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MXT233 – V
Progress Check. Week 1
1. A cylindrical vessel of 60 cm diameter and 80 cm height contains 3.2 kg of a
gas. The pressure measured with manometer indicates 60 cm of Hg above
atmosphere when barometer reads 760 mm of Hg.
Find:
(i) The absolute pressure of the gas in the vessel in bar, and
(ii) Specific volume and density of gas.
2. A force of 1600 N is applied uniformly on a piston of 8 cm diameter. Determine
the pressure on the piston.
3. An oil of specific gravity 0.8 is contained in a tube to a depth of 80 cm.
Determine the gauge pressure at this depth in kN/m.
4. A vacuum recorded in the condenser of a steam power plant is 745 mm of Hg.
Find the absolute pressure in the condenser in Pa. The barometer reading is 760
mm of Hg.
Name:
Subject:
Year and Section:
MXT233 – V
Progress Check. Week 1
1. The pressure of gas in a pipe line is measured with a mercury manometer
having one limb open to the atmosphere. If the difference in the height of
mercury in the two limbs is 562 mm, calculate the gas pressure. The
barometer reads 761 mm Hg, the acceleration due to gravity is 9.79 m/s^2,
and the density of mercury is 13640 kg/m^3.
2. A turbine is supplied with steam at a gauge pressure of 1.4 MPa. After
expansion in the turbine the steam flows into a condenser which is
maintained at a vacuum of 710 mm Hg. The barometric pressure is 772
mm Hg. Express the inlet and exhaust steam pressures in Pascals
(absolute). Take the density of mercury as 13600 kg/m^3.
3. Gas from a bottle of compressed helium is used to inflate an inelastic
flexible balloon, originally folded completely flat to a volume of 0.5 m^3. If
the barometer reads 760 mm Hg, what is the amount of work done upon
the atmosphere by the balloon?
4. A rubber balloon (flexible) is to be filled with hydrogen from a storage
cylinder which contains hydrogen at 5 bar pressure until it has a volume of
1 m^3. The atmospheric pressure may be taken as 1.013 × 105 N/m^2.
Determine the work done by the system comprising the hydrogen initially in
the bottle.