g A rigid air cylinder with a volume of 100 cm3 is punctured with a hole having a crosssectional area of 0.3 mm2 . The original pressure and temperature of the air inside the cylinder are 800 kPa and 35 C. As the air leaves the hole in the cylinder, it reaches a pressure of 100 kPa and a temperature of 5 C. The velocity of the air as it escapes through the hole is 100 m/s. Calculate the original mass of air inside the tank and the mass in the tank 5 seconds after it is punctured, assuming the exit conditions of the air remain independent of time g

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Solution :

The volume of the rigid cylinder = [tex]$100 \ cm^3 = 100 \times 10^{-6} \ m^3$[/tex]

Initial pressure inside the cylinder, [tex]$P_i = 800 \ kPa$[/tex]

Initial temperature inside the cylinder, [tex]$T_i = 35^\circ C= 308 \ K$[/tex]

Final temperature inside the cylinder, [tex]$T_f = 5^\circ C= 278 \ K$[/tex]

Final pressure inside the cylinder, [tex]$P_f = 100 \ kPa$[/tex]

Area of the hole, A = [tex]$0.3 \ mm^2 = 3 \times 10^{-7} \ m^2$[/tex]

Velocity of the air through the hole, V = 100 m/s

The final pressure and the temperature inside the cylinder will be the condition same as the ambient conditions.

At initial state, from the equation of state,

PV = mRT,    where R = 287 J/kg-K for air

[tex]$800 \times 10^3 \times100 \times10^{-6} = m_1 \times 287 \times 308$[/tex]

∴  [tex]$m_1=9.1 \times 10^{-4} \ kg$[/tex]

Since the exit condition does not change with time, we have ,

At ambient condition, [tex]$P_f = 100 \kPa$[/tex] and [tex]$T_f= 278 \ K$[/tex].

Therefore, we can find the density of the air

[tex]$P=\rho R T$[/tex]

[tex]$\rho = \frac{P}{RT}$[/tex]

  [tex]$=\frac{100 \times 10^3}{287 \times 278}$[/tex]

 [tex]$= 1.25 \ kg/m^3$[/tex]

Mass flow rate of air from the cylinder = [tex]$\dot m$[/tex]

[tex]$\dot m$[/tex] can be written as [tex]$\dot m$[/tex] [tex]$=\rho_{f} \times A \times v$[/tex]

[tex]$\dot m$[/tex] = [tex]$1.25 \times 3 \times 10^{-7} \times 100$[/tex]

[tex]$\dot m$[/tex] = [tex]$3.75 \times 10^{-5}$[/tex] kg/s

Mass escaped from the cylinder in 5 seconds

[tex]$m=3.75 \times 10^{-5} \times 5$[/tex]

   [tex]$= 1.875 \times 10^{-4} \ kg$[/tex]

Mass of air remaining in the cylinder after 5 seconds :

[tex]$m_2 = m_1 - m$[/tex]

[tex]$m_2 = 9.1 \times 10^{-4} - 1.875 \times 10^{-4}$[/tex]

[tex]$m_2 = 7.225 \times 10^{-4} \ kg$[/tex]

    = 0.7225 grams