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Thermodynamics Lab Exercises on Gas Laws

This document contains 4 thermodynamics problems involving gases in tanks and tires. Problem 1 calculates the mass of oxygen in a tank given pressure, volume, and temperature. Problem 2 determines the pressure reading on a gage for a tank containing air at a given mass, volume, and temperature. Problem 3 calculates the volume of one tank, total mass, and final equilibrium pressure when two tanks at different conditions are connected and allowed to reach thermal equilibrium with the surroundings. Problem 4 determines the pressure rise and mass of air that must be bled off from a tire when the air temperature inside rises, to restore the original pressure.

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Thermodynamics Lab Exercises on Gas Laws

This document contains 4 thermodynamics problems involving gases in tanks and tires. Problem 1 calculates the mass of oxygen in a tank given pressure, volume, and temperature. Problem 2 determines the pressure reading on a gage for a tank containing air at a given mass, volume, and temperature. Problem 3 calculates the volume of one tank, total mass, and final equilibrium pressure when two tanks at different conditions are connected and allowed to reach thermal equilibrium with the surroundings. Problem 4 determines the pressure rise and mass of air that must be bled off from a tire when the air temperature inside rises, to restore the original pressure.

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ES 31- THERMODYNAMICS AND HEAT TRANSFER

LABORATORY EXERCISE

! REMARK= color red texts are the required answers for each problem…

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 °C and the atmospheric pressure is 97 KPa.

FIGURE:

SOLUTION:

A) T (°K) = T (°C) + 273.15


= 28 °C + 273.15
= 301.15 °K
B) Pabs= Pgage + Patm
= 500 KPa + 97 KPa
= 597 KPa
𝑃𝑉 𝐾𝐽
C) m= 𝑅𝑇 ; where Roxygen= 0.2598 𝐾𝑔.𝐾
( 597 𝐾𝑃𝑎 )( 2.5 m3 )
= 𝐾𝐽
( 0.2598 )( 301.15 𝐾 )
𝐾𝑔.𝐾

= 19.08 Kg
2. A 400-L rigid tank contains 5 Kg of air at 25 °C. Determine the reading on the pressure gage if
the atmospheric pressure is 97 KPa.

FIGURE:

SOLUTION:

A) V= 400 L
= (400) (1000)
= 400000 cm³
= 0.4 m³
B) T (°K)= T (°C) + 273.15
= 25 °C + 273.15
= 298.15 °K
𝑚𝑅𝑇 𝐾𝐽
C) P= 𝑉
; where Rair= 0.2870 𝐾𝑔.𝐾
𝐾𝐽
( 5 𝐾𝑔 )( 0.2870 )( 298.15 𝐾 )
𝐾𝑔.𝐾
= 0.4 m³
= 1069.61 KPa
D) Pgage= P – Patm
= 1069.61 KPa – 97 KPa
= 972.61 KPa
3. A 1- m³ tank containing air at 25 °C and 500 KPa is connected through a valve to another tank
containing 5 Kg of air at 35 °C 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 °C. Determine the volume of the
second tank and the final equilibrium pressure of air.

FIGURE:

*Ttank-A= 25 °C= 298.15 °K

*Ttank-B= 35 °C= 308.15 °K

*Tsurr.= 20 °C= 293.15 °K

𝐾𝐽
*Rair= 0.2870 𝐾𝑔.𝐾

SOLUTION:
𝑃𝑉
A) mtank-A= 𝑅𝑇
( 500 𝐾𝑃𝑎 )( 1 m3 )
= 𝐾𝐽
( 0.2870 )( 298.15 𝐾 )
𝐾𝑔.𝐾

= 5.8432 Kg
mRT
B) Vtank-B=
P
𝐾𝐽
( 5 𝐾𝑔 )( 0.2870 )( 308.15 𝐾 )
𝐾𝑔.𝐾
=
200 𝐾𝑃𝑎
= 2.211 m³
C) Vtotal= Vtank-A + Vtank-B
= 1 m³ + 2.211 m³
= 3.211 m³
D) mtotal= mtank-A + mtank-B
= 5.8432 Kg + 5 Kg
= 10.8432 Kg
𝑚𝑅𝑇
E) PFinalEq.= 𝑉
; where T=Tsurr
𝐾𝐽
( 10.8432 𝐾𝑔 )( 0.2870 )( 293.15 𝐾 )
𝐾𝑔.𝐾
=
3.211 m³
= 284.1116 KPa
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 210 KPa. If the volume in the tire is 0.025 m³,
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.

FIGURE:

*T1= 25 °C= 298.15 °K

*T2= 50 °C= 323.15 °K


𝐾𝐽
* Rair= 0.2870 𝐾𝑔.𝐾

SOLUTION:

A) P1= Pgage + Patm


= 210 KPa + 100 KPa
= 310 KPa
𝑃1𝑉1 𝑃2𝑉2 𝑃1𝑉1𝑇2
B) = ; from formula manipulation we get, P2=
𝑇1 𝑇2 𝑇1𝑉2
𝑃1𝑇2
*P2= ; final formula form since V1=V2, they’ve just cancelled out
𝑇1
( 310 𝐾𝑃𝑎 )( 323.15 𝐾 )
= 298.15 𝐾
= 335.9936 KPa
C) P= P2 – P1
= 335.9936 KPa - 310 KPa
= 25.9936 KPa
𝑃𝑉
D) m1= 𝑅𝑇1
( 310 𝐾𝑃𝑎 )( 0.025 m3 )
= 𝐾𝐽
( 0.2870 )( 298.15 K )
𝐾𝑔.𝐾

= 0.0906 Kg
𝑃𝑉
E) m2= 𝑅𝑇2
( 310 𝐾𝑃𝑎 )( 0.025 m3 )
= 𝐾𝐽
( 0.2870 )( 323.15 K )
𝐾𝑔.𝐾

= 0.0836 Kg
F) m= m1 – m2
= 0.0906 Kg – 0.0836 Kg
= 0.0070 Kg

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