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Tutorial 1: Basic Concept of Thermodynamics

This document provides a tutorial on basic concepts in thermodynamics. It includes 8 examples involving calculations of mass, pressure, density, and boundary work for gases and liquids. Example problems cover determining weight and mass of water and air, measuring pressure at different depths in liquids, using manometers to measure gas pressure, calculating atmospheric pressure and mass needed to double gas pressure, determining gas pressure with a piston and spring, and calculating boundary work during gas expansion processes.

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Tutorial 1: Basic Concept of Thermodynamics

This document provides a tutorial on basic concepts in thermodynamics. It includes 8 examples involving calculations of mass, pressure, density, and boundary work for gases and liquids. Example problems cover determining weight and mass of water and air, measuring pressure at different depths in liquids, using manometers to measure gas pressure, calculating atmospheric pressure and mass needed to double gas pressure, determining gas pressure with a piston and spring, and calculating boundary work during gas expansion processes.

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TUTORIAL 1: BASIC CONCEPT OF THERMODYNAMICS

1. A 3 kg of plastic tank that has a volume of 0.2 m 3 is filled with liquid water. Assuming the
density of water is1000 kg/m3, determine the weight of the combined system (Answer: 1991 N)
2. Determine the mass and the weight of the air contained in a room whose dimensions are 6 m x
6 m x 8 m. Assume the density of the air is 1.16 kg/m3 (Answer: 334.1 kg, 3277 N)
3. The absolute pressure in water at a depth of 5 m is read to be 145kPa. Determine:
(a) The local atmospheric pressure (Answer: 96 kPa)
(b) The absolute pressure at a depth of 5 m in a liquid whose specific gravity is 0.85 at
the same location (Answer: 137.7kPa)
4. The water in a tank is pressurized by air, and the pressure is measured by a multifluid
manometer as shown in figure below. Determine the gage pressure of air in the tank if h 1=0.2 m,
h2=0.3 m and h3=0.46 m. Take the densities of water, oil and mercury to be 1000 kg/m 3, 850
kg/m3 and 13600 kg/m3 respectively (Answer: 56.9 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 weight on
the piston. Determine the local atmospheric pressure and the mass of the weight that will double
the pressure of the gas inside the cylinder. (Answer: 95.7 kPa, 115.3 kg)

6. 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 cm2. A compressed spring above the piston exert a force of 60
N on the piston. If the atmospheric pressure is 95 kPa, determine the pressure inside the cylinder.
(Answer: 123.4kPa)

7. Determine the Boundary Work Done, Wb by a gas during an Expansion Process if the pressure
and volume value at various states are measured to be as follows :
310 kPa and 1 L; 300 kPa and 1.1 L; 280 kPa and 1.2 L; 260 kPa and 1.4 L; 230 kPa and 1.7 L;
210 kP and 2 L (Answer: 520kJ)
8. A nitrogen gas contains in a piston cylinder device with known mass of 0.25 kg at initial
pressure
of 130 kPa and temperature 120C. The nitrogen gas is being expanded under isothermal
condition
to a final pressure of 100 kPa. Determine the boundary work done involve during this expansion
process ( Given Gas Constant for Nitrogen, RN2 = 0.2968 kJ/kgK. ) (Answer: 7.65 kJ)

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