UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

MEC 251 THRMODYNAMICS

ASSIGNMENT #1 CHAPTER 2
(DUE DATE: 05 AUGUST 2015)
QUESTION 1
a. Thermodynamic system is defined as a region in space chosen for study
and may be considered to be closed. Define the closed system in term of
mass, system boundary, energy and give an example of such a system.
(6 marks)
b. Air in a piston-cylinder device is expanded reversibly according to a
polytropic process from a pressure of 250 kPa to 80 kPa and 0.025m 3. The
air is then cooled reversibly at constant pressure to 480 K and finally
compressed isothermally back to the original state with a volume 0.005m 3.
Show the cycle on a P-V diagram and then determine:
i.
The work done in each process (kJ)
ii.
The net work of the cycle (kJ)
iii.
The quantity of heat involved from state 3 to state 1 (kJ)
(14 marks)
QUESTION 2
a. Derive the displacement work done by an ideal gas in terms of its volume
and pressure in process from state 1 to state 2 for:
i.
A polytropic process
ii.
An isothermal process
(8 marks)
b. A system contains of a gas 0.5 kg initially at 0.15 MPa and 47 oC. it is
expanding at a constant volume its pressure increase to 0.45 MPa. The gas
then subjected to an expansion which obeys the law PV1.35 = constant and
then cooled at constant pressure back to its original state.
By assuming ideal gas model with a constant specific heat c v = 0.72 kJ/kg.K
and given Ru = 8.314 kj/kmol.K and molar mass of the gas M = 28 kg/kmol.
Sketch the cycle on a P-V diagram which shows the values of P and V for
each state and determine:
i.
The total work done (kJ)
ii.
The heat transfer in constant pressure process (kJ)

(12 marks)