(1) In this experiment, you will start with a chamber (pressure vessel) filled with air at ambient conditions. a. In the first part of the experiment, this pressure vessel is quickly filled with compressed air until the pressure inside the vessel is as much as ten times that of the ambient condition. What do you think will happen to the temperature inside the chamber during the filling process? Will it increase, decrease or remain the same? Why? b. After the vessel is pressurized, you will let it equilibrate for several minutes. What will happen to the vessel temperature during this time? Why? c. You will then open the vent valve and allow air to leave the chamber until the pressures are equilibrated (vessel pressure returns to the ambient pressure condition.) While the tank vents to the atmosphere will the temperature inside the tank increase, decrease or remain the same? Why? (2) If the pressure vessel is not truly adiabatic, how will the predictions from Question 1 change? Explain
(1) In this experiment, you will start with a chamber (pressure vessel) filled with air at ambient
conditions.
a. In the first part of the experiment, this pressure vessel is quickly filled with compressed air
until the pressure inside the vessel is as much as ten times that of the ambient condition. What
do you think will happen to the temperature inside the chamber during the filling process? Will
it increase, decrease or remain the same? Why?
b. After the vessel is pressurized, you will let it equilibrate for several minutes. What will happen
to the vessel temperature during this time? Why?
c. You will then open the vent valve and allow air to leave the chamber until the pressures are
equilibrated (vessel pressure returns to the ambient pressure condition.) While the tank vents to
the atmosphere will the temperature inside the tank increase, decrease or remain the same?
Why?
(2) If the pressure vessel is not truly adiabatic, how will the predictions from Question 1 change? Explain
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