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University of Manitoba
Department of Mechanical Engineering
MECH 2202 Thermodynamics (W15) (Prof. S.J. Ormiston)
Term Test #3 13 March 2015 Duration: 100 minutes
1. You are permitted to use the textbook for the course and a calculator. All other electronic
devices are not permitted.
2. Ask for clarification if any problem statement is unclear.
3. Clear, systematic solutions are required. Show your work (marks will be assigned for writing
the equation, the substitution, and the final answer). Marks will not be assigned for solutions
that require unreasonable effort for the marker to decipher.
4. Use linear interpolation in the property tables as necessary.
5. Keep 4 significant figures in intermediate calculations, and use 4 or 5 significant figures in final
answers. Final answers must have units.
6. As appropriate, indicate clearly in your solution the boundaries of the control
mass or control volume you are using to apply the laws of thermodynamics.
7. The weights of the two problems are given. The test will be marked out of 100. Solve both
problems. You are not obliged to solve the problems in the order presented.
Values
1. Consider the gas turbine system shown schematically in Figure 1. The system contains two
stages of compression with an intercooler between the stages. Air enters the first stage at
100 [kPa] and 300 [K]. The pressure ratio across each compressor stage is 5:1 and each stage
has an isentropic efficiency of 82%. Air exits the intercooler at 330 [K]. The maximum cycle
temperature is 1500 [K] and the cycle has a single turbine stage with an isentropic efficiency
35 of 86%. The cycle also includes a regenerator with an efficiency of 80%. Treat air as an ideal
gas with constant specific heats. Assume negligible changes in kinetic and potential energy.
P1 = 100 [kPa] P8 = 100 [kPa]
T3 = 330 [K] 8
T1 = 300 [K]
air 3 Regenerator
Burner
1 Intercooler 7
5 6
2 4 Q̇B
Ẇnet
C1 C2 T
Tmax = 1500 [K]
Compressor 1 Compressor 2 Turbine
Figure 1: Nomenclature used in Problem #1
12 (a) Determine T2 and T4 and the specific work for both compressors.
13 (b) Determine the cycle thermal efficiency.
(c) Show a process representation of this system on a T –s diagram. Show the states and the
processes (use a dashed line if the path is unknown). Label state temperatures (except
T8 ) and constant pressure lines. Draw your diagram carefully so that your states are
shown correctly relative to each other (pay careful attention to the state temperatures).
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Do not label s values.
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2. The small power plant shown in Figure 2 uses water as the working fluid. Steam enters the
first turbine stage at 3 [MPa] and 600 [◦ C] with a mass flow rate of 25 [kg/s] and expands to
a pressure of 500 [kPa]. Some steam is extracted at 500 [kPa] and fed to an open feedwater
heater (FWH); in addition, a steam supply of 5 kg/s is taken out and not returned. The
missing water is added to the FWH from a supply at 20 [◦ C] and 500 [kPa]. Steam expands
in the second stage of the turbine to the condenser pressure. Flow exits the condenser as
65 saturated liquid at 45 [◦ C]. Assume all turbine stages and pumps operate isentropically.
Assume negligible changes in kinetic and potential energy.
P5 = 3 [MPa]
Q̇B TS = Turbine Stage
T5 = 600 [◦ C]
ṁA 5
Boiler
ṁA = 25 [kg/s] ẆT
4
FWH = feedwater heater Turbine TS1 TS2
P6 = 500 [kPa] 6 6
Pump 2
ṁB
water
resupply ṁR steam supply 6
ẆP 2 ṁR = 5 [kg/s]
8 ṁC
T1 = 45 [◦ C]
Pump 1 7
Open FWH
500 [kPa]
Condenser
2
3 1
saturated ẆP 1 saturated Q̇C
liquid liquid
Figure 2: Nomenclature used in Problem #2
24 (a) Determine the specific enthalpy at all the states.
17 (b) Determine the power output of the turbine (including both stages), ẆT .
12 (c) Determine the cycle thermal efficiency.
(d) On a T –s diagram, draw a process representation for this power cycle. On the diagram,
clearly indicate the labelled state points, the process paths (use a dashed line if the path
is unknown), and the constant pressure lines that pass through the state points. Indicate
all state temperature values except T2 and T4 (labelling them is optional – there are
no marks allocated for determining their values and labelling them). Do any additional
work necessary to label the diagram. Draw your diagram carefully so that your states are
12 shown correctly relative to each other (pay careful attention to the state temperatures).
Do not label s values.
