ChE 101 MWX1/2

Lab 15

Due: 2016 May 12 (Th)

1. Steam flows steadily into a turbine with a mass flow rate of 26 kg/s and a negligible velocity at 6 MPa and
600oC. The steam leaves the turbine at 0.5 MPa and 200oC with a velocity of 180 m/s. The rate of work done
by the steam in the turbine is measured to be 20 MW. If the elevation change between the turbine inlet and
exit is negligible, determine the rate of heat transfer associated with this process.
2. In steam power plants, open feedwater heaters are frequently utilized
to heat the feedwater by mixing it with steam bled off the turbine at
some intermediate stage. Consider an open feedwater heater that
operates at a pressure of 1000 kPa. Feedwater at 50oC and 1000 kPa is
to be heated with superheated steam at 200oC and 1000 kPa. In an ideal
feedwater heater, the mixture leaves the heater as saturated liquid at
the feedwater pressure. Determine the ratio of the mass flow rates of
the feedwater and the superheated vapour for this case.
3. The water level in a tank is 66 ft above the ground. A hose is connected to the bottom of the tank at the
ground level and the nozzle at the end of the hose is pointed straight up. The tank cover is airtight, but the
pressure over the water surface is unknown. Determine the minimum tank air pressure (gage) that will
cause a water stream from the nozzle to rise 90 ft from the ground.
4. Water is to be pumped from a lake to a camp station on a mountainside. The flow rate is to be 95 gal/min,
and the flow channel is a standard 1-Sch.40 steel pipe (ID = 1.049 in). A pump capable of delivering 8hp
is available. The friction loss (ft-lbf/lbm) is 0.041L, where L(ft) is the length of pipe. Calculate the maximum
elevation of the camp station above the lake if the pipe rises at an angle of 30o.
5. A liquid can be siphoned from a container, provided the end of the
tube, point (3), is below the free surface in the container, point (1),
and the maximum elevation of the tube, point (2), is not too great.
Consider water at 60 F being siphoned from a large tank through a
constant-diameter hose, as shown in the diagram. Determine the
maximum height of the hill, H, over which the water can be siphoned
without cavitation occurring (i.e. pressure throughout the system is
greater than the vapour pressure of water such that no bubbles will
form and stop the siphoning action).