CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT volume to 1/5 of its original volume, and the law of

THERMODYNAMICS compression is given by pv1.2 = constant. If the diameter

and height of each cylinder is 0.25 m and 0.15 m,
FINAL EXAM respectively.
6. What is the final pressure?
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer by marking A. 0.5 kPa B. 19.7 kPa
the circle corresponding to the letter of your choice on the C. 0.144 kPa D. 699 kPa
sheet provided. Use pencil black ballpen only. STRICTLY
NO ERASURES. WARNING: SHADED ANSWERS 7. Determine the power absorbed in kW by
WITHOUT CORRESPONDING SOLUTIONS WILL compression strokes when the engine speed is
INCUR DEDUCTIONS. such that each cylinder undergoes 500
compression strokes per minute.
LINKED PROBLEMS 1 – 2: A. – 33.98 kW B. + 33.98 kW
A 12 meter – diameter helium balloon tied to the ground C. – 17.95 kW D. + 17.95 kW
carries 2 people weighing 85 kg each. The density of
Helium is 1/7th of air, ρAir = 1.16 kg/m3. LINKED PROBLEMS 8 – 10
1. What is the total mass of the balloon? A stationary system consisting of 5 kg fluid expands in an
A. 319.9 kg B. 150.0 kg adiabatic process according to PV 1.2 = constant. The
C. 279 kg D. 170.0 kg initial conditions are 1 MPa and 200°C, and the final
pressure is 0.1 MPa.
2. What is the acceleration of when it is first released 8. What is the final temperature?
from the ground? A. 694.5 K B. 473 k
A. 36.78 m/s2 B. 27.0 m/s2 C. 322 K D. 50 K
2
C. 9.81 m/s D. 22.4 m/s2
9. Compute work if Cv and Cp values are = 0.718
3. The pressure of a gas mixture contained in a and 1.005 kJ/kg – K, respectively.
piston is 2900 kPa. What is the mass of the piston A. 216.5 kJ B. – 216.5 kJ
if it’s diameter is 50mm? C. – 543 kJ D. + 543 kJ
A. 560 kg B. 20.4 kg
C. 202.8 kg D. 580.4 kg 10. What is the value of ∫ pdV ?
A. + 432.65 kJ B. – 432.65 kJ
LINKED PROBLEMS 4 - 5
C. + 1085 kJ D. – 1085 kJ
A rigid, non conducting tank with a volume of 4 m 3 is
divided into two equal unequal parts by a thin membrane.
One side of the membrane, representing 1/3 of the tank, LINKED PROBLEMS 11 – 12
contains nitrogen gas at 6 bar and 100°C, and the other An imaginary engine receives heat and does work on a
side, representing 2/3 of the tank, is evacuated. The slowly moving piston at such rates that the cycle of
membrane ruptures and the gas fills the tank. operation of 1 kg of working fluid can be represented as a
circle 8.5 cm in diameter on a p–v diagram on which 1 cm
4. What is the final temperature?
= 250 kPa and 1 cm = 0.24 m3/kg.
A. 273 K B. 124 K
11. How much work is done by each kg of working
C. 373 K D. 249 K
fluid for each cycle of operation?
A. 60 kJ B. 3405 kJ
5. If the process is reversible, compute the work
C. 30 kJ D. 2356 kJ
done.
A. – 879 kJ B. + 879 kJ
12. If the heat rejected be the engine in a cycle is 1000
C. – 324 kJ D. + 324 kJ
kJ/kg of working fluid, what would be its thermal
efficiency?
LINKED PROBLEMS 6 – 7:
A. 70.24% B. 53.48 %
At the beginning of the compression stroke of a two-
C. 77.3 % D. 69.19 %
cylinder internal combustion engine the air is at a
pressure of 101.325 kPa. Compression reduces the
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 19. Calculate the molar enthalpy of fusion of benzene.
A. 10478 J/mol B. 44029.51 J/mol
LINKED PROBLEMS 13 – 14 C. 33552.57 J/mol D. 77582.08 J/mol
The properties of a certain fluid are related as follows:
U = 196 + 0.718t 20. Calculate its triple point.
PV = 0.287 + (t + 273) A. 20°C , 11 kPa B. -15°C, 1.785 kPa
Where U is the specific internal energy (kJ/kg), t is in °C, C. 6.87°C, 5.26 kPa D. -10°C, 9.54 kPa
P is pressure (kPa), and V is specific volume (m 3/kg).
13. What is value of the Cv?
A. 0.718 kJ/kg-K B. 1.005 kJ/kg-K
C. 0.287 kJ/kg-K D. NOTA

14. What is the value of Cp?

A. 0.718 kJ/kg-K B. 1.005 kJ/kg-K
C. 0.287 kJ/kg-K D. NOTA

15. A milk chilling unit can remove heat from the milk
at the rate of 41.87 MJ/h. Heat leaks into the milk
from the surroundings at an average rate of 4.187
MJ/h. Find the time required for cooling a batch of
500 kg of milk from 45°C to 5°C. Take the cp of
milk to be 4.187 kJ/kg K.
A. 2 hr 13 min B. 9 hrs 30 min
C. 20 hrs D. 1 hr 23 min

LINKED RPOBLEMS 16 - 18
A nozzle is a device for increasing the velocity of a
steadily flowing stream. At the inlet to a certain nozzle,
the enthalpy of the fluid passing is 3000 kJ/kg and the
velocity is 60 m/s . At the discharge end, the enthalpy is
2672 kJ/kg. The nozzle is horizontal and there is
negligible heat loss from it.
16. Find the velocity at exists from the nozzle.
A. 692.5 m/s B. 812.16 m/s
C. 3395.2 m/s D. 2312.5 m/s

17. If the inlet area is 0.1 m 2 and the specific volume at

inlet is 0.187 m3/kg, find the mass flow rate.
A. 32.08 kg/s B. 0.535 kg/s
C. 320.86 kg/s D. 18.7 kg/s

18. If the specific volume at the nozzle exit is 0.489

m3/kg, find the exit area of the nozzle.
A. 0.0193 m2 B. 0.0231 m2
2
C. 8.0231 m D. 43.29 m2

LINKED PROBLEMS 19 – 20
Liquid benzene has a vapor pressure of 6.17 kPa and
15.8 kPa at 10°C and 30°C, respectively. Similarly, the
solid has vapor pressures of 0.299 kPa and 3.27 kPa at –
30°C and 0°C, respectively.
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