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The document contains a series of thermodynamics tutorial questions for the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, covering various scenarios including compressors, turbines, condensers, heat engines, and heating systems. Each question provides specific conditions and asks for calculations related to temperature, work input, entropy generation, and heat transfer, along with the answers. The problems are designed to apply principles of thermodynamics in practical engineering contexts.

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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR

ESO 201A: Thermodynamics


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

Tutorial 8
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Question 1: Air enters a compressor steadily at the ambient conditions of 100 kPa and
22°C and leaves at 800 kPa. Heat is lost from the compressor in the amount of 120 kJ/kg,
and the air experiences an entropy decrease of 0.40 kJ/kg.K. Using constant specific heats,
determine (a) the exit temperature of the air, (b) the work input to the compressor, and
(c) the entropy generation during this process. (Answers: (a) 85.8 °C (b) 184.1 kJ/kg (c)
0.0068 kJ/kg.K)

Question 2: Steam enters an adiabatic turbine steadily at 7 MPa, 500°C, and 45 m/s and
leaves at 100 kPa and 75 m/s. If the power output of the turbine is 5 MW and the isentropic
efficiency is 77 percent, determine (a) the mass flow rate of steam through the turbine, (b)
the temperature at the turbine exit, and (c) the rate of entropy generation during this
process. (Answers: (a) 886 kg/s (b)103.7 ºC (c) 4.01 kW/K)
Fig. 1
Question 3: Steam is to be condensed in the condenser of a steam power plant at a
temperature of 60°C with cooling water from a nearby lake, which enters the tubes of the
condenser at 18°C at a rate of 75 kg/s and leaves at 27°C. Assuming the condenser to be
perfectly insulated, determine (a) the rate of condensation of the steam and (b) the rate of
entropy generation in the condenser. (Answers: (a) 1.20 kg/s (b) 1.06 kW/K)

Question 4: A 0.18-m3 rigid tank is filled with saturated liquid water at 120°C. A valve
at the bottom of the tank is now opened, and one-half of the total mass is withdrawn from
the tank in the liquid form. Heat is transferred to water from a source at 230°C so that
the temperature in the tank remains constant. Determine (a) the amount of heat transfer
and (b) the total entropy generation for this process. (Answers: (a) 222.6 kJ (b) 0.1237
kJ/K)
Question 5: A heat engine receives heat from a source at 1100 K at a rate of 400 kJ/s,
and it rejects the waste heat to a medium at 320 K. The measured power output of the
heat engine is 120 kW, and the environment temperature is 25°C. Determine (a) the
reversible power, (b) the rate of irreversibility, and (c) the second-law efficiency of this
heat engine. (Answers: (a) 284 kW, (b) 164 kW, (c) 42.3 %)

Question 6: A house that is losing heat at a rate of 35,000 kJ/h when the outside
temperature drops to 4°C is to be heated by electric resistance heaters. If the house is to
be always maintained at 25°C, determine the reversible work input for this process and
the irreversibility. (Answers: (a) 0.685 kW (b) 9.04 kW)

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