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Examples: Conversion Factors

The document provides information about the structure and features included in chapters of an engineering thermodynamics textbook. Each chapter includes numerous annotated solved examples illustrating the concepts, as well as informal examples. Exercises at the end of each chapter include discussion questions, self-testing questions, and engineering problems of varying difficulty. Additional study aids provided in each chapter are chapter introductions stating objectives, summaries, lists of key concepts and equations, and margin notes highlighting important information.

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The document provides information about the structure and features included in chapters of an engineering thermodynamics textbook. Each chapter includes numerous annotated solved examples illustrating the concepts, as well as informal examples. Exercises at the end of each chapter include discussion questions, self-testing questions, and engineering problems of varying difficulty. Additional study aids provided in each chapter are chapter introductions stating objectives, summaries, lists of key concepts and equations, and margin notes highlighting important information.

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c Numerous annotated solved examplesmore
are provided that feature the solution methodology presented in Sec. 1.9 and illustra
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Example 1.1. We encourage you to study these examples, including the accompanying comments.
c  Each solved example concludes with a list of the Skills Developed in solving the example and a   Quick Quiz  that allo
immediate check of understanding.
c  Less formal examples are given throughout the text. They open with c FOR EXAMPLE  and close with b  b  b  b  b.
examples also should be studied.

Exercises
c  Each chapter has a set of discussion questions under the heading c  EXERCISES: THINGS ENGINEERS THINK ABOUT that m
done on an individual or small-group basis. They allow you to gain a deeper understanding of the text material and think crit
c  Every chapter has a set of questions in a section called c  CHECKING UNDERSTANDING that provide opportunity for indi
or small group self-testing of the fundamental ideas presented in the chapter. Included are a variety of exercises, such as mat
fill-in-the-blank, short answer, and true-and-false questions.
c  A large number of end-of-chapter problems also are provided under the heading c  PROBLEMS: DEVELOPING ENGINEERING SK
The problems are sequenced to coordinate with the subject matter and are listed in increasing order of difficulty. The problems ar
classified under headings to expedite the process of selecting review problems to solve. Answers to selected problems are provid
the student companion website that accompanies this book at www.wiley.com/college/moran.
 c  Because one purpose of this book is to help you prepare to use thermodynamics in engineering practice, d
considerations related to thermodynamics are included. Every chapter has a set of problems under the he
c  DESIGN & OPEN ENDED PROBLEMS: EXPLORING ENGINEERING PRACTICE  that provide opportunities for practicing cr

ity, formulating and solving design and open-ended problems, using the Internet and library resources to find relevant info
tion, making engineering judgments, and developing communications skills. See, for example, problem 1.10 D on p. 36.

 Further Study Aids


 c  Each chapter opens with an introduction giving the engineering context, stating the chapter objective , and listing the lea
outcomes.
c  Each chapter concludes with a c  CHAPTER SUMMARY AND STUDY GUIDE   that provides a point of departure to stud
examinations.
c  For easy reference, each chapter also concludes with lists of
c  KEY ENGINEERING CONCEPTS  and  c  KEY EQUATIONS .
c  Important terms are listed in the margins and coordinated with the text material at those locations.
c  Important equations are set off by a color screen, as for Eq. 1.8.
c  TAKE NOTE... in the margin provides just-in-time information that illuminates the current discussion, as on p. 8, or refine
problem-solving methodology, as on p. 12 and p. 22.
c  in the margin identifies an animation that reinforces the text presentation at that point. Animations can be viewed by
to the student companion website for this book. See TAKE NOTE... on p. 8 for further detail about accessing animations.
 c in the margin denotes end-of-chapter problems where the use of appropriate computer software is recommended.
c  For quick reference, conversion factors and important constants are provided on the next page.
c  A list of symbols is provided on the inside back cover.

Conversion Factors

Mass and Density Pressure


1 kg 5  2.2046 lb 1 Pa 5 1 N/m2
24
1 g/cm3  3
5 10  kg/m
3
5 1.4504 3 10  lbf/in.2
1 g/cm3 5  62.428 lb/ft
3
1 bar 5 10
5
 N/m2
1 lb 5  0.4536 kg 1 atm 5  1.01325 bar
1 lb/ft3 5  0.016018 g/cm
3
1 lbf/in.2  5 6894.8 Pa
1 lb/ft3 5  16.018 kg/m
3
1 lbf/in.2  5  144 lbf/ft
2
2
1 atm 5  14.696 lbf/in.

Length Energy and Specific Energy


1 cm 5  0.3937 in. 1J 5 1 N   m 5  0.73756 ft  lbf 
? ?

1 m  5  3.2808 ft 1 kJ 5 737.56 ft  lbf 


?

1 in.  5  2.54 cm
1 kJ 5 0.9478 Btu
1 ft 5  0.3048 m
1 kJ/kg 5 0.42992 Btu/lb
1 ft  lbf
?
5 1.35582 J

Velocity 1 Btu 5 778.17 ft  lbf ?

1 Btu 5 1.0551 kJ
1 km/h 5  0.62137mile/h
1 Btu/lb 5  2.326 kJ/kg
1 mile/h 5 1.6093 km/h
1 kcal 5 4.1868 kJ

Volume Energy Transfer Rate


1 cm3  5  0.061024 in. 3 1W 5  1 J/s 5 3.413 Btu/h
1 m3 5 35.315 ft 3 1 kW   5 1.341 hp
23 3
1 L 5 10  m 1 Btu/h 5 0.293 W
3
1 L 5  0.0353 ft 1 hp 5 2545 Btu/h
1 in.3  5 16.387 cm
3 1 hp 5 550 ft  lbf/s?

1 ft3 5 0.028317 m
3
1 hp 5 0.7457 kW
1 gal  5  0.13368 ft
3

1 gal 5  3.7854 3 10  m


23 3 Specific Heat
1 kJ/kg  K ?
5 0.238846 Btu/lb   8R ?

1 kcal/kg  K 5 1 Btu/lb   8R


Force ?

8
?
Force 1 Btu/lb   8R 
?
5  4.1868 kJ/kg  K
?

2
1N
AUTHORS 5  1
kg   m/s
VIEWS?

INFO
1 N  5  0.22481 lbf  Others
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1 lbf 5+ 32.174
3 lb36,105
 ft/s2 ?
more 
1 ton of refrigeration 5 200 Btu/min 5 211 k
1 lbf 5  4.4482 N
1 volt 5 1 watt per ampere

Constants

Universal Gas Constant Standard Atmospheric Pres


R   • 8.314 kJ / kmol K
  

1.986 Btu / lbmol R
  

1545 ft lbf  / lbmol R
  
  

1 atm   • 1.01325 bar


14.696 lbf  / in.2
760 mm Hg  29.92 in. Hg

Standard Acceleration of Gravity Temperature Relations


 g   e 9.80665 m / s2 11 22 1 21 2
T  R  1.8 T  K
32.174 ft / s2
12 12
T  C
T  F


T  K  273.15
T  R  459.67

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Fundamentals of
Engineering
Thermodynamic
MICHAEL J. MORAN
The Ohio State University

HOWARD N. SHAPIRO
 Iowa State University

DAISIE D. BOETTNER
Colonel, U.S. Army

MARGARET B. BAILEY
Rochester Institute of Technology

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