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Thermodynamics 2 Quiz #1 - T02: Name: ID #: Problem:: 2 Marks

1) A piston-cylinder device initially contains saturated water vapor at 250 kPa and 0.8 m3. Heat is added until the volume doubles to 1.6 m3. 2) The final temperature is determined to be 662.2°C by applying a 1st law energy balance and using property tables. 3) The work done is 240 kJ, calculated as the pressure (300 kPa) times the change in volume (1.6 - 0.8 m3). The total heat transferred is calculated to be 1214 kJ using the 1st law energy balance.

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Thermodynamics 2 Quiz #1 - T02: Name: ID #: Problem:: 2 Marks

1) A piston-cylinder device initially contains saturated water vapor at 250 kPa and 0.8 m3. Heat is added until the volume doubles to 1.6 m3. 2) The final temperature is determined to be 662.2°C by applying a 1st law energy balance and using property tables. 3) The work done is 240 kJ, calculated as the pressure (300 kPa) times the change in volume (1.6 - 0.8 m3). The total heat transferred is calculated to be 1214 kJ using the 1st law energy balance.

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ME354

Thermodynamics 2 Name:

Quiz #1 - T02: ID #:

Problem: A piston-cylinder device initially contains 0.8 m3 of saturated water


vapor at 250 kP a. At this state, the piston is resting on a set of stops, and
the mass of the piston is such that a pressure of 300 kP a is required
to move it. Heat is now slowly transferred to the steam until the volume
doubles. Show the process on a P − v diagram with respect to saturation
lines and determine (a) the final temperature, (b) the work done during this
process, and (c) the total heat transfer.

Since the volume changes as the piston lifts off the stops, the two step process would look as follows on a
P-v diagram:

2 marks

Part a
We need to apply a 1st law energy balance to the system to determine the temperature.
Einitial +Qin−Wout = Ef inal −→ since KE
 P E = 0 −→ ΔU = m(u3 −u1 ) = Qin−Wout
= 
assumption #1 1 mark
From Table A-5 for saturated vapour at 250 kP a
v1 = vg = 0.71873 m3 /kg

u1 = ug = 2536.8 kJ/kg
The mass of the vapour can be determined as
V1 0.8 m3 1 mark
m = = = 1.113 kg
v1 0.71873 m3 /kg
We know that at the final state the volume doubles, therefore the specific volume at this state is
V3 2 × 0.8 m2 1 mark
vf inal = v3 = = = 1.436 m3 /kg
m 1.113 kg
From the superheated tables (Table A-6) at P3 = 300 kP a and v3 = 1.4375 m3 /kg, we can
interpolate to find
1 mark
T3 = 662.2 ◦ C ⇐

u3 = 3412.3 kJ/kg
Part b
The work done during the process need only be calculated between states 2 and 3, since there is no
change in volume between 1 and 2.
 3  
1 kJ
Wout = P dV = P (V3 − V2 ) = (300 kP a)(1.6 − 0.8) m 3
= 240 kJ ⇐
2 1 kP a · m3
2 marks

Part c
The heat transfer can be determined from our 1st law balance

Qin = m(u3 − u1 ) + Wout

= (1.113 kg)(3412.3 − 2536.8) kJ/kg + 240 kJ/kg

= 1214 kJ/kg ⇐ 2 marks

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