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The document outlines an assignment for Engineering Thermodynamics (CH161) with various problems related to energy savings, power calculations, and thermodynamic properties. It includes tasks such as calculating electricity savings from turning off lights, determining acceleration times for vehicles, and analyzing motor efficiency improvements. Additionally, it requires the completion of tables and calculations related to steam and refrigerant properties.

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The document outlines an assignment for Engineering Thermodynamics (CH161) with various problems related to energy savings, power calculations, and thermodynamic properties. It includes tasks such as calculating electricity savings from turning off lights, determining acceleration times for vehicles, and analyzing motor efficiency improvements. Additionally, it requires the completion of tables and calculations related to steam and refrigerant properties.

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Engineering Thermodynamics (CH161)

Assignment – 2
Instructions:
i. Show all steps of your calculations.
ii. Deadline of submission: 11th September 2024 by 11.59 PM.

1. A university campus has 200 classrooms and 400 faculty offices. The classrooms are
equipped with 12 fluorescent tubes, each consuming 110 W, including the electricity used
by the ballasts. The faculty offices, on average, have half as many tubes. The campus is
open 240 days a year. The classrooms and faculty offices are not occupied an average of 4
h a day, but the lights are kept on. If the unit cost of electricity is $0.082/kWh, determine
how much the campus will save a year if the lights in the classrooms and faculty offices
are turned off during unoccupied periods.
2. The engine of a 1500-kg automobile has a power rating of 75 kW. Determine the time
required to accelerate this car from rest to a speed of 100 km/h at full power on a level
road. Is your answer realistic?
3. Consider a 1400-kg car cruising at constant speed of 70 km/h. Now the car starts to pass
another car, by accelerating to 110 km/h in 5 s. Determine the additional power needed to
achieve this acceleration. What would your answer be if the total mass of the car were
only 700 kg?
4. A 75-hp (shaft output) motor that has an efficiency of 91.0 percent is worn out and is to be
replaced by a high-efficiency motor that has an efficiency of 95.4 percent. The motor
operates 4368 hours a year at a load factor of 0.75. Taking the cost of electricity to be
$0.12/kWh, determine the amount of energy and money saved as a result of installing the
high-efficiency motor instead of the standard motor. Also, determine the simple payback
period if the purchase prices of the standard and high-efficiency motors are $5449 and
$5520, respectively.

5. Complete this table for H2O:

6. A 1.8-m3 rigid tank contains steam at 220°C. One third of the volume is in the liquid
phase and the rest is in the vapor form. Determine (a) the pressure of the steam, (b) the
quality of the saturated mixture, and (c) the density of the mixture.
7. A piston–cylinder device contains 0.85 kg of refrigerant-134a at -10°C. The piston that is
free to move has a mass of 12 kg and a diameter of 25 cm. The local atmospheric pressure
is 88 kPa. Now, heat is transferred to refrigerant-134a until the temperature is 15°C.
Determine (a) the final pressure, (b) the change in the volume of the cylinder, and (c) the
change in the enthalpy of the refrigerant-134a.
8. A piston-cylinder device initially contains 50 L of liquid water at 40°C and 200 kPa. Heat
is transferred to the water at constant pressure until the entire liquid is vaporized.
(a) What is the mass of the water?
(b) What is the final temperature?
(c) Determine the total enthalpy change.
(d) Show the process on a T-v diagram with respect to saturation lines.

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