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The document outlines various engineering thermodynamics problems related to fluid mechanics, power generation, and energy interactions. It includes calculations for pressure differences in pipelines, power generation potential from hydraulic turbines, and efficiency of wind power sites. Additionally, it addresses work interactions in refrigeration systems and the power required for vehicles to climb slopes.

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The document outlines various engineering thermodynamics problems related to fluid mechanics, power generation, and energy interactions. It includes calculations for pressure differences in pipelines, power generation potential from hydraulic turbines, and efficiency of wind power sites. Additionally, it addresses work interactions in refrigeration systems and the power required for vehicles to climb slopes.

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Engineering Thermodynamics (CH161)

Tutorial-2

1. Freshwater and seawater flowing in parallel horizontal pipelines are connected to each
other by a double U-tube manometer, as shown in Fig. P1–76. Determine the pressure
difference between the two pipelines. Take the density of seawater at that location to be ρ
= 1035 kg/m3. Can the air column be ignored in the analysis?

2. A vertical piston–cylinder device contains a gas at a pressure of 100 kPa. The piston
has a mass of 5 kg and a diameter of 12 cm. Pressure of the gas is to be increased by
placing some weights on the piston. Determine the local atmospheric pressure and the
mass of the weights that will double the pressure of the gas inside the cylinder.

3. Electric power is to be generated by installing a hydraulic turbine–generator at a site


120 m below the free surface of a large water reservoir that can supply water at a rate
of 2400 kg/s steadily. Determine the power generation potential.

4. Two sites are being considered for wind power generation. In the first site, the wind
blows steadily at 7 m/s for 3000 hours per year, whereas in the second site the wind
blows at 10 m/s for 1500 hours per year. Assuming the wind velocity is negligible at
other times for simplicity, determine which a better site is for wind power generation.
Hint: Note that the mass flow rate of air is proportional to wind velocity.

5. Consider an electric refrigerator located in a room. Determine the direction of the work
and heat interactions (in or out) when the following are taken as the system: (a) the
contents of the refrigerator, (b) all parts of the refrigerator including the contents, and
(c) everything contained within the room during a winter day.

6. Determine the power required for a 1150-kg car


to climb a 100-m-long uphill road with a slope
of 308 (from horizontal) in 12 s (a) at a constant
velocity, (b) from rest to a final velocity of 30
m/s, and (c) from 35 m/s to a final velocity of 5
m/s. Disregard friction, air drag, and rolling
resistance.
7. The force required to compress the gas in a gas spring a distance x is given by

where the constant is determined by the geometry of this device and k is determined by the
gas used in the device. One such device has a constant of 5.2 Nm 1.4. and k = 1.4.
Determine the work, in kJ, required to compress this device from 5 cm to 18 cm.

8. In a hydroelectric power plant, 65 m 3/s of water flows from an elevation of 90 m to a


turbine, where electric power is generated. The overall efficiency of the turbine–
generator is 84%. Disregarding frictional losses in piping, estimate the electric power
output of this plant.

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