An initially evacuated 1.5 m tank is fed (adiabatically) with steam from a line available at a constant 15 mpa and 400 °c until the tank pressure reaches 15 mpa. what is the final mass of water in the tank in kg?

95.8 kg

Explanation:

At the end of the feeding process, there is steam in the tank at 15 MPa and 400ºC because the process is adiabatic. So, use the steam tables (In this case I use data from van Wylen Six Edition, table B.13) in order to get the specific volume of superheated steam.

The specific volume data reported is

The mass can be calculated with the definition of specific volume:

answer : (a) volume of the gas = 8.67 ×   l

                (b) second virial coefficient b = -1.21226 l/mole

solution :   given,     t = 300k

                                p = 20atm

                                z = 0.86

                                n = 8.2 mmoles = 8.2 × moles

                                r =   0.082 l atm/k/mol

        find,     (a) volume of gas   and (b) second virial coefficient b at 300k.

formula used :            

                          and            

(a)            

                    = \times 0.082\times 300}{20}[/tex]

                    = 8.67 ×   l

(b)      

                    = (0.00867-1) × 8.659

                    = - 8.5839 l/mole