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Department of Biomedical Engineering (Aait) : Work Sheet # 1

The document contains 5 questions related to engineering thermodynamics: 1) Whether a cup of coffee can warm to 80°C by absorbing heat from 25°C air, violating thermodynamic laws. 2) Calculating the height of a building using barometric readings at the top and bottom. 3) Determining the fluid level difference in a manometer attached to a gas tank, using mercury or water. 4) Calculating the gas pressure inside a piston-cylinder assembly based on the piston area and supporting mass. 5) Converting temperatures of 100D and 400D on a new scale to degrees Celsius, where the ice and steam points are 150D and 300D.

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Department of Biomedical Engineering (Aait) : Work Sheet # 1

The document contains 5 questions related to engineering thermodynamics: 1) Whether a cup of coffee can warm to 80°C by absorbing heat from 25°C air, violating thermodynamic laws. 2) Calculating the height of a building using barometric readings at the top and bottom. 3) Determining the fluid level difference in a manometer attached to a gas tank, using mercury or water. 4) Calculating the gas pressure inside a piston-cylinder assembly based on the piston area and supporting mass. 5) Converting temperatures of 100D and 400D on a new scale to degrees Celsius, where the ice and steam points are 150D and 300D.

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Work sheet # 1

Department Of Biomedical Engineering (AAiT)


MEng 2308 Engineering Thermodynamics

1. An office worker claims that a cup of cold coffee on his table warmed up to 80 0C by
picking up energy from the surrounding air, which is at 25 0C. Is there any truth to his
claim? Does this process violate any thermodynamic laws?

2. The basic barometer can be used to measure the height of a building. If the barometric
readings at the top and at the bottom of a building are 730 and 755 mmHg,
respectively, determine the height of the building. Assume an average air density of
1.18 kg/m3.

Figure 2

3. Both a gage and a manometer are attached to a gas tank to measure its pressure. If the
reading on the pressure gage is 80 KPa, determine the distance between the two fluid
levels of the manometer if the fluid is (a) mercury (𝜌 = 13,600 𝑘𝑔/𝑚3) or (b) water
(𝜌 = 1000 𝑘𝑔/𝑚3 ).

Gas

Figure 3
4. A cylinder encloses a gas in a piston-cylinder assembly as shown in Figure 4. The area
of the piston is 0.01 m2. If the piston supports a mass of 50kg (including the mass of
the piston), what is the gas pressure? Will the gas pressure change if the volume is
changed, say, due to heating?

Figure 4

5. A new temperature scale is proposed. On this scale the ice point of water is 150D and
the steam point is 300D. Determine the equivalent of 100D and 400D in 0C.

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