UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA

FAKULTI TEKNOLOGI & KEJURUTERAAN MEKANIKAL

DMCT2133 – THERMODYNAMICS
TUTORIAL 1

BASIC CONCEPTS OF THERMODYNAMICS

1. What is the difference between intensive and extensive properties?

2. Define the isothermal, isobaric, and isochoric processes.
3. What is the difference between gage pressure and absolute pressure?
4. Most of the energy generated in the engine car is rejected to the air by the
radiator through the circulating water. Should the radiator be analyzed as a
closed system or and open system? Explain.
5. A vacuum gage connected to a tank reads 30 kPa at a location where the
barometric reading is 755 mm Hg. Determine the absolute pressure in the tank.
Take Hg = 13590 kg/m3.

30

Pabs Patm

6. The barometer of a mountain hiker read 930 mbar at the beginning of a hiking
trip and 780 mbar at the end. Neglecting the effect of altitude on local
gravitational acceleration, determine the vertical distance climbed. Assume an
average air density of 1.20 kg/m3 and take g=9.7 m/s2.
780 mbar

h=?

930 mbar

7. Both a gage and a manometer are attached to a gas tank to measure its pressure.
If the reading on the pressure gage is 80 kPa, determine the distance between the
two fluid levels of the manometer if the fluid is:
a) Mercury ( = 13600 kg/m3)
b) Water ( = 1000 kg/m3)

80

h=?

1
8. The lower half of a 10 m-high is filled with water ( = 1000 kg/m3) and the upper
half with oil that has a specific gravity of 0.85. Determine the pressure difference
between the top and bottom of the cylinder.

Oil
=850 kg/m3
h=10 m
Water
=1000 kg/m3

9. A glass tube is attached to a water pipe as shown. If the water pressure at the
bottom of the tube is 115 kPa and the local atmospheric pressure is 92 kPa,
determine how high the water will rise in the tube, in meter. Assume g=9.8 m/s2 at
that location and take the density of water to be 1000 kg/m3.
Patm = 92 kPa
h=?

water

10. The boiling temperature of water decreases by about 3oC for each 1000 m rise in
altitude. What is the decrease in the boiling temperature for each 1000 m rise in
altitude in
a) Kelvin
b) o Fahrenheit
c) Rankine

11. A gas is contained in a vertical, frictionless piston-cylinder device. The piston has a
mass of 4 kg and cross-sectional area of 35 cm2. A compressed spring above the
piston exerts a force of 60 N on the piston. If the atmospheric pressure is 95 kPa,
determine the pressure inside the cylinder. Assume the gravitational constant,
g=9.807 m/s2.
Patm = 95 kPa

60 N
mp = 4 kg

A = 35 cm 2
P=?