FACULTY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

CHE433 THERMODYNAMICS

TUTORIAL 1
1. Why does a bicyclist picks up speed on a downhill road even when he is not
pedaling? Does this violate the conservation of energy principle?
2. An office worker claims that a cup of cold coffee on his table warmed up to
80oC by picking up energy from the surrounding air, which is at 25 oC. Is there
any truth to his claim? Does this process violate any thermodynamic laws?
3. What is the difference between pound-mass and pond-force?
4. Determine the mass and the weight of the air contained in a room whose
dimensions are 6 m x 6 m x 8 m. Assume the density of the air is 1.16 kg/m 3.
5. If the mass of an object is 5 kg, what is its weight, in kgf, at a location where
g = 9.807 m/s2?
Define the closed system and open system.
7. What is the difference between intensive and extensive properties?
8. What is a quasi-equilibrium process?
9. Consider a system whose temperature is 18 oC. Express this temperature in R,
K and oF.
10.What is the difference between gage pressure and absolute pressure?
11.A pressure gage connected to a tank reads 500 kPa at a location where the
atmospheric pressure is 94 kPa. Determine the absolute pressure in the tank.
12.The acceleration of high speed aircraft is sometimes expressed in gs (in
multiples of the standard acceleration of gravity). Determine the upward
force, in N, that a 90-kg man would experience in an aircraft whose
acceleration is 6 gs.