MEB2053 ME THERMODYNAMICS 1 TUTORIAL 2

1. A 1 m3 rigid vessel contains steam at 6 bar and 600oC is cooled by transferring heat from the system to the
surroundings.

i. Determine the temperature and pressure at which the steam starts to condense.
ii. Calculate the mass of the liquid at the end of the cooling process when the pressure reaches 0.6 bar.
iii. Sketch a T-v diagram to show the processes.
[130oC, 270.3kPa; 24.5%, 1.1275kg]

2. Refrigerant-134a in a rigid vessel at a pressure of 1 MPa and a temperature of 100oC was cooled until the
pressure drops to 500 kPa.

i. Determine the final state of the refrigerant.

ii. Sketch the process on a P-v and T-v diagrams.
[66.3%; 15.71oC]

3. A rigid vessel having a volume of 0.5 m3 initially contains water vapour mixture at 400 kPa. The quality of the
mixture is 40 percent. Heat is then transferred to the system, causing the pressure in the vessel to rise to 700
kPa.

i. Calculate the initial mass of the mixture in the vessel.

ii. Determine the mass of the vapour and liquid in the vessel after the heat transfer process.
iii. Sketch the process on a P-V and T-V diagrams.
[2.693kg; 67.9%, 1.831kg, 0.862kg]

4. A closed system contains a mixture of 1 kg of liquid water and 1 kg of water vapour in equilibrium at 700 kPa.
Heat is transferred to the mixture at constant pressure until the temperature reaches 350 oC.

i. Determine the change in volume of the system.

ii. Sketch the T-v and the P-v diagrams for the process with respect to saturation lines.
[v1=0.137 m3/kg, v2=0.41435 m3/kg, ∆V=0.5547m3]

5. 2 kg of superheated water vapour at 1.4 MPa and 240ºC is allowed to cool at constant volume until the
temperature drops to 120ºC.

i. Find the quality and mass of water condensed at the final state.
ii. Sketch the T-v and P-v diagrams for the process with respect to saturation lines.

[17.79%, 1.644kg]

AA/JAN22