3 rigid tank containing hydrogen at 20°C and 600 kPa is connected by a valve to
another 0.5-m 3 rigid tank that holds hydrogen at 30°C and 150 kPa. Now the valve is
opened and the system is allowed to reach thermal equilibrium with the surroundings,
which are at 15°C. Determine the final pressure in the tank.

16. A piston–cylinder device initially contains 0.07 m 3 of nitrogen gas at 130 kPa and 120°C.
The nitrogen is now expanded polytropically to a state of 100 kPa and 100°C. Determine the
boundary work done during this process.

17. Nitrogen at an initial state of 300 K, 150 kPa, and 0.2 m 3 is compressed slowly in an
isothermal process to a final pressure of 800 kPa. Determine the work done during this
process.

18. Carbon dioxide contained in a piston–cylinder device is compressed from 0.3 to 0.1 m 3 .
During the process, the pressure and volume are related by P = aV -2 , where a =8 kPa · m 6 .
Calculate the work done on the carbon dioxide during this process. Answer: 53.3 kJ

19. A 4-m x 5-m x 6-m room is to be heated by a base-board resistance heater. It is desired
that the resistance heater be able to raise the air temperature in the room from 7 to 23°C
within 15 min. Assuming no heat losses from the room and an atmospheric pressure of 100
kPa, determine the required power of the resistance heater. Assume constant specific heats
at room temperature. Answer: 1.91 kW

20. An insulated rigid tank is divided into two equal parts by a partition. Initially, one part
contains 4 kg of an ideal gas at 800 kPa and 50°C, and the other part is evacuated. The
partition is now removed, and the gas expands into the entire tank. Determine the final
temperature and pressure in the tank.

21. A piston–cylinder device contains 4 kg of argon at 250 kPa and 35°C. During a quasi-
equilibrium, isothermal expansion process, 15 kJ of boundary work is done by the system,
and 3 kJ of paddle-wheel work is done on the system. Determine the heat transfer for this
process.
22. Air enters a nozzle steadily at 2.21 kg/m 3 and 40 m/s and leaves at 0.762 kg/m 3 and
180 m/s. If the inlet area of the nozzle is 90 cm 2 , determine (a) the mass flow rate through
the nozzle, and (b) the exit area of the nozzle. Answers: (a) 0.796 kg/s, (b) 58 cm 2

23. Air enters an adiabatic nozzle steadily at 300 kPa, 200°C, and 30 m/s and leaves at 100
kPa and 180 m/s. The inlet area of the nozzle is 80 cm 2 . Determine (a) the mass flow rate
through the nozzle, (b) the exit temperature of the air, and (c) the exit area of the nozzle.
Answers: (a) 0.5304 kg/s, (b) 184.6°C, (c) 38.7 cm2

24. Argon gas enters an adiabatic turbine steadily at 900 kPa and 450°C with a velocity of 80
m/s and leaves at 150 kPa with a velocity of 150 m/s. The inlet area of the turbine is 60 cm
2 . If the power output of the turbine is 250 kW, determine the exit temperature of the
argon.

25. Air enters the compressor of a gas-turbine plant at ambient conditions of 100 kPa and
25°C with a low velocity and exits at 1 MPa and 347°C with a velocity of 90 m/s. The
compressor is cooled at a rate of 1500 kJ/min, and the power input to the compressor is
250 kW. Determine the mass flow rate of air through the compressor.