How to Read Steam Tables – 5 Interpolation Example Problems

This Thermodynamics interpolation tutorial provides 5 Example Problems to show how to do Linear Interpolation. How to read steam tables (the vapor and liquid tables in textbook appendices) will help you find pressure, temperature, specific volume, internal energy, enthalpy, and entropy. All problems show how to interpolate manually, and 1 example shows how to do double interpolation. The type of property table linear interpolation performed in this video will be used throughout your entire Thermodynamics course, as well as follow-up technical electives. TIMECODES 0:00 Steam Table Introduction 0:58 Example 1 – Find Quality 3:06 Example 2 – Vertical Interpolation 5:40 Example 3 – Given v, Find h, without finding x 7:42 Example 4 – Double Interpolation 10:26 Example 5 – Superheated Vapor