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LINEAR INTERPOLATION
Y=f(x)
actual point
Y2
2
approximated point
Y1
X1 X X2
Let X1, X2 be the x-values of two adjacent points, 1, 2 on the curve and let Y1, Y2 be the
corresponding values of the dependent variable Y.
Need to find the Y-value corresponding to a point, lying between 1 and 2, having the X-value X.
Y Y1
(Y2 Y1
(X X1 ) (X 2 X1 )
T2 = 210C
T1 =164.97C
T2=210C
P = 7bar
= 0.7MPa
P1 = 0.7MPa
= P2
T1=164.97C
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T2 > Tsat = 164.97C corresponding to P2 = 0.7 MPa (7 bars) steam is a superheated vapour
at state 1.
(see Table A5, p. 770 of Cengel & Boles for these values)
v * 0.3604 m 3 / kg
( 210 200)
( 250 200)
u * 2655.3 kJ / kg
( 210 200)
( 250 200)
h * 2850.1 ( 2957.2 2850.1)
h * 2871.5 kJ / kg
( 210 200)
( 250 200)
P 0.8MPa , T 200C v1** 0.2608 m 3 / kg, u 1** 2630.6 kJ / kg, h 1** 2839.3 kJ / kg
P 0.8MPa , T 250C v *2* 0.2931 m 3 / kg, u *2* 2715.5 kJ / kg, h *2* 2950.0 kJ / kg
P 0.8MPa , T 210C
v ** 0.2673 m 3 / kg
( 210 200)
(250 200)
u ** 2647.6 kJ / kg
(210 200)
(250 200)
h ** 2839.3 ( 2950.0 2839.3)
h ** 2861.4 kJ / kg
(210 200)
( 250 200)
P2 0.7MPa , T2 210C
v 2 0.3139 m 3 / kg
(0.7 0.6)
(0.8 0.6)
u 2 2651.4 kJ / kg
(0.7 0.6)
(0.8 0.6)
h 2 2871.5 (2861.4 2871.5)
h 2 2866.5 kJ / kg
(0.7 0.6)
( 0 .8 0 .6 )
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Using the appropriate tables for water and water vapour, fill in the blanks in the following
table:
Temperature, [C]
280
Pressure, [MPa]
Mass, [kg]
480
0.7
1.0
2.0
1.3
8.0
0.35
3.5
3.0
0.3852
Volume, [m3]
Quality, [%]
60
20
2779.6
3005.4