ME 446

Lecture 2
 Which table to use?
Step 1. Identify the substance that you are using
Lets take water
Step 2. Go to the saturated tables (For water Table A-2 -uniform temperature intervals, and A-3 –uniform
pressure intervals)
Step 3. Identify the information given to you. That will help you identify if it is easier to use A-2 or A-3
Step 4. This was explained last class using p-v and T-v graphs

a) If T > Tsat then superheated vapor Goto Table A-4 to find remaining data
b) If T < Tsat then compressed liquid Goto Table A-5 to find remaining data
If T = Tsat continue with Table A-2 or A3

c) If p < psat then superheated vapor Goto Table A-4 to find remaining data
d) If p > psat then compressed liquid Goto Table A-5 to find remaining data
If p = psat continue with Table A-2 or A3

e) If v > vg then superheated vapor Goto Table A-4 to find remaining data
f) If v < vf then compressed liquid Goto Table A-5 to find remaining data
If vf < v < vg the continue with table A-2 or A-3

Use same criteria for u and h as used for v

Similar information is available for other systems like ammonia, 134 a etc
In your books all tables ending with E are for english units, those not ending with E are for SI units
 What info is given in the tables
• Tables give you the info on
specific volumes (v),
specific internal energy (u),
specific enthalpy (h) and
specific entropy (s)
at a given temperature and pressure for materials that
change phase and do not act as ideal gases
• Tables also give you the info on ideal gas properties –
– Go to the tables
– h, u, so, pr, vr are dependent on temeprature only
– pr, vr to be used for isentropic processes only
• Specific heats (cp and cv) at different temperatures
• Tables also give you info on other thermodynamic
properties not yet covered in class such as the the
constants for the non-ideal gas approximations by
different methods
 Linear Interpolation:
Between values in the tables

TL  T vL  v

TH  TL vH  vL
Subscripts:
L – Value in table at lower end
H – Value in table at upper end
p = 0.05324 bar
ug =2422.0kJ/kg
ul =142.5kJ/kg
 Quality
For use in Tables A-2 and A-3
• For Saturated Mixture
(Liquid-Vapor) Region
– Quality; x; an intensive mg
x 
property m f  mg
– x gives mass fraction
that is vapor (gas)
– (1-x) gives Moisture
Content

0 ≤ x ≤ 1;
x = 0 → Saturated Liquid (subscript ‘f’)
x = 1 → Saturated Vapor (subscript ‘g’)
‘fg’ → ‘g’-’f’
 Quality Relations
LET b = ANY INTENSIVE PROPERTY
– (b = v, u, h, s, etc.)

b  bf b  bf
x  
bg  b f b fg
b  b f  x  b fg
b fg  bg  b f
b  x  bg  (1  x )  b f