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Chapter 1 Conversion of Units Table 1.1 Basic units Time Length Mass Force Temperature SI s m kg – K, 0C CGS s cm g – K, 0C US Engineering s ft lbm lbf 0R, 0F Table 1.2 Derived units SI US Engineering Force N (1 N = 1 kg m/s2) – Energy J (1 J = 1 kg m2/s2 ) Btu Power W (1 W = 1 J/s) HP, PS Area m2 ft2 Volume m3 (1m3 = 1000 l) ft3 Density kg/m3 lbm/ft 3 Velocity m/s ft/s Pressure Pa (1 Pa = 1 N/m2) bar (1 bar = 105 Pa) torr (1 torr = 1 mmHg) atm (1 atm = 101325 Pa) psi=lbf/in 2 Table 1.3 Conversion factors 1 ft = 12 in = 0.3048 m 0F = 32þ1.8* 0C 1 in = 2.54 cm 0C = (0F-32)/1.8 1 US gallon = 3.7854 l 0R= 460 þ 0F 1 lbm = 0.4536 kg K = 273.15 þ 0C 1 lbf = 4.4482 N 1 psi = 6894.76 Pa �0C = �0F/1.8 1 HP =745.7 W �0C = �K 1 Btu = 1055.06 J = 0.25216 kcal �0F = �0R 1kWh = 3600 kJ S. Yanniotis, Solving Problems in Food Engineering. Ó Springer 2008 1 Examples Example 1.1 Convert 100 Btu/h ft2oF to kW/m2oC Solution 100 Btu h ft2 8F ¼100 Btu h ft2 8F � 1055:06 J 1Btu � 1 kJ 1000 J � 1 h 3600 s 1ft2 0:3048mð Þ2 � 1:8 8F 18C � 1 kW 1kJ=s ¼ 0:5678 kW m2 8C Example 1.2 Convert 100 lb mol/h ft2 to kg mol/s m2 Solution 100 lbmol h ft2 ¼ 100 lbmol h ft2 � 0:4536 kgmol lbmol � 1 h 3600 s � 1 ft2 0:3048mð Þ2 ¼ 0:1356 kgmol sm2 Example 1.3 Convert 0.5 lbf s/ft 2 to Pas Solution 0:5 lbf s ft2 ¼ 0:5 lbf s ft2 � 4:4482N lbf � 1 ft2 0:3048mð Þ2 1 Pa 1 N=m2ð Þ ¼ 23:94 Pa s Exercises Exercise 1.1 Make the following conversions: 1) 10 ft lbf/lbm to J/kg, 2) 0.5 Btu/lbm oF to J/kgoC, 3) 32.174 lbmft/lbfs2 to kgm/ Ns2, 4) 1000 lbmft /s2 to N, 5) 10 kcal/min ft oF to W/mK, 6) 30 psia to atm, 7) 0.002 kg/ms to lbmft s, 8) 5 lb mol/h ft 2mol frac to kg mol/s m2 mol frac, 9) 1.987 Btu/lbmol oR to cal/gmol K, 10) 10.731 ft3lbf/in 2lbmol oR to J/kgmolK 2 1 Conversion of Units Solution 1) 10 ft lbf lbm ¼ 10 ft lbf lbm � ::::::::::::::m ft � :::::::::::::::N 1 lbf � ::::::::::::::lbm 0:4536 kg � :::::::::::::J mN ¼ 29:89 J kg 2) 0:5 Btu lbm8F ¼ 0:5 Btu lbm8F � 1055:06 J :::::::::: � ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: � 1:88F 18C ¼ 2094:4 J kg8C 3) 32:174 lbm ft lbf s2 ¼ 32:174 lbm ft lbf s2 � ::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::lbm � ::::::::::::::::::m 1 ft � ::::::::::::::: 4:4482N ¼ 1 kgm Ns2 4) 1000 lbm ft s2 ¼ 1000 lbm ft s2 � 0:4536 kg :::::::::::::::: � :::::::::::::::: 1 ft � 1N 1 kgm=s2 ¼ 138:3N 5) 10 kcal min ft oF ¼ 10 kcal min ft oF � 1055:06 J 0:252 kcal � :::::::::min 60 s � ::::::::::::ft :::::::::::m � :::::::::::8F ::::::::::K � :::::::::W ::::::::::J=s ¼ 4121 W mK 6) 30 psia ¼ 30 lbf in2 � ::::::::::::::::in2 :::::::::::::::::m2 � ::::::::::::::::::N ::::::::::::::::::lbf � :::::::::::::::::Pa ::::::::::::::N=m2 � :::::::::::::::::atm :::::::::::::::::Pa ¼ 2:04 atm 7) 0:002 kg m s ¼ 0:002 kg m s � ::::::::::::::lbm :::::::::::::::kg � :::::::::::::::m ::::::::::::::::::ft ¼ 0:0013 lbm ft s 8) 5 lbmol h ft2mol frac ¼ 5 lbmol h ft2mol frac � ::::::::::::::::kgmol ::::::::::::::: lb mol � :::::::::::::::::h ::::::::::::::::::s � :::::::::::::::::ft2 :::::::::::::::::::m2 ¼ 6:78� 10ÿ3 kgmol s m2mol frac 9) 1:987 Btu lbmol 8R ¼ 1:987 Btu lbmol 8R � ::::::::::::::cal ::::::::::::::Btu � ::::::::::::::::lbmol ::::::::::::::::gmol ¼ � ::::::::::::::8R ::::::::::::K ¼ 1:987 cal gmol K 10) 10:731 ft3 lbf in2 lbmol8R ¼ 10:731 ft3 lbf in2 lbmol8R � ::::::::::::::::m3 :::::::::::::::::::ft3 � ::::::::::::::::N ::::::::::::::::::lbf � ::::::::::::::::in2 :::::::::::::::::::m2 � :::::::::::::lbmol :::::::::::::kgmol � 1:88R K ¼ 8314 J kgmol K Exercises 3 Exercise 1.2 Make the following conversions: 251oF to oC (Ans. 121.7 oC) 500oR to K (Ans. 277.6 K) 0.04 lbm/in 3 to kg/m3 (Ans. 1107.2 kg/m3) 12000 Btu/h to W (Ans. 3516.9 W ) 32.174 ft/s2 to m/s2 (Ans. 9.807 m/s2 ) 0.01 ft2/h to m2/s (Ans. 2.58x10-7 m2/s) 0.8 cal/goC to J/kgK (Ans. 3347.3 J/kgK) 20000 kg m/s2 m2 to psi (Ans. 2.9 psi) 0.3 Btu/lbm oF to J/kgK (Ans. 1256 J/kgK) 1000 ft3/(h ft2 psi/ft) to cm3/(s cm2 Pa/cm) (Ans. 0.0374 cm3/(s cm2 Pa/cm ) 4 1 Conversion of Units