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STUDENT NAME: SUKESH A/L SOUNDARA PANDIAN STUDENT ID NO: SCM-003516 DATE OF SUBMISSION: 10 FEBRUARY 2010 LECTURER NAME: Mr. Jason Cheng
Abstract
A Marcet boiler is a device developed to investigate the relationship between pressure and temperature of saturated steam in equilibrium with water at all pressures between atmospheric and 10 bar. Hence in this experiment is conducted to determine this relationship and also to investigate the vapour pressure curve.
Introduction
Thermodynamics is a branch of physics, which deals with the energy, and work of a system. Thermodynamics deals only with the large-scale response of a system that we can observe and measure in experiments. Small-scale gas interactions are described by the kinetic theory of gasses, which is a compliment to thermodynamics. The main objective of this experiment is to determine the relation between vapour and pressure of saturated steam and also the vapour pressure curve.
The apparatus used in this experiment is known as a marcet boiler. The unit consists of a stainless steel pressure vessel fitted with high pressure immersion electrical heater. The unit also comes together with a safety relief valve, temperature and pressure measuring devices. Water feed port is installed to allow water charging. The unit comes with comes with temperature and pressure transducers so that students will be able to read the respective values on the digital indicators easily. The water heater is protected from burnout by setting the maximum operating temperature with a temperature controller.
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Figure 1: Unit Construction for Marcet Boiler (Model: HE169) 1. Pressure Transducer 2. Temperature Controller/Indicator 3. Pressure Indicator 4. Control Panel 5. Bench 6. Bourdon Tube Pressure Gauge 7. 8. 9. Temperature Sensor Pressure Relief Valve Water Inlet Port & Valve
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Experimental results
Pressure, P (bar) Gauge Pressure, P Temperatue (psi) (C) Gauge + atmospheric Temperatur e (K) Time taken Minutes, min Seconds, s 0.00 0.50 1.10 1.51 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 0.000 21.948 30.650 36.597 43.703 50.955 58.207 65.459 72.711 79.963 99.9 111.3 120.3 127.5 133.7 139.0 143.8 148.2 152.2 155.9 373.05 384.45 393.45 400.65 406.85 412.15 416.95 421.35 425.35 429.05 0s 6min 15s 11min 37s 16min 19s 20min 28s 24min 7s 27min 25s 30min 3s 33mi 35s 36min 0.00 0.519 1.034 1.211 0.873 0.731 0.662 0.607 0.552 0.510 0.000 0.173 0.179 0.184 0.188 0.192 0.196 0.199 0.202 0.205 Measured Slope dT/dP Calculated slope Tvg/hfg
23s 5.00 5.50 6.00 6.90 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.00 9.50 10.00 87.215 94.467 101.719 114.772 123.474 130.726 137.978 145.230 152.482 159.734 159.2 162.3 165.3 168.0 170.6 173.1 175.5 177.8 179.9 181.9 432.35 435.45 438.45 441.15 443.75 446.25 448.65 450.95 453.05 455.05 38min 57s 41min 21s 43min 40s 45min 7s 47min 51s 49min 57s 51min 53s 53min 49s 55min 38s 57min 14s 0.455 0.427 0.414 0.207 0.300 0.345 0.331 0.317 0.290 0.276 0.207 0.210 0.212 0.215 0.218 0.220 0.222 0.224 0.226 0.228
Graphs
Temperature Vs Pressure
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58 .2 07 72 .7 11 10 1. 71 9 12 3. 47 4 13 7. 97 8 15 2. 48 2 0 43 .7 03 87 .2 15 30 .6 5
Temperature (k)
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Pressure (psi)
Slope
Pressure (psi)
Discussion
Pressure and temperature are the two fundamental quantities of any material. As for the pressure and temperature of steam, both quantities are also proportional to each other which are proved by the calculations and the graph trends. The graph shows that as the temperature increases the pressure also increases. It is used in steam plant industry Hence the gradient of the slope is positive which shows that this is a positive slope. It is necessary to remove the air from the boiler at the beginning of the experiment because it will affect the readings as there will be a pressure difference. The error percentage could be around 10-20% because theres a small difference between the actual and ideal values calculated. Sources of experimental error are measurement or reading accuracy, room temperature and pressure, the stability of the materials and the calculations error
Conclusion
In this experiment, the relationship between temperature and pressure for saturated steam in equilibrium with water and increases gradually. The pressure and temperature are measured using the pressure gauge and thermometer of the Marcet Boiler. The Thermodynamics theory and Ideal Gas Equations were used to calculate and compare the experimental readings to make the test as efficient as possible. The experiment is successful though there are small possible errors in the experiment. To
improve the accuracy of the result the experiment should be performed carefully and also set a room temperature.