1. The pressure gage on a 2.5m3 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.

Given:

Pgage = 500kPa
Patm = 97kPa
V = 2.5m3
T = 28°C + 273 = 301 K
determine the m = ?

Solution:
Pabs = Pgage + Patm
= 500kPa + 97kPa
= 597kPa
𝑷𝑽
m = 𝑹𝑻
(597𝑘𝑃𝑎 )(2.5𝑚3 )
= 𝐾𝐽
(0.2598𝑘𝑔−𝐾 )(301𝐾)
=19.086kg

2. A 400-L rigid tank contains 5kg of air at 25°C. Determine the reading to the pressure gage if the
atmospheric pressure is 97kPa.

Given:
m=5kg
V=400L =0.4𝑚3
T=25°C+273
=298°C
Patm =97kPa

Solution:
𝒎𝑹𝑻
𝑷= 𝑽
𝑘𝑃𝑎.𝑚3
(5𝑘𝑔)(0.287 )(298𝐾)
𝑘𝑔.𝐾
= 0.4𝑚3
= 1069.075𝑘𝑃𝑎
3. A 1-m3 tank containing air at 25°C and 500kPa is connected through a valve to another tank
containing 5kg of air at 35°C and 200kPa. Now the valve is opened, and the entire system is allowed
to reach thermal equilibrium with the surrounding, which are at 20°C. Determine the volume of the
second tank and the final equilibrium pressure of air.

Given:

Tank A
V=1m3
T=25°C+273=298K
P=500kPa

Tank B
m=5kg
T=35°C+273=308K
P=200kPa

Solution:

𝑷𝑽
m=𝑹𝑻
500𝑘𝑃𝑎(1𝑚3 )
= 𝐾𝐽 =5.85kg
0.287𝑘𝑔−𝐾 (298𝐾)

𝒎𝑹𝑻
V= 𝑷
(5)(0.287)(308)
= 200
=2.209m3

Total volume V=VA+ VB

=1+2.209
=3.209m3

Total mass of air=mA+mB

=5.85 + 5
=10.85kg

Equilibrium pressure of air (P)

𝒎𝑹𝑻
P= 𝑽
𝐾𝐽
(10.85𝑘𝑔)(0.287𝑘𝑔−𝐾 )(293𝐾)
= 3.209𝑚3
=284.32kPa

4. The pressure in an automobile tire depends on the temperature of the air in the tire. When the air
temperature is 25°C, the pressure gage reads 210kPa. If the volume of the tire is 0.025m3,
determine the pressure rise in the tire when the air temperature in the tire rises to 50°C. Also,
determine the amount of air that must be bled off to restore pressure to its original value at this
temperature. Assume the atmospheric pressure is 100kPa.

Given:
T1=25°C+273=298K
T2=50℃ +273=323K
P1, gage=210kPa
V=0.025m3
P =?
m=?

Solution:
P1abs=P1 gage+ Patm
=210+100 P2=
𝒎𝑹𝑻𝟐
𝑽
=310kPa 𝐾𝐽
(0.09062𝑘𝑔)(0.287 )(323𝐾)
𝑘𝑔−𝐾
=
𝑷 𝑽 0.024𝑚3
m1= 𝟏 =336kPa
𝑹𝑻𝟏
(310𝑘𝑃𝑎)(0.025𝑚3 )
= 𝐾𝐽 =0.091kg
(0.287 )(298𝐾)
𝑘𝑔−𝐾

P=P2-P1

=336-310

=26kPa

LetT3=T2 323K

Let P3-P1 310kPa

𝑷𝟑 𝑽
𝒎𝟑 =
𝑹𝑻𝟑

(31𝑂𝑘𝑃𝑎)(0.025𝑚3 )
= 𝐾𝐽 = 0.084𝑘𝑔
(0.287 )(323𝑘)
𝑘𝑔−𝐾

m=m1–m3

=0.091kg-0.084kg

=0.007kg