DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

CENTRE FOR DIPLOMA STUDIES

UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA
86400 PARIT RAJA, BATU PAHAT JOHOR

DAM 20503 : THERMODYNAMICS

Tutorial 4: Ideal Gas

1. Under what conditions is the ideal-gas assumption suitable for real gases?

2. What is the difference between R and Ru? How are these two related?

3. What is the difference between mass and molar mass? How are these two related?

4. A spherical balloon with a diameter of 6 m is filled with helium at 20C and 200 kPa.

Determine the mole number and the mass of the helium in the balloon.

(Answers : 9.28 kmol, 37.15 kg)

5. A 1-m3 tank containing air at 25C and 500 kPa is connected through a valve to another

tank containing 5 kg of air at 35C and 200 kPa. Now the valve is opened, and the entire

system is allowed to reach thermal equilibrium with the surroundings which are at 20C.

Determine the volume of the second tank and the final equilibrium pressure of air.

(Answer: 2.21 m3, 284.1 kPa)

6. A 400-L rigid tank contains 5 kg of air at 25 C. Determine the reading on the pressure

gauge if the atmospheric pressure is 97 kPa. (Answer: 972.1 kPa)

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7. A rigid tank containing 5 kg of air at 100 kPa and 27oc. The air is heated until pressure

increases by 2 times. Determine the volume of the tank and the amount of heat

transferred in kJ. (Answer: 4.305 m3 ; 1103.55 kJ)

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