Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics 8th Edition

Published by Wiley
ISBN 10: 1118412931
ISBN 13: 978-1-11841-293-0

Chapter 4 - Problems: Developing Engineering Skills - Page 219: 4.4

Answer

We know that mass flow rate = Density $\times$(volume flow rate) As Mass flow rate is given we just need to find density. For finding density , we will use the ideal gas equation, we could have checked the data for specific volume in the table , but it is air , for which their is no such table. By ideal gas equation we can write, D=PM/RT (M is molar mass ) The average molar mass of dry air is 28.97 or 29 approx. by using the value , we get density as 1.652. By using the value of density in th above eqn , we get volume flow rate as 6.96 kg/sec.

Work Step by Step

We know that mass flow rate = Density $\times$(volume flow rate) As Mass flow rate is given we just need to find density. For finding density , we will use the ideal gas equation, we could have checked the data for specific volume in the table , but it is air , for which their is no such table. By ideal gas equation we can write, D=PM/RT (M is molar mass ) The average molar mass of dry air is 28.97 or 29 approx. by using the value , we get density as 1.652. By using the value of density in th above eqn , we get volume flow rate as 6.96 kg/sec.
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