COMPILATION OF IDEAL GAS PROBLEMS

1. An automobile tire is inflated to 32 psig pressure at 50 °F after being driven the temperature rise to
75 °F. Determine the final gage pressure assuming the volume remains constant.

2. If 100 ft3 of atmospheric air at zero Fahrenheit temperature are compressed to a volume of 1ft3 at a
temperature of 200 °F, what will be the pressure of the air in psi?

3. A 10 ft3 tank contains gas at a pressure of 500 psia, temperature of 85 °F and a weight of 25 pounds. A
part of the gas was discharged and the temperature and pressure changed to 70 °F and 300 psia,
respectively. Heat was applied and the temperature was back to 85 °F. Find the final weight, volume, and
pressure of the gas.

4. Four hundred cubic centimeters of a gas at 740 mm Hg absolute and 18 °C undergoes a process until the
pressure becomes 760 mm Hg absolute and the temperature 0 °C. What is the final volume of the gas?

5. A motorist equips his automobile tires with a relief-type valve so that the pressure inside the tire never
will exceed 240 kPa (gage). He starts a trip with a pressure of 200 kPa (gage) and a temperature of 23 °C in
the tires. During the long drive,the temperature of the air in the tires reaches 83 °C. Each tire contains 0.11
kg of air. Determine (a) the mass of air escaping each tire, (b) the pressure of the tire when the
temperature returns to 23 °C.

6. A 6 m3 tank contains helium at 400 K and is evacuated from atmospheric pressure to a pressure of 740
mm Hg vacuum. Determine (a) mass of helium remaining in the tank, (b) mass of helium pumped out, (c)
the temperature of the remaining helium falls to 10 °C. What is the pressure in kPa?

7. An automobile tire contains 3730 cu in. of air at 32 psig and 80 °F. (a) What mass of air is in the tire? (b)
In operation, the air temperature increases to 145 °F. If the tire is inflexible, what is the resulting
percentage increase in gage pressure? (c) What mass of the 145 °F air must be bled off to reduce the
pressure back to its original value?

8. A spherical balloon is 40 ft in diameter and surrounded by air at 60 °F and 29.92 in Hg abs. (a) If the
balloon is filled with hydrogen at a temperature of 70 °F and atmospheric pressure, what total load can it
lift? (b) If it contains helium instead of hydrogen, other conditions remaining the same, what load can it lift?
(c) Helium is nearly twice as heavy as hydrogen. Does it have half the lifting force? R for hydrogen is 766.54
and for helium is 386.04 ft. lb/lb.R.

9. A reservoir contains 2.83 cu. m of carbon monoxide at 6895 kPa and 23.6 °C. An evacuated tank is filled
from the reservoir to a pressure of 3497 kPa and a temperature of 12.4 °C, while the pressure in the
reservoir decreases to 6205 kPa and the temperature to 18.3 °C. What is the volume of the tank? R for CO
is 296.92 J/kg. K

10. A gas initially at 15 psia and 2 cu ft undergoes a process to 90 psia and 0.60 cu ft, during which the
enthalpy increases by 15.5 Btu; Cv= 2.44 Btu/lb. R. Determine (a) ∆ U, (b) Cp, and (c) R

11. For a certain gas, R= 0.277 kJ/kg.K and k=1.384, (a) What are the value of Cp and Cv? (b) what mass of
this gas would occupy a volume of 0.425 cu m at 517.11 kPa and 26.7 °C? (c) if 31.65 kJ are transferred to
this gas at constant volume in (b), what are the resulting temperature and pressure?