UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO

MAYAGUEZ CAMPUS
COLLEGE OF ENGINERRING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
INME 4045 – GENERAL RHERMODYNAMICS FOR ENGINEERS
INSTRUCTOR: Prof. A. Cecchini

SUGGESTED PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 3: PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCES

3-20 Complete the table for H2O:

T (C) P (kPa) u (kJ/kg) Phase
143.61 400 1450 Sat. mixture
220 2319.6 2601.3 Saturated vapor
190 2500 805.15 Comp. liquid
466.21 4000 3040 Sup. vapor
3-29 A piston-cylinder device contains 0.85 kg of
3-21 Complete the table for H2O: refrigerant-134a at −10C. The piston that is free to
move has a mass of 12 kg and a diameter of 25 cm.
T (C) P (kPa) v (m3/kg) Phase The local atmospheric pressure is 97.6 kPa. Then,
50 12.35 7.72 Sat. mixture heat is transferred to refrigerant-134a until the
temperature reaches 20C. Determine (a) the final
143.6 400 0.4624 Saturated vapor pressure, (b) the change in the volume of the
250 500 0.4744 Superheated vapor cylinder, and (c) the change in the enthalpy. Answer:
(a) 100 kPa, (b) 0.022355 m3, (c) 20.97 kJ
110 350 0.001051 Comp. liquid

3-26 Complete the table for refrigerant-134a:

T (C) P (kPa) v (m3/kg) Phase
-4 320 0.000764 Comp. liquid
10 414.89 0.0065 Sat. mixture
33.45 850 0.02409 Saturated vapor
90 600 0.04632 Superheated vapor
3-43 Water initially at 200 kPa and 300C is
contained in a piston-cylinder device fitted with
3-28 A 1.8-m3 rigid tank contains steam at 220C. stops. The water is allowed to cool at constant
One-third of the volume is in the liquid phase and the pressure until it exists as a saturated vapor and the
rest is in the vapor from. Determine (a) the pressure piston rests on the stops. Then the water continues
of the steam, (b) the quality of the saturated mixture, to cool until the pressure is 100 kPa. On the T-v
and (c) the density of the mixture. Answer: (a) 2320 diagrams sketch, with respect to the saturation lines,
kPa, (b) 0.0269, (c) 287.8 kg/m3 the process curves passing through the initial,
intermediate, and final states of the water. Label the
T, P, and v values for end states on the process curves.
Find the overall change in internal energy between
the initial and final states per unit mass of water.
Answer: 1300 kJ/kg

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 applied to the gas until the pressure equals the initial
pressure. Determine the final temperature of the gas.
Answer: 3327C

3-51 A piston-cylinder device contains 0.005 m3 of

liquid water and 0.9 m3 of water vapor in equilibrium
at 600 kPa. Heat is transferred at constant pressure
EXAMPLE 3-13 Predict the pressure of nitrogen gas
until the temperature reaches 200C. (a) What is the
at 175 K and 0.00375 m3/kg on the basis of (a) the
initial temperature of the water? (b) Determine the
ideal-gas equation of state, (b) the van der Waals
total mass of the water. (c) Calculate the final volume.
equation of state, (c) the Beattie-Bridgeman
(d) Show the process on a P-v diagram with respect
equation of state, and (d) the Benedict-Webb-Rubin
to saturation lines. Answer: (a) 158.8C, (b) 7.395 kg,
equation of state. Compare the values obtained to the
(c) 2.6 m3
experimentally determined value of 10,000 kPa.
Answer: (a) 13851 kPa, (b) 9471 kPa, (c) 10110 kPa,
(d) 10009 kPa

3-71 The pressure gage on a 2.5-m3 oxygen tank

reads 500 kPa. Determine the amount of oxygen in
the tank if the temperature is 28C and the
atmospheric pressure is 97 kPa. (Assume ideal gas
behavior for the oxygen at the specified conditions).
Answer: 19.08 kg

3-76 A rigid tank whose volume is unknown is

divided into two parts by a partition. One side of the
tank contains an ideal gas at 927C. The other side is
evacuated and has a volume twice the size of the part
containing the gas. The partition is now removed,
and the gas expands to fill the entire tank. Heat is
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