Chapter IV • PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCES

Problem *4.9

A rigid steel tank contains a mixture of vapor and liquid water at a temperature of
150°F. The tank has a volume of 15 ft', the liquid phase occupying 30% of the
volume. Determine the amount of heat added to the system to raise the pressure to
500 psia.

Given:. Tank with mixture of saturated vapor and liquid.

Find: Heat added to raise pressure to 500 psia.

Sketch & Given Data:

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_. - - - _...-
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30'1. lit..t.f

Assumption: 1) Tank is in equilibrium.

Analysis: From Appendix A.14, interpolating to 150°F

v c = 0.016341 ft'/lbm Uc = 118.28 Btu/lbm

v 8 = 96.901 ft'/lbm ueg = 940.97 Btu/lbm

From Appendix A15 at 500 psia

v c = 0.019739 ft'/lbm Uc = 447.85 Btu/lbm

v8 = 0.92849 ft'/lbm Uc8 = 671.56 Btu/lbm

Calculate initial quality.

(0. 7)(15ft3)
mv 96.901ft3/lbm
X1 = ' =---- ------ = 0.000393
~ . +m,, (0.7)(15ft3) + (0.3)(15ft3)
96.901ft3/lbm 0.016341ft3/lbm

Initial specific volume equals final specific volume.

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