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This document contains 9 assignments related to thermodynamics. Assignment 1 involves analyzing the pressure, heat transfer, and work during a piston-cylinder process with steam. Assignment 2 involves connecting two tanks containing steam and water at different conditions. Assignment 3 involves analyzing a piston-cylinder process on a P-V diagram. The remaining assignments involve problems related to nozzles, turbines, mixing, refrigeration, heat exchangers, and gas compression.

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This document contains 9 assignments related to thermodynamics. Assignment 1 involves analyzing the pressure, heat transfer, and work during a piston-cylinder process with steam. Assignment 2 involves connecting two tanks containing steam and water at different conditions. Assignment 3 involves analyzing a piston-cylinder process on a P-V diagram. The remaining assignments involve problems related to nozzles, turbines, mixing, refrigeration, heat exchangers, and gas compression.

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Addis Ababa University

Faculty of Technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Assignment - 1
1. A piston–cylinder device initially contains 0.15-kg steam at 3.5 MPa, superheated by
5°C. Now the steam loses heat to the surroundings and the piston moves down, hitting a
set of stops at which point the cylinder contains saturated liquid water. The cooling
continues until the cylinder contains water at 200°C. Determine (a) the final pressure and
the quality (if mixture), (b) the boundary work, (c) the amount of heat transfer when the
piston first hits the stops, (d) and the total heat transfer. 4–143

2. Two rigid tanks are connected by a valve. Tank A contains 0.2 m3 of water at 400 kPa
and 80 percent quality. Tank B contains 0.5 m3 of water at 200 kPa and 250°C. The
valve is now opened, and the two tanks eventually come to the same state. Determine the
pressure and the amount of heat transfer when the system reaches thermal equilibrium
with the surroundings at 25°C. 4–134

3. A piston–cylinder device initially contains steam at 200 kPa, 200°C, and 0.5 m3. At this
state, a linear spring is touching the piston but exerts no force on it. Heat is now slowly
transferred to the steam, causing the pressure and the volume to rise to 500 kPa and 0.6
m3, respectively. Show the process on a P-v diagram with respect to saturation lines and
determine (a) the final temperature, (b) the work done by the steam, and (c) the total heat
transferred. 4–38
4. Air at 600 kPa and 500 K enters an adiabatic nozzle that has an inlet-to-exit area ratio of
2:1 with a velocity of 120 m/s and leaves with a velocity of 380 m/s. Determine (a) the
exit temperature and (b) the exit pressure of the air. 5–35

5. Steam enters an adiabatic turbine at 10 MPa and 500°C and leaves at 10 kPa with a
quality of 90 percent. Neglecting the changes in kinetic and potential energies, determine
the mass flow rate required for a power output of 5 MW. 5–51
6. A hot-water stream at 80°C enters a mixing chamber with a mass flow rate of 0.5 kg/s
where it is mixed with a stream of cold water at 20°C. If it is desired that the mixture
leave the chamber at 42°C, determine the mass flow rate of the cold-water stream.
Assume all the streams are at a pressure of 250 kPa. 5–75

7. Refrigerant-134a at 1 MPa and 90°C is to be cooled to 1 MPa and 30°C in a condenser by


air. The air enters at 100 kPa and 27°C with a volume flow rate of 600 m3/min and leaves
at 95 kPa and 60°C. Determine the mass flow rate of the refrigerant. 5–81

8. A heat exchanger is to cool ethylene glycol (cp= 2.56 kJ/kg · °C) flowing at a rate of 2
kg/s from 80°C to 40°C by water (cp= 4.18 kJ/kg · °C) that enters at 20°C and leaves at
55°C. Determine (a) the rate of heat transfer and (b) the mass flow rate of water. 5–89
9. Helium is to be compressed from 120 kPa and 310 K to 700 kPa and 430 K. A heat loss
of 20 kJ/kg occurs during the compression process. Neglecting kinetic energy changes,
determine the power input required for a mass flow rate of 90 kg/min. 5–60

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