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Tutorial Problems For Week III

1. The document provides 4 thermodynamics problems involving pressure measurements using various manometers and vacuum gauges. It gives the necessary information and equations to solve each problem, such as densities, altitudes, and pressure readings. 2. The first problem involves determining the absolute pressure in a chamber given a vacuum gauge reading and the mercury column height of the surrounding atmosphere. 3. The second problem involves determining the air pressure in a tank using measurements from a multi-fluid manometer and the altitude and atmospheric pressure of the location. 4. The third problem involves calculating the local atmospheric pressure of a city given the altitude, absolute pressure, and densities of air and mercury.

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Tutorial Problems For Week III

1. The document provides 4 thermodynamics problems involving pressure measurements using various manometers and vacuum gauges. It gives the necessary information and equations to solve each problem, such as densities, altitudes, and pressure readings. 2. The first problem involves determining the absolute pressure in a chamber given a vacuum gauge reading and the mercury column height of the surrounding atmosphere. 3. The second problem involves determining the air pressure in a tank using measurements from a multi-fluid manometer and the altitude and atmospheric pressure of the location. 4. The third problem involves calculating the local atmospheric pressure of a city given the altitude, absolute pressure, and densities of air and mercury.

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Thermodynamics

Tutorial 1

1. A vacuum gage indicates that the pressure of air in a closed chamber is 0.2 bar (vacuum). The pressure
of the surrounding atmosphere is equivalent to a 750-mm column of mercury. The density of mercury
is 13.59 g/cm3, and the acceleration of gravity is 9.81 m/s2. Determine the absolute pressure within the
chamber, in bar.
2. The water in a tank is pressurized by air, and the pressure is measured by a multi-fluid manometer as
shown in Fig. The tank is located on a mountain at an altitude of 1400 m where the atmospheric
pressure is 85.6 kPa. Determine the air pressure in the tank if h1= 0.1 m, h2= 0.2 m, and h3= 0.35 m.
Take the densities of water, oil, and mercury to be 1000kg/m3, 850 kg/m3, and 13,600 kg/m3,
respectively.

1 psia= 3. The pilot of an airplane reads the altitude 3000 m and the absolute pressure 58 kPa when flying over a
6894.75728 pascal.
city. Calculate the local atmospheric pressure in that city in kPa and in mm Hg. Take the densities of
air and mercury to be 1.15kg/m3 and 13,600 kg/m3 , respectively.
1inch=2.54cm 4. A water pipe is connected to a double-U manometer as shown in Fig. at a location where the local
atmospheric pressure is 14.2 psia. Determine the absolute pressure at the center of the pipe.

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