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This document contains 10 practice problems related to engineering thermodynamics. The problems cover various thermodynamic concepts and calculations including conversions between different pressure, temperature and volume units, determination of acceleration due to gravity from mass and weight, calculation of weight under different gravitational conditions, use of manometers to determine pressure differences, representation of gas processes on p-V diagrams, and determination of system properties like weight and specific volume for closed systems containing gases.

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Tutorial Set 1 - 2022

This document contains 10 practice problems related to engineering thermodynamics. The problems cover various thermodynamic concepts and calculations including conversions between different pressure, temperature and volume units, determination of acceleration due to gravity from mass and weight, calculation of weight under different gravitational conditions, use of manometers to determine pressure differences, representation of gas processes on p-V diagrams, and determination of system properties like weight and specific volume for closed systems containing gases.

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Department of Chemical Engineering

Obafemi Awolowo University


Engineering Thermodynamics (CHE 201)
Tutorial Set 1

1. Convert the following readings of pressure to kPa assuming that barometer reads 760 mm of
Hg.
(i) 80 cm of Hg (ii) 30 cm Hg vacuum (iii) 1.35 m H2O gauge (iv) 4.2 bar.

2. Convert the following temperatures from °F to °C:


(i) 86°F (ii) −40°F (iii) 500°F (iv) 0°F (v) 212°F (vi) −459.67°F.
Convert each temperature to K.

3. Convert the following temperatures from °C to °F:


(i) 21°C (ii) −40°C (iii) 500°C (iv) 0°C (v) 100°C (vi) −273.15°C.
Convert each temperature to °R.

4. An object whose mass is 10 kg weighs 95 N. Determine


(a) the local acceleration of gravity, in m/s2.
(b) the mass, in kg, and the weight, in N, of the object at a location where g = 9.81
m/s2.

5. The weight of an object on an orbiting space vehicle is measured to be 42 N based on


an artificial gravitational acceleration of 6 m/s2. What is the weight of the object, in N,
on earth, where g = 9.81 m/s2?

6. As shown in Fig. 1, a manometer is attached to a tank of gas in which the pressure is


104.0 kPa. The manometer liquid is mercury, with a density of 13.59 g/cm3. If g =
9.81 m/s2 and the atmospheric pressure is 101.33 kPa, calculate
(a) the difference in mercury levels in the manometer, in cm.
(b) the gage pressure of the gas, in kPa.

Fig. 1

7. 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.
8. A gas contained within a piston–cylinder assembly undergoes a thermodynamic cycle
consisting of three processes:
Process 1–2: Compression with pV = constant from p1 = 1 bar, V1 = 1.0 m3 to V2 =
0.2 m3
Process 2–3: Constant-pressure expansion to V3 = 1.0 m3
Process 3–1: Constant volume
Sketch the cycle on a p–V diagram labeled with pressure and volume values at each
numbered state.

9. A closed system consists of 0.5 kmol of ammonia occupying a volume of 6 m3.


Determine (a) the weight of the system, in N, and (b) the specific volume, in m3/kmol
and m3/kg. Let g = 9.81 m/s2.

10. A closed system consisting of 5 kg of a gas undergoes a process during which the
relationship between pressure and specific volume is pv1.3 = constant. The process
begins with p1 = 1 bar, v1 = 0.2 m3/kg and ends with p2 = 0.25 bar. Determine the final
volume, in m3, and plot the process on a graph of pressure versus specific volume.

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