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Assignment For G2E 2 1

The document contains 10 problems related to engineering thermodynamics. Problem 1 involves determining volumetric and mass flow rates of air through a pipe where temperature and pressure change. Problem 2 involves calculating the percent increase in air velocity through a hair dryer where density changes. Problem 3 involves calculating changes in kinetic energy, power output, and inlet area of a steam turbine where conditions change at the inlet and exit.

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Assignment For G2E 2 1

The document contains 10 problems related to engineering thermodynamics. Problem 1 involves determining volumetric and mass flow rates of air through a pipe where temperature and pressure change. Problem 2 involves calculating the percent increase in air velocity through a hair dryer where density changes. Problem 3 involves calculating changes in kinetic energy, power output, and inlet area of a steam turbine where conditions change at the inlet and exit.

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Assignment on Engineering Thermodynamics for G2E-B (20 Marks)

1. Air enters a 16-cm-diameter pipe steadily at 200 kPa and 20°C with a velocity of 5 m/s. Air is
heated as it flows, and it leaves the pipe at 180 kPa and 40°C. Determine (a) the volume flow
rate of air at the inlet, (b) the mass flow rate of air, and (c) the velocity and volume flow rate at
the exit.

2. A hair dryer is basically a duct of constant diameter in which a few layers of electric resistors are
placed. A small fan pulls the air in and forces it through the resistors where it is heated. If the
density of air is 1.20 kg/m3 at the inlet and 0.95 kg/m3 at the exit, determine the percent
increase in the velocity of air as it flows through the dryer.

3. Steam flows steadily through an adiabatic turbine. The inlet conditions of the steam are 4 MPa,
500°C, and 80 m/s, and the exit conditions are 30 kPa, 92 percent quality, and 50 m/s. The mass
flow rate of the steam is 12 kg/s. Determine (a) the change in kinetic energy, (b) the power
output, and (c) the turbine inlet area.
4. Steam enters an adiabatic turbine at 8 MPa and 500°C at a rate of 3 kg/s and leaves at 20 kPa. If
the power output of the turbine is 2.5 MW, determine the temperature of the steam at the
turbine exit. Neglect kinetic energy changes.
5. A 600-MW steam power plant, which is cooled by a nearby river, has a thermal efficiency of 40
percent. Determine the rate of heat transfer to the river water. Will the actual heat transfer rate
be higher or lower than this value? Why?
6. A steam power plant with a power output of 150 MW consumes coal at a rate of 60 tons/h. If
the heating value of the coal is 30,000 kJ/kg, determine the overall efficiency of this plant.
7. The coefficient of performance of a residential heat pump is 1.6. Calculate the heating effect in
kJ/s this heat pump will produce when it consumes 2 kW of electrical power.
8. An air conditioner removes heat steadily from a house at a rate of 750 kJ/min while drawing
electric power at a rate of 5.25 kW. Determine (a) the COP of this air conditioner and (b) the
rate of heat transfer to the outside air.
9. An inventor claims to have developed a heat engine that receives 700 kJ of heat from a source
at 500 K and produces 300 kJ of net work while rejecting the waste heat to a sink at 290 K. Is this
a reasonable claim? Why?
10. Consider a 210-MW steam power plant that operates on a simple ideal Rankine cycle. Steam
enters the turbine at 10 MPa and 500°C and is cooled in the condenser at a pressure of 10 kPa.
Show the cycle on a T-s diagram with respect to saturation lines, and determine (a) the quality
of the steam at the turbine exit, (b) the thermal efficiency of the cycle, and (c) the mass flow
rate of the steam.

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