KALANG-AD, ARLYN M.

1. The pressure gage on a 2.5-m3 oxygen tank reads 500 kPa. Determine the
amount of oxygen in the tank if the temperature is 28°C and the atmospheric
pressure is 97 kPa.
Sol’n:
PV  mRT
PV
m
RT
Pabs  Pgage  Patm  500kPa  97kPa  597kPa

m
597kPa2.5m3 
(0.2598kJ / kg  K )301K 
m= 19.08kg

2. A 400-L rigid tank contains 5 kg of air at 25°C. Determine the reading on the
pressure gage if the atmospheric pressure is 97 kPa.
Sol’n:

P
 
mRT 5kg  0.287kPa  m3 / kg  K 298K 

V 0.4m3
P  1069.1kPa
Pgage  P  Patm  1069.1kPa  97kPa

P=972.1 kPa

3. A 1-m3 tank containing air at 25°C and 500 kPa is connected through a valve
to another tank containing 5 kg of air at 35°C and 200 kPa. Now the valve is
opened, and the entire system is allowed to reach thermal equilibrium with the
surroundings, which are at 20°C. Determine the volume of the second tank and
the final equilibrium pressure of air.

Sol’ns:
KALANG-AD, ARLYN M.

mA 
PAVA

500kPa 1m 3  
RT A 0.287 kJ / kg  K (298 K )
m A  5.846kg
mB RT (5kg)(0.287 kJ / kg  K )(308K )
VB  
PB 200kPa
VB  2.21m 3
V  VA  VB  1  2.21  3.21m 3
m  m A  mB  5  5.846  10.846kg
mRTsurrounding (10.846kg)(0.287 KJ / kg  K )( 293K )
P 
V 3.21m 3
P= 284.13kPa

4. The pressure in an automobile tire depends on the temperature of the air in

the tire. When the air temperature is at 25 °C, the pressure gauge reads 210 kPa.
If the volume of the tire is 0.025 m3, determine the pressure rise in the tire when
the air temperature in the tire rises to 50 °C. Also determine the amount of air
that must be bled off to restore pressure to its original value at this temperature.
Assume the atmospheric pressure to be 100 kPa.

Sol’ns:

P1  Pgage  Patm  210kPa  100kPa  310kPa

P1V1 P2V2

T1 T2
T2 P1 (323K )( 210kPa)
P2    336kPa
T1 298K
P  P2  P1  336kPa  310kPa

P=26kPa

m1 
P1V

310kPa 0.025m3  
 0.0906kg
RT1 (0.287kJ / kg  K )298K 

m2 
P2V

310kPa 0.025m3  
 0.0836kg
RT2 (0.287kJ / kg  K )323K 
m  m1  m2  0.0906kg  0.0836kg

m=0.0070kg