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The document provides instructions for a group assignment with 6 questions about gas properties and behavior. It includes details like submission dates, diagrams of piston-cylinder devices, a table to fill in, and questions about gas pressure, volume, temperature, mass and other variables.

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Group Assignment I

The document provides instructions for a group assignment with 6 questions about gas properties and behavior. It includes details like submission dates, diagrams of piston-cylinder devices, a table to fill in, and questions about gas pressure, volume, temperature, mass and other variables.

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Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa Institute of Technology


School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Group Assignment One

Submission Dates:
Section 1: Friday, April 5 before 1:30PM
Section 2: Thursday, March 28 before 1:30PM
Section 3: Wednesday, April 3 before 1:30PM

Instructions: Attempt all questions.

1. A cylindrical gas tank 1 m long, inside diameter of 20 cm, is evacuated and then filled with
carbon dioxide gas at 25°C. To what pressure should it be charged if there should be 1.2
kg of carbon dioxide?
2. The pressure in an automobile tire depends on the temperature of the air in the tire.
When the air temperature is 25°C, the pressure gage reads 210 kPa. If the volume of the
tire is 0.025 m3, determine the pressure rise in the tire when the air temperature in the
tire rises to 50°C. Also, determine the amount of air that must be bled off to restore
pressure to its original value at this temperature. Assume the atmospheric pressure is 100
kPa.
3. An ideal gas is contained in a closed assembly with an initial pressure and temperature of
220 kPa and 70oC respectively. If the volume of the system is increased 1.5 times and the
temperature drops to 15 oC, determine the final pressure of the gas.
4. The piston of a vertical piston–cylinder device containing a gas has a mass of 60kg and a
cross-sectional area of 0.04m2, as shown in the figure below. The local atmospheric
pressure is 0.97bar, and the gravitational acceleration is 9.81m/s2.
a. Determine the pressure inside the cylinder.
b. If some heat is transferred to the gas and its volume is doubled, do you expect
the pressure inside the cylinder to change?
5. A gas is contained in a vertical, frictionless piston–cylinder device. The piston has a mass
of 4kg and a cross-sectional area of 35cm2. A compressed spring above the piston exerts
a force of 60N on the piston. If the atmospheric pressure is 95kPa, determine the pressure
inside the cylinder.
6. Fill in the blanks. Show the steps that you followed.
T, oC P, kPa h, kJ/kg s, kJ/kg.K x Phase Description
A 102 Saturated Liquid
B 110 200
C 300 2920
D 200 2500
E 120 1 Saturated Vapor
F 120 225

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