Thermodynamics-I (ME 231)

Fall 2022

Lecture 14

Chapter 3: Properties of Pure Substances

Instructor: Dr. Ahmad Abbas

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Previous Lecture
• Property diagram for a phase change process
• Critical point
• T-v diagram for a pure substance
• P-v diagram for a pure substance
• Evaluating thermodynamic properties. Using property tables.

Today’s Lecture
• Enthalpy a thermodynamic property
• Numerical problems

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Enthalpy—A Combination Property
• Enthalpy is a measurement of energy in
a thermodynamic system.
• It is the thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total
energy content of a system.
• It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the
product of pressure and volume.
• Total energy content of a system.

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 Example 3-4
A rigid tank contains 10 kg of water at 90oC. If 8 kg of the water is
in the liquid form and the rest is in the vapor form, determine (a)
the pressure in the tank and (b) the volume of the tank.

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Example 3-6
Determine the internal energy of water at 200kPa and 300oC?

Example 3-7
Determine the temperature of water at a state of P=0.5 MPa and
h=2890kJ/kg.

Example 3-8
Determine the internal energy of compressed liquid water at 80oC
and 5 MPa, using (a) data from the compressed liquid table and (b)
saturated liquid data. What is the error involved in the second
case?
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Related Practice problems
Example 3-9 (The use of steam tables to determine properties)
Determine the missing properties and the phase description in the
following table for water

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 Related Practice problems
All problems from 3.20 to 3.59 excluding 3.21, 3.22, 3.32, 3.37, 3.41,
3.42, 3.43, 3.44, 3.48, 3.49, 3.52)