Density, Specific Volume and Specific weight.

1) A room contains a mixture of 90kg oxygen and 230kg of nitrogen, and dimension
of the room 6m× 2m× 20m. Determine specific volume and specific weight of the
air.

Given:
Dimension of the room 6m× 2m× 20m
M oxygen = 50kg ; m nitrogen =30kg

Solution:
𝑚 (90𝑘𝑔) + (230𝑘𝑔) 𝑘𝑔
𝑃= = = 1.333 3
𝑣 6𝑚 × 2𝑚 × 20𝑚 𝑚

1 1 𝑚3
𝑉= = = 0.750
𝑃 1.333 𝑘𝑔

𝐹 𝑚𝑔𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑁
𝑦= = = 𝑃 = 1.333 × 9.81 = 13. 07 3
𝑉 𝑉𝑔𝑐 𝑣𝑐 𝑚

Pressure.
2) If the pressure inside a stage tank is 3.1 atm of sea level, then what is the gauge
pressure inside the tank?

Given: Pabsolute = 3.1atm Pgauge = ?

Patmospheric = 1atm

Solution:
Pgauge = Pabsolute - Patmospheric
Pgauge = 3.1atm – 1.0atm
Pgauge = 2.1atm

3) A diver is currently located at the depth 30m in the ocean, what is the gauge at
htes point? And what is the absolute pressure?(The Density of ocean water is
512.5 kg/m³

Given: H = 30m
: p = 512.5 kg/m³
: Patm = 101.3 kpa

Solution:
 𝐹 𝑚𝑔
𝑃𝑔𝑎𝑢𝑔𝑒 = =
𝐴 𝐴
𝑝𝑣𝑔 𝑝𝐴ℎ𝑔
𝑃𝑔𝑎𝑢𝑔𝑒 = =
𝐴 𝐴
𝑃𝑔𝑎𝑢𝑔𝑒 = 𝑝𝑔ℎ
𝑃𝑔𝑎𝑢𝑔𝑒 = (512.5)(9.8)(30)
= 150,675 𝑃𝑎
𝑃𝑔𝑎𝑢𝑔𝑒 = 150.67𝑘𝑝𝑎

𝑃𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒 = 𝑃𝑔 + 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑚
= 150.67 + 101.3
= 251.97 𝑘𝑝𝑎

Conservation of mass.
4) Density of water = 1600kg per cubic meter, the pump discharges 9 meter per
side cubical tank. The flow rate is 960 liters per minute and fluid has adensity of
2.3 times that of water. Determine (A flow rate in kg per second) (B the time it
takes to fill the tank).

Solution:
𝑣 = 6 × 6 × 6 = 216𝑚3
lit 1600kg × 2.3 1min kg
Q = 960 × × Q = 36.8
min 1000lit 60sec s
v 216m3
Time = = = 225minute
Q 0.960m3 \min

Conservation of energy.
5) Air enters turbine stage with Enthalpy of 2060KJ/kg and a velocity of 180m/s.
Find the work done by the system.

Given: H1 = 2060 kJ/kg

H2 = 1240 kJ/kg
V1 = 40 m/s V2 = 180m/s
 Solution:
m 2
V12 (40 ) 402 m2 N,s2 N,m J 1kJ kJ
Ke1 = 2(v) = s
kg,𝑚 = 2(1) × kg,m = 800 = 800 kg × [1000J ] = 0.8 kg
2( 2 ) s2 kg
N,s

m 2 m 2
V22 (180 ) (180 ) m2 N,s2 N,m J 1kJ
Ke2 = 2(v) = s
kg,m = s
× 𝑘𝑔,𝑚 = 16200 = 16200 𝑘𝑔 × [1000𝐽 ] =
2(1 2 ) 2(1) s2 kg
N,s
16.2

KE1 + H1 = KE1 + H1 + W
kJ Kj kJ kJ
0.8 + 2060 = 16.2 + 1240 + 𝑤
kg kg kg kg
kJ
w = 2062.8 − 1256.2 w = 806.6
kg

Ideal gas.
6) A 6.5 container holds 0.85 of N2 gas a 425 k, what is the pressure inside the
container.

Given: v= 6.5 L T= 425 k

n= 0.85 mol P= ?

Solution:
Pv = nRT
p(6.5) = 0.85(0.08206)(425)
6.5p 29.644
= = 4.560atm
6.5 6.5

7) 2.3mol of argon gas is placed in a container at 27c of pressure of 845 torr, what
is the volume of the container in ml?

Given: n= 2.3mol P=1.111846atm

T= 300k
Converting temp:
Tk= Tc + 273
= 27 + 273
 =300k

Converting pressure:
845torr 1atm
× = 1.111846atm
1 760torr

Solution:
Pv= nRT
(1.111846)v = 2.3(0.08206)(300)
1,111846 v 56.621
= = 50.92 L
1,111846 1.111846
50.92L 1000ml
× = 50,920 ml
1 1L

8) How many grams of Co2 should be placed in a 350 ml container at -44c to

produce a pressure of 105kpa?

Given:
P = 1.0365atm
V = 0.36 L
T = 229k
n = 0.01930mol

Convertion:
105kpa 1atm
× = 1.0365atm
1 101.3kpa

350ml 1L
× = 0.35L
1 1000ml

Kk = -44 + 273 = 229k

Solution:
Pv = nRT
(1.0365)(0.35) = n(0.08206)(229)
0.36277 18.791
= = 0.01930mol
18.791 18.791
Co2 > c + 2(0)
g
12.01 + 2(16) = 44.01
mol

0.01930mol 44.0lg
× = 0.849gCo2
1 1mol