Properties of Pure substances

as a mixture of gases is pure. Water and its vapor in a tank is pure, but air and w
r in the liquid form in a tank is not pure .
Acetone

10

Acetone

250
225

175
150

180C

1100 kPa

125

10

3000 kPa

200

10

130C

T [C]

100C

P [kPa]

75C

10

100

300 kPa

75
50
50 kPa

25

0.05

0.05

10
10-3

-2

10

-1

10

0.1

0.2

0
10-3

0.5

10

10

10-2

0.1

10-1

0.2

0.5

100

101

v [m /kg]

v [m /kg]

Go to plots> property plot and select the fluid to plot any property in EES
Critical point
Saturated liquid line
Saturated vapor line
Quality line

vapor

X=
quality= =

dryness fraction

Liquid

For liquid line x=0, for vapor line x=1

Acetone

250

Any two states are needed to describ

the thermodynamic property:
U(p,v), u(p,x) u(h,x) u(p,t)

0.0045
3000 kPa

200

L+v
150

1100 kPa

100

T [C]

But at the saturated liquid or

vapor line
Or inside the dome, P and T
both can not be used to
determine
any property. Either P or T can
be used along with some other
variable, say, x
V, s, h, u inside the dome. If you
Acetone
use this
then EES gives you an error! So
you are safe.

300 kPa

50
50 kPa
0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

0
-50
1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

s [kJ/kg-K]

4.0
1200
1100

770 kPa
140 kPa

=volume(water, p=500[kpa], x=.8)

1000
1=volume(steam, t=500[c], s=5.8[kj/kg-c])
900
Default unit system:

4200 kPa

30 kPa
4.69 kPa
0.85 kPa

800
0.9

700
0.8

h [kJ/kg]

600
0.6

500
400
300
1.5

0.4

2.0

2.5

3.0

s [kJ/kg-K]

3.5

4.0

4.5

Go to > help > help index> thermo physical property to see the
property library in EES
Go to > help > help index> fluid property information to see various
fluids for which you can get the property
Real fluid and ideal gases

write the name of the fluid as : methane then it is treated as real fluid
write that as: ch4 then it is treated as ideal gas
al energy and enthalpy of an ideal gas is a function of temp only, so no
variable is needed if temp is specified.

thalpy(air, t=400) { t is sufficient to find h}

nthalpy(air, v=.2, s=4){ here two variables are needed since t is not given}
Example problem-1
A vessel having a volume of .4m3
contains 2 kg of liquid water and
water
vapor
mixture
in
equilibrium at a pressure of
600kpa. (a) Find the volume and
mass of liquid , (b) volume and
mass of vapor

Example problem-2
A rigid vessels contains saturated
ammonia vapor at 20C. Heat is
transferred to the system until the
temp reaches 40C. What is the
pressure at this point.

Example problem-3
A piston cylinder arrangement
contains air at 250kpa, 300C.
The 50kg piston has a dia of .
1m and initially pushes against
the stops. The atmosphere is at
100kpa, 20C. The cylinder now
cools as heat is transferred to
the ambient. (a) At what temp
does the piston begin to move
down, (b) How far has the piston
dropped when the temp reaches
ambient.

pf=100+50*g#/area*convert(pa,kpa)
area=pi*d^2/4; d=.1
v1_ac=area*.25; v1=volume(air,p=250,t=300)
m1=v1_ac/v1
t2=temperature(air,p=pf,v=v1) { final temp of
air for piston to come down}
v2=v2_ac/m1
v2=volume(air,p=pf,t=20)
h2=v2_ac/area; ht_fall=.25-h2