SAQ 7-Thermodynamics

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ME1 THERMODYNAMICS
SELF ASSESMENT QUESTIONAIRE #7

1. Steam is compressed from 6 MPa and 300 C to 10 MPa isentropically. The final temperature of the
steam is
2. An apple with an average mass of 0.12 kg and average specific heat of 3.65 kJ/kg-C is cooled from 25
to 5. The entropy change of the apple is
3. A piston-cylinder device contains 5 kg of saturated water vapor at 3 MPa. Now heat is rejected from the
cylinder at constant pressure until the water vapor completely condenses so that the cylinder contains
saturated liquid at 3 MPa at the end of the process. The entropy change of the system during this
process is
4. Steam expands in an adiabatic turbine from 4 MPa and 500 C to 0.1 MPa at a rate of 2 kg/s. If steam
leaves the turbine as saturated vapor, the power output of the turbine is
5. Argon gas expands in an adiabatic turbine from 3 MPa and 750 C to 0.2 MPa at a rate of 5 kg/s. The
maximum power output of the turbine is
6. A unit mass of a substance undergoes an irreversible process from state 1 to state 2 while gaining heat
from the surroundings at temperature T in the amount of q. If the entropy of the substance is s1 at state
1, and s2 at state 2, the entropy change of the substance delta S during this process is
7. Helium gas is compressed from 37 C and 3.50 m3/kg to 0.775 m3/kg in a reversible and adiabatic
manner. The temperature of helium after compression is
8. Heat is lost through a plane wall steadily at a rate of 600 W. If the inner and outer surface temperature
of the wall are 20 C and 5 C, respectively, the rate of entropy generation within the wall is
9. Air is compressed steadily and adiabatically from 17 C and 90 kPa to 200 C and 400 kPa. Assuming
constant specific heats for air at room temperature, the isentropic efficiency of the compressor is
10. Argon gas expands in an adiabatic turbine steadily from 600 C and 800 kPa to 80 kPa at a rate of 2.5
kg/s. For isentropic efficiency of 88 percent, the power produced by the turbine is
11. Water enters a pump steadily at 100 kPa at a rate of 35 L/s and leaves at 800 kPa. The flow velocities
at the inlet and the exit are the same, but the pump exit where the discharge pressure is measured is
6.1 m above the inlet section. The minimum power input to the pump is
12. Air is to be compressed steadily and isentropically from 1 atm to 16 atm by a two-stage compressor. To
minimize the total compression work, the intermediate pressure between the two stages must be
13. Helium gas enters an adiabatic nozzle steadily at 500 C and 600 kPa with a low velocity, and exits at a
pressure of 90 kPa. The highest possible velocity of helium gas at the nozzle exit is
14. Combustion gases with a specific heat ratio of 1.3 enter an adiabatic nozzle steadily at 800 C and 800
kPa with a low velocity, and exit at a pressure of 85 kPa. The lowest possible temperature of
combustion gases at the nozzle exit is
15. Steam enters an adiabatic turbine steadily at 400 C and 5 MPa, and leaves at 20 kPa. The highest
possible percentage of mass of steam that condenses at the turbine exit and leaves the turbine as a
liquid is
16. Liquid water enters an adiabatic piping system at 15 C at a rate of 8 kg/s. If the water temperature rises
by 0.2 C during flow due to friction, the rate of entropy generation in the pipe is
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17. Liquid water is to be compressed by a pump whose isentropic efficiency is 75 percent from 0.2 MPa to
5 MPa at a rate of 0.15 m3/min. The required power input to this pump is
18. Steam enters an adiabatic turbine at 8 MPa and 500 C at a rate of 18 kg/s, and exits at 0.2 MPa and
300 C. The rate of entropy generation in the turbine is
19. Helium gas is compressed steadily from 90 kPa and 25 C to 800 kPa at a rate of 2 kg/min by an
adiabatic compressor. If the compressor consumes 80 kW of power while operating the isentropic
efficiency of this compressor is
20. Combustion gases enter an adiabatic gas turbine at 1540 F and 120 psia and leave at 60 psia with a
low velocity. Treating the combustion gases as air and assuming an isentropic efficiency of 82 percent,
determine the work output of the turbine.
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