CHE 254 1

Homework 6 – Chapter 3

3.35
The viewing window in a diving suit has an area of roughly . If an attempt were made to maintain the pressure on
the inside of the suit at 1 atm, what force ( and ) would the window have to withstand if the diver descended to a
depth of 150 m? Take the specific gravity of the water to be 1.05.

Tom Bertalan, Rohit Deshane, James Clark, Craig Jackson CHE@TomBertalan.com

 CHE 254 2
Homework 6 – Chapter 3

3.53
Streams of methane and air (79 mole % , the balance ) are combined at the inlet of a combustion furnace
preheater. The pressures of each stream are measured with open-end mercury manometers, the temperatures are
measured with resistance thermometers, and the volumetric flow rates are measured with orifice meters.

Data:
Flowmeter 1:
Flowmeter2:
Manometer1:
Manometer 2:
Manometer 3:
Resistance thermometer 1:
Resistance thermometer 2:
Resistance thermometer 3:
Atmospheric pressure: A sealed-end mercury manometer reads

The resistance thermometers were calibrated by measuring their resistances at the freezing and boiling points of water,
with the following results:

A straight-line relationship between T and r may be assumed.

The relationship between the total molar flow rate of a gas and its volumetric flow rate is, to a good approximation,
given by a form of the ideal gas equation of state:

Where is the absolute pressure of the gas.

a) Derive the resistance thermometer calibration formula for in terms of .

b) Convert the given gas law expressions to an expression for in terms of , , and
.
c) Calculate the temperatures and pressures at points 1, 2, and 3.
d) Calculate the molar flow rate of the combined gas streams.
e) Calculate the reading of flowmeter 3 in .
f) Calculate the total mass flow rate and the mass fraction of the methane at point 3.

Tom Bertalan, Rohit Deshane, James Clark, Craig Jackson CHE@TomBertalan.com