Jul-Nov 2015 ME-1101 Thermodynamics

Tutorial - 4

1. The following table shows data in kJ, for a system undergoing a thermodynamic cycle 1-2-3-4-1.
Determine the missing entries and whether the cycle is power producing or absorbing.

Process ΔU Q W

1-2 ? ? - 620
2-3 650 ? 200

3-4 ? 0 900

4-1 - 310 ? 0

2. Air of 0.5 kg mass is enclosed in a horizontal cylinder by a frictionless piston, along with an
electrical resistance of negligible mass. The external face of the piston is exposed to the
atmospheric pressure of 1 bar. The initial temperature of enclosed air is 25 oC. In a particular
process, the resistor is supplied a steady current of 3 amps at a constant voltage of 10 volts for a
duration of 10 minutes, and the volume and temperature increase by 0.1 m3 and 15 oC,
respectively. (i) Taking the enclosed air + resistor as the system, find the heat and work
interactions (ii) If air alone is taken as the system, find the heat and work interactions. For air,
Pv = 287 (T + 273), and Cv = 717 J/kgK, where P is the pressure, v is the specific volume and T is
the temperature in oC.

3. 5 kg of steam is contained within a piston-cylinder assembly. The steam undergoes an expansion

process from state 1 having specific internal energy of 2709.9 kJ/kg to state 2 which has a
specific internal energy of 2659.6 kJ/kg. During this process 80 kJ of heat is transferred to the
steam and a paddle wheel transfers 18.5 kJ of work. Determine the work done by the steam on
the piston.

4. Air and N2 are contained in an insulated piston cylinder apparatus as shown in the
figure. The thin rigid wall that separates the two chambers is perfectly thermally
conducting. Initially the air is at 500 kPa and 473 K and N2 is at 1500 kPa and they
each occupy 0.01 m3. The air is now compressed slowly till the pressure of N2
reaches 1580 kPa. Determine the work and heat interaction for the air and its final
temperature. For air and N2, Pv = 288 T, Cv = 742 J/kg K, where P is the pressure
in Pa, v is the specific volume in m3/kg, and T is the temperature in Kelvin. Neglect
any internal energy changes in the partition wall.

5. 4 kg of air is contained in a vertical piston cylinder assembly. The piston weighs 50 kg and has a
face area of 0.01 m2. The air initially occupies a volume of 0.005 m3. The air now undergoes a
process wherein its volume decreases to 0.0025 m3 and 1.41 kJ of heat is lost to the
surroundings. Determine the change in the specific internal energy of the air.

6. 1 kg of air, initially at 5 bar, 350 K and 3 kg of CO2 initially at 2 bar,

450 K are confined to opposite sides of a rigid well insulated
contained as shown in the figure. The partition is thermally
conducting and free to move. The pin is now removed and the gases
are allowed to come to equilibrium. Determine the final temperature
and the final pressure. Assume air and CO2 to be pure substances
governed by Pv = 288.68 T, Cv = 733 J/kg.K and Pv = 189 T, Cv =
750 J/kg.K respectively, where P is the pressure in Pa, v is the specific volume in m3/kg and T is
the temperature in Kelvin.