CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by marking
the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheets provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use
pencil no. 2 only.

For numbers 1 to 4:
A gas is confined in a 1.25 ft diameter cylinder by a piston, on which rests a weight. The mass of the piston and weight
together is 250 lb. The local acceleration of gravity is 32.169 ft/s2 and atmospheric pressure is 30.12 inHg.

1. What is the force in lbf exerted on the gas by the atmosphere, the piston, and the weight, assuming no friction between the
piston and the cylinder?
a. 3.09x103 lbf c. 2.86x103 lbf
b. 4.73x103 lbf d. 1.55x103 lbf

2. What is the pressure of the gas in psia?

a. 15.1 psia c. 17.9 psia
b. 16.2 psia d. 18.3 psia

3. If the gas in the cylinder is heated, it expands, pushing the piston and weight upward. If the piston and weight are raised 1.7
ft, what is the work done by the gas in ft-lbf?
a. 3.66x103 ft-lbf c. -3.66x103 ft-lbf
b. 4.87x10 ft-lbf
3 d. -4.87x103 ft-lbf

4. What is the change in potential energy of the piston and weight?

a. 425 ft-lbf c. 309 ft-lbf
b. 186 ft-lbf d. 274 ft-lbf

For numbers 5 to 6:
Calculate ∆U and ∆H for 1 kg of water when it is vaporized at the constant temperature of 100 0C and the constant pressure
of 101. 33 kPa. The specific volumes of liquid and vapor water at these conditions are 0.00104 and 1.673 m 3/kg. For this
change, heat in the amount of 2256.9 kJ is added to the water.

5. ∆U
a. 0 kJ c. 2256.9 kJ
b. 2087.5 kJ d. 169.4 kJ

6. ∆H
a. 0 kJ c. 2256.9 kJ
b. 2087.5 kJ d. 169.4 kJ

For numbers 7 to 9:
In the following take Cv = 20.8 and Cp = 29.1 J/mol-0C for nitrogen gas:

7. Three moles of nitrogen at 300C, contained in a rigid vessel, it is heated to 2500C. How much heat is required if the vessel
has negligible heat capacity?
a. 12.6 kJ c. 13.7 kJ
b. 10.9 kJ d. 11.8 kJ

8. If the vessel weighs 100 kg and has a heat capacity of 0.5 kJ/kg-0C, how much heat is required?
a. 11x103 kJ c. 10x103 kJ
b. 12x103 kJ d. 13x103 kJ

9. Four moles of nitrogen at 2000C is contained in a piston/cylinder arrangement. How much heat must be extracted from this
system, which is kept at constant pressure, to cool it to 400C if the heat capacity of the piston and cylinder is neglected?
a. -18.62 kJ c. -16.03 kJ
b. -12.55 kJ d. -15.47 kJ

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10. Steam at 200 psia and 6000F enters a turbine through a 3-in diameter pipe with a velocity of 10 ft/s. The exhaust from the
turbine is carried through a 10-in diameter pipe is at 5 psia and 2000F. What is the power output of the turbine?
H1 = 1322.6 BTUlb V1 = 3.058 ft3/lb
H2 = 1148.6 BTU/lb V2 = 78.14 ft3/lb
a. 33.2 hp c. 26.7 hp
b. 20.1 hp d. 39.5 hp

For numbers 11 to 13:

11. For a certain gas R = 25.8 ft-lbf/lb-R and γ = 1.09. What are the values of Cp in BTU/lb-R?
a. 0.2 c. 0.5
b. 0.4 d. 0.6

12. What mass of this gas would occupy of 15 cu ft at 75 psia and 800F?
a. 11.6 c. 13.6
b. 17.1 d. 19.2

13. If 30 BTU are added to this gas at constant volume, what is the resulting pressure?
a. 70 psia c. 72 psia
b. 76 psia d. 78 psia

14. An ideal gas, initially at 300C and 100 kPa, undergoes the following cyclic processes in a closed system: In mechanically
reversible processes, it is first compressed adiabatically to 500 kPa, then cooled at a constant pressure of 500 kPa to 30 0C,
and finally expanded isothermally to its original state. Calculate W for the cycle. Take CP = (7/2)R and CV =(5/2)R.
a. 1.8 kJ/mol c. 1.1 kJ/mol
b. 2.0 kJ/mol d. 2.2 kJ/mol

15. Calculate W if the cycle in Problem 14 traverses exactly the same changes of state, but each step is irreversible with an
efficiency of 80% compared with the corresponding mechanically reversible process. Note: The initial step can no longer be
adiabatic.
a. 3.7 kJ/mol c. 2.8 kJ/mol
b. 2.2 kJ/mol d. 3.2 kJ/mol

For numbers 16 to 29:

Calculate the molar volume for ethylene at 250C and 12 bar by the following equations:

16. The truncated virial equation with the following experimental values of virial coefficients:
B = -140 cm3/mol C = 7200 cm6/mol2
a. 1919 cm3/mol c. 1924 cm3/mol
b. 1926 cm /mol
3 d. 1908 cm3/mol

17. The truncated virial equation with the value of B from the generalized Pitzer correlation.
a. 1919 cm3/mol c. 1924 cm3/mol
b. 1927cm3/mol d. 1908 cm3/mol

18. The Redlich/Kwong equation

a. 1901 cm3/mol c. 1913 cm3/mol
b. 1917 cm3/mol d. 1920 cm3/mol

19. The Soave/Redlich/Kwong equation

a. 1909 cm3/mol c. 1914 cm3/mol
b. 1922 cm3/mol d. 1918 cm3/mol

For numbers 20 to 22:

What pressure is generated when 1 lbmol of methane is stored in a volume of 2 ft 3 at 1220F? Base calculations on each of the
following:

20. The ideal-gas equation

a. 188 atm c. 234 atm
b. 175 atm d. 212 atm

21. The Redlich/Kwong equation

a. 166 atm c. 188 atm
b. 213 atm d. 228 atm

22. A generalized correlation

a. 159 atm c. 189 atm
b. 210 atm d. 257 atm

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23. What is the final temperature when heat in the amount of 0.4x106 BTU is added to 25 lbmol of ammonia initially at 5000F in a
steady flow process at 1 atm?
a. 17900F c. 16500F
b. 1510 F
0 d. 14400F

24. For steady flow in a heat exchanger at approximately atmospheric pressure, what is the heat transferred when 12 mol of
propane is heated from 250 to 12000C?
a. 1.3x103 kJ c. 1.7x103 kJ
b. 1.9x10 kJ
3 d. 1.5x103 kJ

25. How much work is done when a man weighing 75 kg climbs the Washington monument, 555 ft high? How many kilocalories
must be supplied to do this muscular work, assuming that 25% of the energy produced by the oxidation of food in the body
can be converted into muscular work?
a. 254 kcal c. 119 kcal
b. 380 kcal d. 476 kcal

26. 4 kg moles of an ideal gas expands in vacuum spontaneously. The work done is
a. 4 J c. ∞
b. 0 d. 8 J

For number 27 to 28:

A gas at 1000F has a specific heat at constant pressure of 0.28 BTU/lb-0F. For every degree rise in temperature the Cp
increases by 0.0005 BTU.

27. Calculate the change in enthalpy if the temperature rises by 2000F.

a. 55 BTU/lb c. 44 BTU/lb
b. 33 BTU/lb d. 66 BTU/lb

28. Calculate ΔPV in BTU/lb if Cv is less by 0.08 BTU/lb-0F.

a. 16 BTU/lb c. 24 BTU/lb
b. 10 BTU/lb d. 19 BTU/lb

29. An ideal monoatomic gas is taken round the cycle ABCDA as shown below in the P-V diagram. The work done during the
cycle is

a. PV c. 2PV
b. PV/2 d. 0

For numbers 30 to 31:

Naphthalene melts at 80.20C. If the vapor pressure of the liquid is 10 torr at 85.8 and 40 torr at 119.30C.

30. Calculate the normal boiling point.

a. 453 K c. 550 K
b. 467 K d. 489 K

31. Calculate the entropy of vaporization at the boiling point.

a. 99 J/mol-K c. 9.9 J/mol-K
b. 99 kJ/mol-K d. 9.9 kJ/mol-K

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 For numbers 32 to 33:
A medical ampule containing dextrose (liquid water) at 1000 psia, 1000F and having a volume of 0.3 in3 is placed in a cylinder
having a volume of 1 ft3. A vacuum is created in the cylinder and the capsule is broken. Dextrose now evaporates and fills the
cylinder.
At 1000 psia and 1000F:
V = 0.0161 ft3/lb H = 70.61 BTU/lb
At 1000F,
Vv = 349.87 ft3/lb Vl = 0.0161 ft3/lb
Hv =1101.40 BTU/lb Hl = 68.03 BTU/llb

32. Calculate the final quality of the water-vapor mixture in the cylinder if it reaches a final equilibrium temperature of 1000F.
a. 0.54 c. 0.19
b. 0.38 d. 0.26

33. Calculate the heat transfer with the surroundings.

a. 2.8 BTU c. 3.5 BTU
b. 1.1 BTU d. 0.9 BTU

For numbers 34 to 35:

Two reversible engines R1 and R2 are connected ins series between a heat source S and a cold body C. If T1 = 1000 R, T2 =
400 R, QH = 400 BTU and the engines have equal thermal efficiencies, determine

34. The temperature at which heat is rejected by R1 and received by R2

a. 486 R c. 750 R
b. 512 R d. 632 R

35. The heat rejected to the cold body

a. -160 BTU c. -93 BTU
b. -147.2 BTU d. -86 BTU

For numbers 36 to 38:

There are compressed 3500 cfm of air from 14.5 psia, 750F to 25 psia. Determine:

36. W for non-flow reversible adiabatic process

a: 1220 BTU/min c. 2657 BTU/min
b. 3954 BTU/min d. 4836 BTU/min

37. Steady flow reversible adiabatic work for which velocity increases from 40 to 120 fps.
a. 5601 BTU/min c. 2887 BTU/min
b. 4950 BTU/min d. 3366 BTU/min

38. Change in entropy for adiabatic irreversible process, given T2 = 1900F

a. 1.8 BTU/lbmol-R c. 3.3 BTU/lbmol-R
b. 4.5 BTU/lbmol-R d: 2.4 BTU/lbmol-R

39. One mole of an ideal gas is compressed isothermally but irreversibly at 130 0C from 2.5 bar to 6.5 bar in a piston/cylinder
device. The work required is 30% greater than the work of reversible, isothermal compression. The heat transferred from the
gas during compression flows to a heat reservoir at 250C. Calculate the total entropy change.
a. 6.02 J/mol-K c. 3.98 J/mol-K
b. 1.12 J/mol-K d. 5.57 J/mol-K

For numbers 40 to 43:

Consider an air standard Diesel cycle. At the beginning of compression, the temperature is 300 K and the pressure is
101.35 kPa. If the compression ratio is 15 and during the process 1860 kJ/kg of air as added as heat, calculate the
following:

40. The maximum cycle pressure

a. 3726 kPa c. 5890 kPa
b. 1109 kPa d. 4495 kPa

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41. The maximum cycle temperature
a. 1680 K c. 3300 K
b. 2740 K d. 4050 K

42. The thermal efficiency of the cycle

a. 55% c. 60%
b. 50% d. 45%

43. The MEP

a. 2600 kPa c. 1300 kPa
b. 800 kPa d. 2900 kPa

44. Nitrogen flows through a steady state through a horizontal, insulated pipe with inside diameter of 1.5 in. A pressure drop
results from flow through a partially opened valve. Just upstream from the valve the pressure is 100 psia, the temperature is
1200F, and the average velocity is 20 ft/s. If the pressure just downstream from the valve is 20 psia, what is the temperature?
a. 1190F c. 1320F
b. 1060F d. 1280F

45. Steam undergoes isentropic expansion in a turbine from 5000 kPa and 400 0C (entropy = 6.65 kJ/kg K) to 150 kPa (entropy
of saturated liquid = 1.4336 kJ/kg K, entropy of saturated vapor = 7.2234 kJ/kg K). The exit condition of steam is
a. superheated vapor c. saturated vapor
b. partially condensed vapor with quality of 0.9 d. partially condensed vapor with quality of 0.1

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