Tutorial 11 CyclePad

Thermodynamic Properties of Air

The radiator (rigid-tank closed system) of a steam

heating system has a mass of 0.02 kg and is filled
with superheated vapour at 300 kPa and 280oC. At
this moment both the inlet and exit valves to the
radiator are closed. Determine
(A) the final temperature and quality of the steam,
(B) the change of internal energy and entropy, and
(C) the amount of work and heat that will be
transferred to the room when the steam pressure
drops to 100 kPa.
To solve this problem by CyclePad, we take the
following steps:
1. Build
(A) Take a begin, a cooler, and an end from the
closed-system inventory shop and connect them.
(B) Switch to analysis mode.
2. Analysis
(A) Assume the cooler as a isochoric process, W=0.
(B) Input the given information: (a) working fluid is
water, (b) the initial water pressure and temperature
of the process are 300 kPa and 280oC, and (c) the
final water pressure of the process is 100 kPa .
3. Display results
The answers are: (A) T=99.63oC and x=0.4977; (B)
u=1457-2775=-1318 kJ/kg and s=4.32-7.63
=-3.31 kJ/[kg(K)]; (C) W=0 and Q=-26.36 kJ.

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