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CH125-1P

Lecture 1
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Objectives
At the end of this lesson, students must be able to
1. distinguish between units and dimensions
2. identify SI and British units of different dimensions
3. report measurements property
4. convert between units
Base SI and British Units
Dimensions SI Unit British Unit
Mass kilogram (kg) pound mass (lbm)
Length meter (m) foot (ft)
Time second (s) second (s)
Temperature Kelvin (K) degree Rankine (°F)
Electric current ampere (A) ampere (A)
Standards
• MASS
• International Prototype Kilogram; a Pt-Ir cylinder kept at the International Bureau of
Weights and Measures (France)
• TIME
• the duration of 9,192,631770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition
between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of Cs-133 atom
• LENGTH
• the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum during 1/299,792,458 of a second
Standards
• TEMPERATURE
• International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90)
• Thermodynamic temperature (kelvin)
• 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water
Reporting Measurements

12 kilometers 12 km
5.3 kilograms 5.3 kg
60 seconds 60 s
600 kelvins 60 K
Conversion of Units (Mass)
1 kg = 1000 g = 2.205 lbm
1 m = 100 cm = 3.28 ft
1 h = 60 min = 3600 s
°F = 1.8(°C) + 32
K = °C + 273.15
Exercise: Convert the following
measurements into the indicated units.
1. 85 lbm → g
2. 200 in → m
3. 400 °R → °C
4. 3 days → s
Process Variable: Temperature

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Temperature units: °C, K, °F, °R


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Process Variable: Pressure

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Pressure units:
Pa, N/m2, psig, psia, atm, torr, lbf/ft2, mm Hg
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Process Variable: Flow Rate

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Mass flow rate: kg/h, lbm/min


Volumetric flow rate: ft3/h, m3/h, gpm, L/s
Other Process Variables
1. Density
• Units: kg/m3, lbm/ft3
2. Concentration
• Units: kg/m3, lbm/ft3, mol/L, lbmol/ft3
Other Quantities
1. Work, Heat, Energy
• Units: J, Btu
2. Power
• Units: J/s, W, kW, Btu/min
Exercise: Convert the following
measurements into the indicated units.
1. 85 lbm/ft3 → kgm3
2. 200 in/min → m/h
3. 1000 J/mol·K → Btu/lbmol·°R
Exercise
What is the mass flow rate of water that is flowing at 5 cm/s through
a 5-in cylindrical pipe? Express in lbm/min.

The specific gravity of water at the process condition is 0.998.

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