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The document is a tutorial for the ESO 201A Thermodynamics course at IIT Kanpur, containing five questions related to thermodynamic processes involving water, steam, helium, nitrogen, and combustion gases. Each question requires calculations of entropy change, heat transfer, work done, mass flow rates, and exit conditions for various processes. Answers are provided for each question, indicating the expected results for the calculations.

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The document is a tutorial for the ESO 201A Thermodynamics course at IIT Kanpur, containing five questions related to thermodynamic processes involving water, steam, helium, nitrogen, and combustion gases. Each question requires calculations of entropy change, heat transfer, work done, mass flow rates, and exit conditions for various processes. Answers are provided for each question, indicating the expected results for the calculations.

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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR

ESO 201A: Thermodynamics


(2023-24 I Semester)
Instructor: Dr Avinash Kumar Agarwal

Tutorial 7
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Question 1: A well-insulated rigid tank contains 3 kg of a saturated liquid–vapor mixture


of water at 200 kPa. Initially, three quarters of the mass is in the liquid phase. An electric
resistance heater placed in the tank is now turned on and kept on until all the liquid in
the tank is vaporized. Determine the entropy change of the steam during this process.
(Ans: 11.1 kJ/K)

Fig. 1

Question 2: A piston–cylinder device contains 5 kg of steam at 100°C with a quality of 50


percent. This steam undergoes two processes as follows:

1-2: Heat is transferred to the steam in a reversible manner while the temperature is
held constant until the steam exists as a saturated vapor.

2-3: The steam expands in an adiabatic, re versible process until the pressure is 15 kPa.

(a) Sketch these processes with respect to the saturation lines on a single T-s diagram.

(b) Determine the heat transferred to the steam in process 1-2, in kJ.

(c) Determine the work done by the steam in process 2-3, in kJ.

(Ans: (b) 5641 kJ (c) 1291 kJ)


Question 3: Helium gas is compressed from 90 kPa and 30°C to 450 kPa in a reversible,
adiabatic process. Determine the final temperature and the work done, assuming the
process takes place (a) in a piston–cylinder device and (b) in a steady-flow compressor.
(Ans: (a) 576.9 K, 853.4 kJ/kg (b) 1422.3 kJ/kg)

Question 4: Nitrogen gas is compressed from 80 kPa and 27°C to 480 kPa by a 10-kW
compressor. Determine the mass flow rate of nitrogen through the compressor, assuming
the compression process to be (a) isentropic, (b) polytropic with n = 1.3, (c) isothermal, and
(d) ideal two-stage polytropic with n = 1.3. (Ans: (a) 0.048 kg/s (b) 0.051 kg/s (c) 0.063
kg/s (d) 0.056 kg/s)
Question 5: Hot combustion gases enter the nozzle of a turbojet engine at 260 kPa, 747°C,
and 80 m/s, and they exit at a pressure of 85 kPa. Assuming an isentropic efficiency of 92
percent and treating the combustion gases as air, determine (a) the exit velocity and (b)
the exit temperature. (Ans: (a) 728 m/s (b) 786 K)
Fig. 2

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