THERMODYNAMICS 1

QUESTION/PROBLEM SET

Answer all the following questions/problems by yourself only. Do not let anybody do it for you.
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1. A candle is burning in a well-insulated room. Taking the room (the air plus the candle) as
the system, determine (a) if there is any heat transfer during this burning process and (b)
if there is any change in the internal energy of the system.
2. Determine the power transmitted through the shaft of a car when the torque applied is
200 N · m and the shaft rotates at a rate of 4000 revolutions per minute (rpm).
3. Consider the process of heating water on top of an electric range. What are the forms of
energy involved during this process? What are the energy transformations that take
place?
4. What is total energy? Identify the different forms of energy that constitute the total
energy.
5. A room is heated by an iron that is left plugged in. Is this a heat or work interaction? Take
the entire room, including the iron, as the system.
6. A 1-m3 tank containing air at 25°C and 500 kPa is connected through a valve to another
tank containing 5 kg of air at 35°C and 200 kPa. Now the valve is opened, and the entire
system is allowed to reach thermal equilibrium with the surroundings, which are at 20°C.
Determine the volume of the second tank and the final equilibrium pressure of air.
7. If you ever slapped someone or got slapped yourself, you probably remember the
burning sensation. Imagine you had the unfortunate occasion of being slapped by an
angry person, which caused the temperature of the affected area of your face to rise by
1.8°C (ouch!). Assuming the slapping hand has a mass of 1.2 kg and about 0.150 kg of
the tissue on the face and the hand is affected by the incident, estimate the velocity of the
hand just before impact. Take the specific heat of the tissue to be 3.8 kJ/kg · °C.
8. A spherical balloon contains 10 lbm of air at 30 psia and 800 0R. The balloon material is
such that the pressure inside is always proportional to the square of the diameter.
Determine the work done when the volume of the balloon doubles as a result of heat
transfer.
9. Is it possible to develop (a) an actual and (b) a reversible heat-engine cycle that is more
efficient than a Carnot cycle operating between the same temperature limits? Explain.
10. Explain how you can reduce the energy consumption of your household refrigerator.

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