General rules for determining the properties of pure substances

Pure substance need 2 independent intensive properties to fix thermodynamic state Pure substance = Water, Ammonia, R-12, R-22, R-134a Tables to be used Appendix B, pages 673 722 of Sonntag, Borgnakke and VanWylen, 6 th ed.

Note: In this document, y represents any of the following: u, v, h or s u: Specific internal energy (kJ/kg) h: Specific Enthalpy (kJ/kg) s: Specific Entropy (kJ/kg/K)

START with Saturated liquid tables

v: Specific volume (m3/kg)

at given T is P PSAT ? at given P is T TSAT ? at T or P is yf y yg ?

NO

at given T is P PSAT ? at given P is T TSAT ? at T or P is y yg ?

YES

Superheated vapor use superheat tables

YES Sat liq. Saturated and T = Tsat P = Psat Find quality, x Sat vap.

NO

Compressed liquid

x0 y yf

y - yf yg yf

x 1 y yg

Are compressed liquid tables available? YES use compressed liquid tables

NO

use compressed liquid approx. y(T,P) y f (T) h(T, P) u f (T) Pvf (T)
NOTE: y(T,P) above means the value of the property y at temperature T and pressure P. Similarly, yf (T) means the value of yf at the temperature T. The same is true for h(T,P)

Adapted from Thermodynamics, An integrated learning system thermonet 2.0, Schmidt et al., 2006