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This document contains 7 thermodynamics problems related to topics like vaporization of water in a tank heated by an electric resistor, heating of a saturated liquid to become saturated vapor, mixing of cold and warm air in an air conditioning system, evaluation of a claimed power cycle, a Carnot power cycle analysis, parameters for a steam power plant cycle, and analysis of a Rankine cycle power plant.

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Exercise Pyeq

This document contains 7 thermodynamics problems related to topics like vaporization of water in a tank heated by an electric resistor, heating of a saturated liquid to become saturated vapor, mixing of cold and warm air in an air conditioning system, evaluation of a claimed power cycle, a Carnot power cycle analysis, parameters for a steam power plant cycle, and analysis of a Rankine cycle power plant.

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FACULTY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CHE433 THERMODYNAMICS

EXERCISE

1. A well insulated rigid tank contains 7 kg of saturated liquid-vapor mixture of water at 100 kPa.
Initially three quarter of the mass is in the liquid phase. An electric resistor placed in the tank is
connected to a 110-V source and a current of 12 A flows through the resistor when the switch is
turned on.
a) Determine how long it will take to vaporize all the liquid in the tank.
b) Illustrate the process in the T-v diagram with respect to saturation line.
c) If the electric resistor is replaced by a coil which supply heat at a rate of 2000 kJ/hr, propose
which method (electric resistor or coil) will give faster time to this duty.

2. A piston-cylinder device contained 3 kg of saturated liquid R-134a at 82°C is heated at constant


pressure until it is become saturated vapor. State three (3) assumptions that can be made, sketch T-
v diagram with respect to the saturation lines and determine the heat transfer required for this
process.

3. An air-conditioning system involves the mixing of cold air and warm outdoor air before the mixture
is routed to the conditioned room in steady operation. Cold air enters the mixing chamber at 5°C
and 105 kPa at a rate of 1.25 m3/s while warm air enters at 34°C and 105 kPa. The air leaves the
room at 24°C. The ratio of the mass flow rates of the hot to cold air streams is 1.6. Using variable
specific heats, determine
a) the mixture temperature at the inlet of the room
b) the rate of heat gain of the room.

4. An engineer at Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water has been assigned to find another
power producer company to replace the existing company. One of independent power producer
(IPP) company claims that they have developed a power cycle capable of delivering a net work
output of 500 kJ for an energy input by heat transfer of 1000 kJ. The system undergoing the cycle
receives the heat transfer from hot gases at a temperature of 500 K and discharges the energy by
heat transfer to the atmosphere at 303 K. Evaluate this claim.

5. One kilogram of air as an ideal gas executes a Carnot power cycle having a thermal efficiency of 60%.
The heat transfer to the air during the isothermal expansion is 40 kJ. At the end of the isothermal
expansion, the pressure is 5.6 bar and the volume is 0.3 m3. Determine
FACULTY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CHE433 THERMODYNAMICS

a) the maximum and minimum temperatures for the cycle


b) the pressure and volume at the beginning of the isothermal expansion.
c) the work and heat transfer for each of the four processes.
d) Sketch the cycle on P-v coordinates.

6. A smaller power plant produces steam at 3 MPa, 600°C in the boiler. It keeps the condenser at 45°C
by the transfer of 10 MW out as heat transfer. The first turbine section expands to 500 kPa, and
then flow is reheated followed by the expansion in the low pressure turbine. Determine
a) the reheat temperature so that the turbine output is saturated vapor
b) the total turbine power output and the boiler heat transfer
c) the cycle efficiency and draw the T-s diagram

7. A Rankine cycle describes a model of steam operated heat engine most commonly found in power
generation plants. Common heat sources for power plants using the Rankine cycle are the
combustion of coal, natural gas and oil, and nuclear fission. Water is the working fluid in an ideal
Rankine cycle. Superheated vapor enters the turbine at 8 MPa, 480°C. The condenser pressure is 8
kPa. The net power output of the cycle is 100 MW. Determine for the cycle;
a) Sketch the cycle on the T-s coordinates.
b) Determine the enthalpy and entropy for each stream
c) The rate of heat transfer to the working fluid passing through the steam generator.
d) The thermal efficiency.
e) The mass flow rate of condenser cooling water, in kg/h, if the cooling water enters the
condenser at 15°C and exits at 35°C with negligible pressure change.

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