MECORREL3 - THERMODYNAMICS I

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. If a certain temperature whose F scale is twice the 6. A vertical piston-cylinder device contains a gas at a
C scale, what is the reading in the F? pressure of 200 kPa. The diameter of the piston is
a. 160 12 cm. The local atmospheric pressure is 98.5 kPa.
b. 320 Weights of 100 kg are added to the piston as shown
c. 140 in the figure below. Determine the mass of the
d. 280 piston.

2. Water enters the condense at 30 C and leaves at 60 a. 15 kg

C. What is the temperature difference in F? b. 17 kg
a. 16.67 c. 19 kg
b. 48.67 d. 20 kg
c. 54
7. Two gaseous streams enters a combining tube and
d. 22
leave as a single mixture. These data apply at the
3. A 500 g coconut oil is placed on a 10 cm container. entrance sections: For one gas, A1 = 75 in2, v1 =
The height of the coconut oil is 7 cm. Determine 500 fps, v1 = 10 ft3/lb; for the other gas, A2 = 50
the specific weight. in2, ñ2 = 0.120 lb/ft3 and a mass flow rate of 60,000
a. 8.72 KN/m^3 pounds per hour. At the exit, v3 = 350 fps, v3 = 7
b. 8.92 KN/m^3 ft3/lb. Determine the area at the exit.
c. 8.62 KN/m^3 a. 102 sq. in
d. 8.52 KN/m^3 b. 185 sq. in
c. 153 sq. in
4. The suction pressure of a pump reads 600 mm Hg d. 123 sq. in
vacuum. What is the absolute pressure in KPa?
a. 11.33 8. Air and fuel enters a furnace used for home heating
b. 31.33 12 h a day. The air has an enthalpy of 302 kJ/kg
c. 21.33 and fuel an enthalpy of 43,027kJ/kg. The gases
d. 41.33 leaving the furnace have an enthalpy of 616kJ/kg.
There is 17 kgair/ kgfuel. The house requires 17.6 kW
5. A multifluid container consist of oil (SG=0.9 & of heat. What is the fuel consumption per day?
h=70 cm), water (h=30cm) and glycerin (SG=1.26 a. 25 kg/day
& h=20cm). What is the absolute pressure at the b. 30 kg/day
bottom? c. 15 kg/day
a. 113 KPa d. 21 kg/day
b. 115 KPa
c. 120 KPa 9. A mass of 3,000 lb is accelerated uniformly along a
d. none of the above horizontal plane from 15 mph to 60 mph in 10 sec.
Find the change in kinetic energy.
a. 267 BTU
b. 14000 BTU
c. 435 BTU
d. none of the above

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10. A cast-iron saucepan of mass 1.4 kg is filled with 5 14. An elastic sphere of 0.5 m diameter contains a gas
L of water at 15°C, placed on an electric hotplate, at 115 kPa. Heating of the sphere causes it to
and brought up to boiling point. What is the cost of increase to 0.62m and during this process the
energy used if electricity costs 10 cents per kW-Hr pressure is proportional to the sphere diameter.
and the hotplate has an efficiency of 70%. (CP of Determine the work done by the gas.
cast iron is 0.42 kJ/kg-C°) a. 7.9 kJ
a. 8 cents b. 7.7 kJ
b. 7.3 cents c. 7.2 kJ
c. 8.5 cents d. 7.5 kJ
d. 7.8 cents
15. The enthalpy of air is increased by 139.586 kJ/kg
11. In an ice making plant, ice at - 5°C is produced in a compressor. The rate of air flow is 16.42
from water at 20 °C. What is the refrigeration kg/min. The power input is 48.2 kW. What is the
capacity (heat removal capacity) of the plant per heat loss in the compressor?
hour if the plant can produce 6000 kg of ice in 8 a. -10 kW
hour shift. b. 10.2 kW
a. 312 MJ/h c. -9.95 kW
b. 352 MJ/h d. 9.95 kW
c. 322 MJ/h
d. 362 MJ/h 16. A closed gaseous system undergoes a reversible
process during which 25 BTU are rejected, the
12. The following expressions relate to a particular volume changing from 5 to 2 cu. ft, and the
gaseous mass: PV = 95T, h = 120+0.6T where pressure remains constant at 50 psia. Find the
these units obtain in psf, v in ft3/lb, T is R and h in change in internal energy.
BTU/lb. If the specific heats are temperature a. -52.76 BTU
dependent only, determine Cp and Cv. b. -2.76 BTU
a. 0.6 BTU/lb-R, 0.48 BTU/lb-R c. 2.76 BTU
b. 0.5 BTU/lb-R, 0.5 BTU/lb-R d. 52.76 BTU
c. 0.6 BTU/lb-R, 0.7 BTU/lb-R
d. 0.5 BTU/lb-R, 0.48 BTU/lb-R 17. An ideal gas is 45 psig and 80 F is heated in a
closed container to 130 F. What is the final
13. During a reversible change of state by a system, the pressure?
entropy and temperature vary according to S = 0.75 a. 54 psia
+ 0.0005 T, BTU/°R. How much heat was required b. 65 psia
to increase the temperature of the system from 40°F c. 75 psia
to 540°F d. 43 psia
a. 200 BTU
b. 157 BTU 18. Assuming compression is according to the law PV
c. 188 BTU = constant. Calculate the initial volume of gas at a
d. none of the above pressure of 2 bar which will occupy a volume of 6
cu. m when it is compressed to a pressure of 42 bar.
a. 126 cu. m
b. 120 cu. m
c. 130 cu. m
d. 136 cu. m

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19. One cubic meter of a gas at a constant pressure of 1 23. A certain gas at 101.325 kPa and 16 C whose
bar and temperature of 17 C are compressed to a volume is 2.83 cu. m are compressed into a storage
volume of 0.5 cu. m and the final pressure is 6 bar. vessel of 0.31 cu. m capacity. Before admission,
Calculate the final temperature. the storage vessel contained the gas at a pressure
a. 870C and temperature of 137.8 kPa and 24 C. After
b. 560C admission, the pressure has increased to 1171.8
c. 597C kPa. What should be the final temperature of the
d. 860C gas in the vessel in Kelvin?
a. 298
20. An air bubble rises from the bottom of the well b. 319
where the temperature is 25 C to the surface where c. 180
the temperature is 27 C. Find the percent increase d. 420
in the volume of the bubble if the depth of the well
is 5 m. Atmospheric pressure is 101,528 Pa. 24. For a certain ideal gas, R = 0.277 kJ/kg-K and k =
a. 49.3 1.384. What are the values of Cp and Cv?
b. 56.7 a. 0.9984 kJ/kg-K, 0.7213 kJ/kg-K
c. 41.3 b. 1 kJ/kg-K, 0.8124 kJ/kg-K
d. 38.6 c. 0.7124 kJ/kg-K, 0.8124 kJ/kg-K
d. 0.9984 kJ/kg-K, 0.6124 kJ/kg-K
21. An oxygen cylinder of volume 2.3 cu. ft has a
pressure of 2200 psig and is at 70 F. Determine the 25. Ammonia weighing 22 kg is confined inside a
mass of oxygen in the cylinder. cylinder equipped with a piston has an initial
a. 26.66 lbs pressure of 413 kPa at 38 C. If 2900 kJ of heat is
b. 26.86 lbs added to the ammonia until its pressure and
c. 28.66 lbs temperature are 413 kPa and 100 C, respectively.
d. 28.88 lbs What is the amount of work done by the fluid in
kJ?
22. A large mining company was provided with a 3000 a. 667
cu. m of compressed air tank. Air pressure in the b. 304
tank drops from 700 kPa to 180 kPa while the c. 420
temperature remains unchanged at 28 C. What d. 502
percentage has the mass of air in the tank has been
reduced? 26. A tank contains 80 cu. ft of air at a pressure of 350
a. 74 psi. If the air is cooled until its pressure and
b. 72 temperature decrease to 200 psi and 70 F
c. 76 respectively, what is the decrease in internal
d. 78 energy?
a. 4575 BTU
b. -5507 BTU
c. 5552 BTU
d. 5 BTU

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27. Twenty grams of oxygen gas (O2) are compressed 33. How much work is necessary to compress air in an
at a constant temperature of 30C to 5% of their insulated cylinder from 0.2 cu. m to 0.01 cu. m.
original volume of their original volume. What Use T1 = 20C and P1 = 100 kPa.
work is done on the system? a. 113.4 kJ
a. 824 Cal b. 121.4 kJ
b. 924 Cal c. 110.1 kJ
c. 944 Cal d. 115.7 kJ
d. 1124 Cal
34. A heat engine is operated between temperature
28. Helium is compressed isothermally from 14.7 psia limits of 1370 C and 260 C. Engine is supplied
and 68 F. The compression ratio is 4. Calculate the with 14,142 kJ/kWh. Find the efficieny.
work done by the gas. a. 70.10
a. -364 BTU/lbm b. 65.05
b. -145 BTU/lbm c. 67.56
c. -187 BTU/lbm d. 69.32
d. -46.7 BTU/lbm
35. The thermal efficiency of a particular engine
29. In an isentropic process, P1 = 200 psi, P2 = 300 psi operating on an ideal cycle is 35 %. Calculate the
and T1 = 700 R. Find T2. heat supplied per 1200 watt-h of work developed in
a. 576 R kJ.
b. 680 R a. 12343
c. 786 R b. 10216
d. 590 R c. 14218
d. 11108
30. Nitrogen is expanded isentropically. Its
temperature changes from 620 F to 60 F. The 36. A Carnot engine requires 35 kW from the hot
volumetric ratio is 6.22. What is the work done by source. The engine produces 15 kW of power and
the gas? the temperature of the sink is 26 C. What is the
a. -100.18 BTU/lbm temperature of the hot source in C?
b. 120.27 BTU/lbm a. 245.57
c. 110.18 BTU/lbm b. 210.10
d. -120.27 BTU/lbm c. 250.25
d. 260.68
31. Helium is compressed isothermally from 14.7 psia
and 68 F. The compression ratio is 4. Calculate the 37. Steam enters the superheaters of a boiler at a
change in entropy of the gas. pressure of 25 bar and dryness of 0.98 and leaves at
a. -0.688 BTU/lb-R the same pressure at a temperature of 370 C.
b. -2.76 BTU/lb-R Calculate the heat energy supplied in the
c. 0.658 BTU/lb-R superheaters. At 25 bar and 370 C (h=3171.8
d. 2.76 BTU/lb-R kJ/kg) and at 25 bar, hf = 962.11 kJ/kg and hfg =
1841.01 kJ/kg
32. During the polytropic process of an ideal gas, the a. 407.46
state changes from 138 kPa and 5 C to 827 kPa and b. 408.57
171 C. Find the value of n. c. 405.51
a. 1.354 d. 406.54
b. 1.253
c. 1.345
d. 1.234

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38. Steam enters a throttling calorimeter at a pressure 43. A vessel with a volume of 1 cu. m contains liquid
of 1.03 MPa. The calorimeter downstream pressure water and water vapor in equilibrium at 600 kPa.
and temperature are 0.1 MPa and 125 C, The liquid water has a mass of 1 kg. Calculate the
respectively. What is the percentage moisture of mass of the water vapor. At 600 kPa, vf = 0.001101
the supply steam? At 1.03 MPa, hg = 2779.25 m3/kg and vg = 0.3157 m3/kg.
kJ/kg, hfg = 2010.7 kJ/kg., at 0.1 MPa and 125 C, h a. 1.57 kg
= 2726.6 kJ/kg. b. 1.89 kg
a. 2.62 % c. 2.54 kg
b. 5.21 % d. 3.16 kg
c. 3.15 %
d. 1.98 % 44. Steam at a pressure of 9 bar (hf = 743 kJ/kg, hfg =
2031 kJ/kg) is generated in an exhaust gas boiler
39. Steam flows into a turbine at the rate of 10 kg/s and from feedwater at 80 C. If the dryness fraction of
10 kW of heat are lost from the turbine. Ignoring the steam is 0.96, determine the heat transfer per
elevation and kinetic energy effects, calculate the kilogram of steam.
power output from the turbine. The enthalpy at the a. 2357.86
entrance is 2739 kJ/kg while 2300.5 kJ/kg at the b. 3357.86
exit. c. 1357.86
a. 4605 kW d. 5357.86
b. 4973 kW
c. 4375 kW 45. Wet saturated steam at 17 bar (hf = 872 kJ/kg, hfg
d. 4000 kW = 1923 kJ/kg) dryness 0.97 is produced from
feedwater at 85 C. Find the heat energy supplied
40. Find the heat required to convert 5 kg of water at a per kg.
pressure of 20 bar and temperature of 21 C into a. 4381.41 kJ/kg
steam of dryness fraction 0.9 at the same pressure. b. 1381.41 kJ/kg
At 20 bar, hf = 909 kJ/kg and hfg = 1890 kJ/kg. c. 2381.41 kJ/kg
a. 10610 kJ d. 3381.41 kJ/kg
b. 11610 kJ
c. 12610 kJ 46. Superheated steam (2.5 L) at 25 bar and 400 C (v =
d. 15610 kJ 0.1252 m3/kg) is expanded in an engine to a
pressure of 0.1 bar (vg = 14.674 m3/kg, vf =
41. Determine the average specific heat at constant 0.0010102 m3/kg) when its dryness fraction is 0.9.
pressure of steam at 10 kPa and 45.8 C. At 47.7 C, Find the final volume of the steam.
h = 2588.1 kJ/kg and at 43.8 C, h = 2581.1 kJ/kg. a. 163.74 L
a. 1.79 kJ/kg-K b. 263.74 L
b. 10.28 kJ/kg-K c. 363.74 L
c. 30.57 kJ/kg-K d. 463.74 L
d. 100.1 kJ/kg-K
47. A 1.5 kg of wet steam at a pressure of 5 bar (hf =
42. A 10 cu. m vessel initially contains 5 cu.m of liquid 640 kJ/kg, hfg = 2109 kJ/kg) dryness 0.95 is blown
water and 5 cu.m of saturated vapor at 100 kPa. into 70 L of water of 12 C (h = 50.4 kJ/kg). Find
Calculate the internal energy of the system. At 100 the final enthalpy of the mixture.
kPa, vf = 0.001043 m3/kg, vg = 1.694 m3/kg, uf = a. 74.8 kJ/kg
417.3 kJ/kg and ug = 2506.1 kJ/kg. b. 84.8 kJ/kg
a. 2x10^6 kJ c. 94.8 kJ/kg
b. 1x10^6 kJ d. 104.8 kJ/kg
c. 3x10^6 kJ
d. 5x10^6 kJ

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MECORREL3 - THERMODYNAMICS I
Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: B PTS: 1
2. ANS: C PTS: 1
3. ANS: B PTS: 1
4. ANS: C PTS: 1
5. ANS: A PTS: 1
6. ANS: B PTS: 1
7. ANS: D PTS: 1
8. ANS: D PTS: 1
9. ANS: C PTS: 1
10. ANS: B PTS: 1
11. ANS: C PTS: 1
12. ANS: A PTS: 1
13. ANS: C PTS: 1
14. ANS: B PTS: 1
15. ANS: A PTS: 1
16. ANS: C PTS: 1
17. ANS: B PTS: 1
18. ANS: A PTS: 1
19. ANS: C PTS: 1
20. ANS: A PTS: 1
21. ANS: C PTS: 1
22. ANS: A PTS: 1
23. ANS: B PTS: 1
24. ANS: A PTS: 1
25. ANS: A PTS: 1
26. ANS: B PTS: 1
27. ANS: D PTS: 1
28. ANS: A PTS: 1
29. ANS: C PTS: 1
30. ANS: C PTS: 1
31. ANS: A PTS: 1
32. ANS: A PTS: 1
33. ANS: D PTS: 1
34. ANS: C PTS: 1
35. ANS: A PTS: 1
36. ANS: C PTS: 1
37. ANS: C PTS: 1
38. ANS: A PTS: 1
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40. ANS: C PTS: 1

41. ANS: A PTS: 1
42. ANS: A PTS: 1
43. ANS: D PTS: 1
44. ANS: A PTS: 1
45. ANS: C PTS: 1
46. ANS: B PTS: 1
47. ANS: D PTS: 1