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1. Two tanks are connected as shown below, both containing water. Tank A is at
200kPa, specific volume 0.5m3/kg and volume 0.1m3. Tank B contains 3.5kg at
0.5MPa, 400°C. The valve is now opened and two tanks come to uniform state.
(saturated mixture, superheated vapor, mA1=0.2kg, VB1=2.16m3, vtotal=0.61093m3/kg,
16550.041 kJ)
a. What are the initial states of both tanks (4 marks)
b. Determine the total mass of the water in tank A (2 marks)
c. Calculate the volume of tank B (2 marks)
d. Find the final specific volume (2
marks)
e. Determine the heat transfer when the system reaches thermal equilibrium
with surrounding at 25°C (
20marks)
T
x
A B
2. A piston cylinder device contains 1kg of air undergoes a series of processes.
Initially the pressure is 0.1 MPa and temperature of 20°C. The air is compressed
isothermally to 0.6MPa. Then it is heated at constant pressure until the volume
increased to 0.2m3. Asume air to behave as an ideal gas. (v1=0.8409 m3/kg,v2=0.1402
m3/kg, T3=417 oC, w21=150.64 kJ/kg(compression), w32=35.88kJ/kg(expansion),
q21=150.64 kJ/kg (heat out), q32=128.087 kJ/kg (heat in)
a. Determine pressure, temperature and specific volume at each state ( 5 marks)
b. Calculate the work per unit mass, w for each process and determine whether
it is an expansion / compression work (10
marks)
c. Find the heat transfer per unit mass, q for each process and determine whether
the is heat transferred in/out ( 10
marks)
d. Show the process in Pv diagrams ( 5 marks)
3. A pistoncylinder device with a volume of 0.035 m3 (refer Figure below) contains
refrigerant R134a at 400 kPa (State 1). Initially 20% of the volume is liquid and the
rest is vapor. Then heat is added to the system until the piston is just touching the
stopper (State 2). At this state, all the R134a exists 100% as vapor. Heating is
continued until the pressure inside the piston reaches 600 kPa (State 3).
(mtotal=9.4kg, x=0.05, W31=178.52 kJ, Q32=2590.36 kJ)
stopper
Q R134a
Answer the following questions:
a. What is the total mass and quality of refrigerant R134a inside the piston at
initial state. (5 marks)
b. Determine the boundary work from State 1 to State 3 (in kJ). (10 marks)
c. Determine the amount of heat from State 1 to State 3 (in kJ). (10 marks)
d. Show theses processes on a welllabled Tv and Pv diagrams. (5 marks)
4. A 100kg of refrigerant R134a at 200 kPa are contained in a piston cylinder device
which volume is 12.322 m3. The piston is now moved until the volume is half of its
original size. The process is done under isobaric condition. Answer the following
questions (superheated vapor, x=undefined, v2=0.06161m3/kg, 110.47 kJ/kg)
a. what are the state and quality of the refrigerant R134a inside the piston at initial
state
b. determine the final specific volume and temperature of refrigerant R134a
c. calculate the change in the total internal energy of the refrigerant R134a
d. show the precess on Pv diagram
5. A piston cylinder device contains 2.2.kg of nitrogen initially at 100 kPa and 25 oC.
The nitrogen is now compressed slowly in a polytropic process during which
PV1.3=constant until the volume is reduced by onehalf (P2=246.23 kPa, T2=366.88 K,
W21=149.92 kJ( compression work/work done on the system), Q21=37.2 kJ(heat
out)
a. state all your assumptions
b. calculate the pressure and temperature of the final state
c. determine work done and the heat transfer for this process. Please give comment
for the answers you get for work and heat transfer