Suez Canal University Thermodynamics

Faculty of Engineering Second Level

Ideal Gases
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1- Oxygen gas is in a 3-m3 tank at 20 C and 0.6 MPa gage pressure. The atmospheric pressure is
101 kPa. How much gas is in the tank in kilogram ?.
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2- A cylinder contains 3.14 kg of oxygen at 490 bar and a temperature of 27 C. Determine the
internal volume of the cylinder and its capacity to contain this mass at one physical atmosphere and
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20 C. ( Assume R = 259.8 J/kg-K )
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3- Determine the volume of 6 kg of air at a pressure of 3.925 bar and temperature of 50 C if cp
for air is 1.005 kJ/kg-K and cv is 0.71 kJ/kg-K.
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4- A rigid vessel of volume 4 m3 contains steam at 500 C and 150 bar. Calculate the mass of
steam, considering steam as a perfect gas with a gas constant R = 0.46 kJ/kg-K.
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5- An air bubble of volume 0.7 liter is at a depth of 3 m water and temperature of 25 C.
( a ) Calculate the mass of air and the number of kmols.
( b ) Determine the volume of air when it emerges at atmospheric pressure and a temperature
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of 32 C.
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6- Determine the molecular volume of any perfect gas at 600 kN/m2 and 30 C.
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7- Oxygen flows steadily through a heater from initial conditions of 6 bar and 50 C to final
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conditions of 4 bar and 1,200 C. Calculate the heat transfer per kilogram and per kmol, and the
change in entropy, under the following assumptions :
( a ) Oxygen is a thermally perfect gas of molecular weight of 32,
( b ) The specific heat is given by :

cp = 11.52 - ( 128/ T ) + ( 850 / T ) kcal/kmol-K

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of 0.62 kPa and a temperature of 28 C. Determine the volume rate of air flow through the
condenser.
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9- Nitrogen expands in a cylinder in a reversible adiabatic manner from a temperature of 850 C
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to a temperature of 78 C. Determine the work done in joule per gram of nitrogen, using :
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cpN2 = 39.65 - 8.07 × 10 T + 1.499 × 10 T J/mol-K
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10- A power plant furnace burns coal at the rate of 108,200 kg/h. Air at 100.8 kPa, 28 C is
supplied at the rate of 13.8 g/g coal. Determine the volume rate of airflow in m3/min.
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11- An unknown gas having a mass of 1.36 kg occupies a volume of 0.628 m3 at 198 kPa, 35 C.
Determine the gas constant and the molecular weight of the gas.
12- A jet engine uses 42 g of air per gram of fuel. The rate of fuel flow is 2,420 kg of fuel per
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hour. The air at 8.26 kPa, - 35 C. Determine the rate of air flow in m3/min.
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13- One kmol of hydrogen ( molecular weight 2.016 ) initially at 8 bar and 850 C is cooled at
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constant volume to 30 C. Determine :
( a ) The final pressure.
( b ) The heat transfer, the change in internal energy and the change in enthalpy assuming
hydrogen to be a thermally perfect gas with ratio of specific heats k = 1.4.
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14- Air enters an electric heating duct at 102 kPa, 27 C and leaves at 42 C. The electrical input
is 108 kW. Determine the volume rate of flow.
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15- Air enters an axial flow compressor at 32 C, 102 kPa and leaves at 292 C. The power
delivered to the air is 98 per cent of the power input to the compressor. The power input is 892 kW.
Determine the volume rate of air flow. State any assumptions that must be made.
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16- During a constant-pressure process, 1.5 kg of sulfur dioxide ( SO2 ) is heated to 70 C from
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an initial temperature of 10 C. Determine the total and specific entropy changes.