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Thermodynamics Lab Report H111J Unit
Thermodynamics Lab Report H111J Unit
Thermodynamics Lab Report H111J Unit
Experiment Code:TH2-1
Report No:2
Date:
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The objective of the experiment was to investigate Boyle's Law, which in other
terms is the investigation of the relationship between pressure and volume.
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1. The H050 Unit consists of two chambers, the fluid chamber and the measuring
chamber, that are connected by a copper tube and flow control valve.
2. The volume of mass of air is fixed in the measuring chamber and is increased
or reduced by using the oil in the fluid chamber.
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3. The compressor either provides compressed air to the fluid chamber via a
control valve and discharge coupling or it provides a source of vacuum to the fluid
chamber via the suction coupling. They are connected to the fluid chamber through the
blue hose and coupling point.
Figure 5. The compressor's discharge (4) and its suction coupling (5)
4. The compressor is started and stopped by a main switch found on a small electrical
console that contains the power lead, residual current circuit breaker and pressure gauge. The
pressure gauge reads the pressure in the measuring chamber.
5. The gas volume in the measuring volume is indicated by a scale found on the glass
surface. The temperature is indicated by the red spirit in glass thermometer.
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6. In order to assist in the operation of the unit, the relief valve is constantly used
as a blow off point for the compressor.
(1)
(2)
Figure 8. The relief valve (1) and pressure control valve (2)
Notes:
- The device will reset automatically when the compressor overheats, since the
compressor is protected by a thermal switch, which will disconnect the electrical supply at the
compressor motor.
- The high pressure cut out switch is supposed to be operating normally at 2.2 bar gauge
and the relief valves are supposed to be adjusted below a pressure of 2.5 bar gauge.
- The fluid chamber shouldn’t be filled above the maximum fill indictor line.
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IV. Procedure
V. Collected Data
0 15 21
-41 10 21
-60 5 21
-69 0 21
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-69 31 0 0 1 21
Pabs= 59 kPa
Voil = (15·1)/20
Voil = 0.75 L
Voil=1-0.75=0.25 L
1L = 1mm3
Pabs · Vair = k
k=100·0.25=25 N·m
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since as the
volume of air increases the inverse pressure also increases, and it is a straight line since it is
linear.
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The objective of this experiment was verified. Boyle’s law investigates the relationship
between the pressure and volume of an ideal gas under constant temperature. The graph is
increasing linearly which means that the inverse absolute pressure is directly proportional to the
volume of air, in other words the absolute pressure is inversely proportional to the volume of
air, since it’s a straight line the slope of this line acts as the k constant. Therefore an equation of
PV=k under constant temperature is verified. The inaccuracy of the k constant was found, it
wasn’t equal in all cases of PV=k cases. This error is related to the inaccuracy in reading the
observed data or the malfunctioning of the H050 unit, therefore a small margin of difference
existed between the ks calculated. This simulation of Boyle’s Law experiment came to a
conclusion with the verification of the law that under constant temperature the volume and
pressure of an ideal gas are inversely proportional, as the volume of air increased the absolute
pressure decreased.