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ES 31
LABORATOTY ACTIVITY
BUGNAY,JULA CLAIRE E.
BSAEng’g 4A
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
28o C and the atmospheric is 97 kPa.
Given: Solution:
Assumptions:
At specified conditions, air behaves as an ideal gas.
Properties:
The gas constant of air is R = 0.287 kPa.m3/kg.K (Table A-1).
Analysis:
Treating air as an ideal gas, the absolute pressure in the tank is determined
from
Given: Solution:
V =400-L P=mRT/V
m =5 kg P= (5 kg x 0.287 kPa.m3/kg.K x 298 K) / (0.4
T= 25o C m3)
Pgage=97 kPa P= 1069.1 kpa
Thus the gage pressure is
Pgage = P – Patm
Pgage = 1069.1 kPa – 97 kPa
Pgage = 972.1 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.
Let the two tanks be represented by A and B as shown in the figure below.
Given:
Volume of the tank A, VA = 1 m3
Temperature of air in tank A, TA = 25 oC = 298 K
Pressure of air in tank A, PA = 500 kPa
Mass of air in tank B, mB = 5 kg
Temperature of air in tank B, TB = 35 oC = 308 K
Pressure of air in tank B, PB = 200 kPa
Surrounding temperature, Tsurr = 20 oC = 293 K
Solution:
Given: Solution:
T1= 25o C + 273= 298 K a. Pabs1= Pgage1 + Patm1
Pgage1= 210 kPa Pabs1= 210 kPa + 100 kPa
V= 0.025 m3 Pabs1= 310 kPa
Pabs= ? when T2= 50o C + 273= m1=P1v / RT1
323 K
m1= (310 kPa x 0.025 m3) / (0.287 kj.kg-
mabs= m1-m3 k x 298 K)
m1= 0.09062 kg
b. P2 =mRT2 / V
P2= (0.09062 kg x 0.287 kj.kg-k x 323
K) / (0.025 m3)
P2= 336.0 kPa
Pabs= Pabs2 – Pabs1
Pabs= 336 kPa – 310 kPa
Pabs= 26 kPa