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MECH3400 Week2 Tutorial

The document contains tutorial problems related to thermodynamics, focusing on concepts such as the first law of thermodynamics, thermodynamic properties, and energy balance. It includes specific problems involving air and steam properties, work calculations, and heat transfer in various systems. Each problem is accompanied by its respective answers for verification.

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MECH3400 Week2 Tutorial

The document contains tutorial problems related to thermodynamics, focusing on concepts such as the first law of thermodynamics, thermodynamic properties, and energy balance. It includes specific problems involving air and steam properties, work calculations, and heat transfer in various systems. Each problem is accompanied by its respective answers for verification.

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Week 2 Tutorial Problems

Thermodynamics: Introduction, 1st Law, & Thermodynamic Properties


1. (Cengel, Thermo 5– 5) Air enters a 16-cm-diameter pipe steadily at 200 kPa and 20°C with a velocity
of 5 m/s. Air is heated as it flows, and it leaves the pipe at 180 kPa and 40°C. Determine ( a ) the
volume flow rate of air at the inlet, ( b ) the mass flow rate of air, and ( c ) the velocity and volume
flow rate at the exit. [Answers: a) 0.1005 m3/s, b) 0.2391 kg/s, c) 5.935 m/s]

2. (Cengel, Thermo 4-6) A piston– cylinder device with a set of stops initially contains 0.6 kg of steam at
1.0 MPa and 400°C. The location of the stops corresponds to 40 percent of the initial volume. Now the
steam is cooled. Determine the compression work if the final state is: (a) 1.0 MPa and 250°C and (b) 500
kPa. (c) Also determine the temperature at the final state in part b.
[Answers: a) 44.3 kJ, b) 110.4 kJ, c) 151.8 oC ]

FIGURE P4– 6
3. (Cengel, Thermo 4– 66) Air is contained in a variable-load piston– cylinder device equipped with a
paddle wheel. Initially, air is at 400 kPa and 17°C. The paddle wheel is now turned by an external
electric motor until 75 kJ/kg of work has been transferred to air. During this process, heat is
transferred to maintain a constant air temperature while allowing the gas volume to triple. Calculate
the required amount of heat transfer, in kJ/kg. [Answer: 16.4 kJ/kg]

4. (2021 Final Exam, Energy Balance, 1st Law of Thermodynamics): An adiabatic air compressor is to be
powered by a direct-coupled adiabatic steam turbine that is also driving a generator. Steam enters

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the turbine at 15 MPa and 520°C at a rate of 25 kg/s and exits at 10 kPa and a quality of 0.90. Air
enters the compressor at 101 kPa and 298 K at a rate of 10 kg/s and exits at 1 MPa and 600 K.
Determine the net power delivered to the generator by the turbine. Please assume constant Cp for
air. Cp = 1.005 kJ/kg-K. -> Worked Example

5. (Cengel, Thermo 5– 27) The diffuser in a jet engine is designed to decrease the kinetic energy of the
air entering the engine compressor without any work or heat interactions. Calculate the velocity at
the exit of a diffuser when air at 100 kPa and 30°C enters it with a velocity of 350 m/s and the exit
state is 200 kPa and 90°C. [Answers: 40.7 m/s]

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