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Example

Determine the mass of the air in a room whose dimension are

4mx5mx6m at 100 kPa and 25C

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Is Water Vapor
an Ideal Gas ?

Figure: Percentage of
error

involved

in

assuming steam to be an
ideal gas

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Compressibility Factor

Compressibility factor is a measure of deviation from ideal-gas

behavior
Pv
where z is compressibility factor (unitless)
RT
v
z can also be expressed as: z= actual
videal
z

Note: the farther away is from unity, the more the gas deviates
from ideal gas behavior (ideal gas z=1)

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Other Equation of State

Van der Waals equation of state

a
(P 2 )(v b) RT
v
where a and b are constants

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Other Equation of State

Virial equation of state

RT a(T) b(T) c(T) d(T)

2 3 4 5 ...
v
v
v
v
v

where a(T),b(T),c(T),d(T), and so on are the

coefficients of the equation, and are the functions of
temperature alone

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Other Equation of State

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Example 1

A piston-cylinder device contains 0.85 kg of refrigerant-134 at

-10C. The piston that is free to move has a mass of 12 kg and a
diameter of 25 cm. The local atmospheric pressure is 88 kPa.
Now, heat is transferred to refrigerant-134a until the
temperature is 15C. Determine (a) the final pressure (b) the
change in the volume of the cylinder and (c) the change in the
enthalpy of the refrigerant-134a

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Example 2

A piston-cylinder device initially contains 1.4 kg saturated liquid

water at 200C. Now heat is transferred to the water until the
volume quadruples and the cylinder contains saturated vapor
only. Determine (a) the volume of the tank, (b) the final
temperature and pressure and (c) the internal energy change of
the water

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Solution

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Solution

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