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Lebanese
International
University
School of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
MENG320LThermodynamics Lab
Section ID:C

Experiment Code:TH2-1
Experiment Title:Boyle's Law Demonstration
Report No:2

Student Name: Nader AkhdarStudent ID:11410121

Sarah Salha
11430298

Lab Instructor:Hassan Jaber

Date:

I.

Objectives of the Experiment

The objective of the experiment was to investigate Boyle's Law, which in other
terms is the investigation of the relationship between pressure and volume.

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II.

Equipment used in this Experiment

1. Red Spirit in Glass Thermometer.

2. Unit H050.

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III.

Description of the Apparatus

1. The H050 Unit consists of two chambers, the fluid chamber and the measuring
chamber, that are connected by a copper tube and flow control valve.

Figure 1. H050 Unit

2. The volume of mass of air is fixed in the measuring chamber and is increased
or reduced by using the oil in the fluid chamber.

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Figure 2. Measuring Chamber

Figure 3. Fluid Chamber

3. The compressor either provides compressed air to the fluid chamber via a
control valve and discharge coupling or it provides a source of vacuum to the fluid
chamber via the suction coupling. They are connected to the fluid chamber through the
blue hose and coupling point.

Figure 4. The compressor

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Figure 5. The compressor's discharge (4) and its suction coupling (5)

4. The compressor is started and stopped by a main switch found on a

small electrical console that contains the power lead, residual current circuit
breaker and pressure gauge. The pressure gauge reads the pressure in the
measuring chamber.

Figure 6. The electrical console

5. The gas volume in the measuring volume is indicated by a scale

found on the glass surface. The temperature is indicated by the red spirit in
glass thermometer.

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Figure 7. Red Spirit in glass thermometer

6. In order to assist in the operation of the unit, the relief valve is constantly used
as a blow off point for the compressor.

(1)

(2)

Figure 8. The relief valve (1) and pressure control valve (2)

Notes:
- The device will reset automatically when the compressor overheats,
since the compressor is protected by a thermal switch, which will disconnect
the electrical supply at the compressor motor.
- The high pressure cut out switch is supposed to be operating
normally at 2.2 bar gauge and the relief valves are supposed to be adjusted
below a pressure of 2.5 bar gauge.
- The fluid chamber shouldnt be filled above the maximum fill indictor
line.

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IV.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Procedure

Connect the compressor to the measuring chamber.

Turn on the compressor, keep it on till it reads -70 kN/m2.
Turn the compressor off.
Open the flow valve until it reaches 15 cm in the measuring chamber.
Relief the suction port and return the chamber pressure to the 0 kN/m2 gauge
pressure (atmospheric pressure)
6. Disconnect the compressor from the measuring chamber.
7. Connect the compressor to the fluid chamber.
8. Open the flow valve and record the pressure every 5cm of oil height change.

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V.

Collected Data

Table 1. Data collected from the experiment

Gauge Pressure
(KPa)

Oil Height (cm)

Temperature (C)

15

21

-41

10

21

-60

21

-69

21

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VI.

Calculated Results (if any)

Table 2. Calculated data from observed data

Gauge
Pressure
(kPa)
0

Absolute
Pressure
(kPa)
100

Oil Height
(cm)

Air
Volume
(L)
0.25

Temperatu
re ( C)

15

Oil
Volume
(L)
0.75

-41

59

10

0.5

0.5

21

-60

40

0.25

0.75

21

-69

31

21

21

Table 3. Absolute pressure and air volume relationship

Absolute
Pressure
(kN/m2)
Air Volume
(mm3)
Constant k
(Nm)

100

59

40

31

0.25

0.5

0.75

25

29.5

30

31

Pabs = Pgauge + Patm

Where Pabs is the absolute pressure in kPa
Pgauge is the gauge pressure in kPa
Patm is the atmosphere pressure in kPa

Notes: Patm is constant and equals to 100 kPa

And kPa equals to kN/m2

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Example: for Pgauge = -41 kPa

Pabs= (-41+100) kPa
Pabs= 59 kPa

Voil = ( hoil Vchamber ) / hchamber

Where Voil is the oil volume in Liters (L)
hoil is the oil height in cm
Vchamber is the volume of the chamber in Liters (L)
hchamber is the height of the chamber in cm
Notes: Vchamber is constant and equals to 1 L
hchamber is constant and equals to 20 cm
Example: for hoil=15 cm
Voil = (151)/20
Voil = 0.75 L

Vair = Vchamber Voil

Where Voil is the oil volume in Liters (L)
Vair is the air volume in Liters (L)
Vchamber is the chamber volume in Liters (L)
Notes: Vchamber is constant and equals to 1 L
Example: for Voil=0.75 L
Voil=1-0.75=0.25 L

1L = 1mm3
Example: for Vair=0.25 L , Vair=0.25 mm3

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Pabs Vair = k
Where Pabs is the absolute pressure in kN/m 2
Vair is the volume of air in mm3
k is the constant in Nm
Example: for Pabs= 100 kPa and Vair=0.25 mm3
k=1000.25=25 Nm

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VII.

Data Treatment (Calculations and tabulated data or/and

graphs)

Graph 1. The inverse absolute pressure-volume of air relationship

since as the
volume of air increases the inverse pressure also increases, and it is a
straight line since it is linear.

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VIII.

Discussion and Conclusion

The objective of this experiment was verified. Boyles law investigates

the relationship between the pressure and volume of an ideal gas under
constant temperature. The graph is increasing linearly which means that the
inverse absolute pressure is directly proportional to the volume of air, in other
words the absolute pressure is inversely proportional to the volume of air,
since its a straight line the slope of this line acts as the k constant. Therefore
an equation of PV=k under constant temperature is verified. The inaccuracy
of the k constant was found, it wasnt equal in all cases of PV=k cases. This
error is related to the inaccuracy in reading the observed data or the
malfunctioning of the H050 unit, therefore a small margin of difference
existed between the ks calculated. This simulation of Boyles Law experiment
came to a conclusion with the verification of the law that under constant
temperature the volume and pressure of an ideal gas are inversely
proportional, as the volume of air increased the absolute pressure decreased.