INTRODUCE THE FUNCTION OF COMPRESSOR AMD

PUMP

1.0 EXPERIMENT OUTCOMES:

At the end of this experiment student should be able:
a) To understand the function of compressor
b) To understand the function of pump

2.0 THEORY
Charles’s law, a statement that the volume occupied by a fixed amount of gas
is directly proportional to its absolute temperature (in Kelvin), if the
pressure remains constant. This empirical relation was first suggested by the
French physicist J.-A.-C. Charles about 1787 and was later placed on a sound
empirical footing by the chemist Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac.
It is a special case of the general gas law and can be derived from the kinetic
theory of gases under the assumption of a perfect (ideal) gas. Measurements show
that at constant pressure the thermal expansion of real gases, at sufficiently low
pressure and high temperature (in Kelvin), conforms closely to Charles’s law. This
can be the best described through the mathematical equation as shown below,
V/T = k
where:
V is the volume of the gas,
T is the temperature of the gas (measured in Kelvin),
and k is a non-zero constant.
This means during the heating of an ideal gas at constant pressure (and constant
mass), the volume would have to increase. On the other hand, during the cooling of
an ideal gas at constant pressure (and constant mass), the volume would have to
decrease.
3.0 APPARATUS/EQUIPMENT:
1. Perfect Gas Law Apparatus.
2. Instruction manual/Lab sheet.

Valve Description:
Valve Compressor = Compressed air from compressor
V1 = ON/OFF valve from compressor
V2 = ON/OFF valve from compressor to tank 1
V3 = ON/OFF valve from compressor to tank 2
V4 = ON/OFF valve to vacuum pump
V5 = ON/OFF valve from tank 1 to vacuum pump
V6 = ON/OFF valve from tank 2 to vacuum pump
6.0 RESULTS/DISCUSSION:

a) The pressure reading display on pressure gauge and pressure meter is gauge
pressure or absolute pressure? What is the difference between gauge and absolute
pressure?
=The simplest way to explain the difference between the two is that absolute pressure
uses absolute zero as its zero point, while gauge pressure uses atmospheric pressure
as its zero point. Due to varying atmospheric pressure, gauge pressure measurement is
not precise, while absolute pressure is always definite.

b) List down the unit use to make sure the pressure. What is the different between
each other and how they can be converted?

=   SI system’s basic unit is Pascal (Pa), which is N/m² (Newton per square meter, while
Newton is kgm/s²).

To say that in a formula:

Pascal is a very small pressure unit and for example the standard atmospheric pressure is 101325
Pa absolute.
Out of Pascal’s definition, the kg force can be replaced with different units like g (gram) force,
and meter can be replaced with centimeter or millimeter. By doing that, we get many other
combinations or pressure units, such as kgf/m², gf/m², kgf/cm², gf/cm², kgf/mm², gf/mm², just to
list a few.