LONG QUIZ 2

Thermodynamics/Basic ME
Solve the following problems:
1. A closed system executes a reversible process where in the pressure and volume varies in
accordance with pV n = C. Q = 16.247 kJ, U = 47.475 kJ, If p1= 138 kPaa, V1 = 141.6
liters and p2 = 827.4 kPaa, find:
a. n and V2 (20 pts)
b. If the system is steady flow with KE = 3 kJ and PE = -4 kJ, find work (10 pts)
2. A rigid tank of 20 ft3 capacity contains air at 100 psia and 70 deg. F. The tank is equipped
with a relief valve that opens at a pressure of 125 psia and remains open until the pressure
drops to 120 psia. If a fire causes the valve to operate as described,
a. What is the air temperature when the valve opens. (10 pts)
b. What is the quantity of air lost due to the fire? Assume the temperature of the gas
remains constant during the discharge. (15 pts)
3. A rigid tank contains a certain amount of ideal gas with molecular mass of 28, at 120 kPa
and 20C initially. 3 kg of this gas is then added to the tank. If the final pressure and
temperature of the gas in the tank are found to be 240 kPa and 20 C, what is the volume
of the tank?(10 pts)
b. If this gas then undergoes a change of state until the temperature becomes 300
C, with a change of internal energy equal to 1250 kJ, what is the change in
enthalpy? (10 pts)
c. What is the specific heat ratio for this gas? (5 pts)
4. A steady state, steady flow thermodynamic system receives 100 lb/min of fluid at 30 psia
and 200 F and discharges it from a point 80 ft above the entrance section at 150 psia and
600 F. The fluid enters with a velocity of 7200 fpm and leaves with a velocity of 2400
fpm. During this process, there are supplied 25,000 Btu/hr of heat from an external
source and the increase in enthalpy is 2 Btu/lb. Determine the work done in hp. ( 10 pts)

Test 2. Fill in the blanks/Identification:

1. _________________ is the maximum work that a system could conceivable deliver to
something other than the surrounding as its state changes to the dead state.
2. _________________ is referred to as the measure of disorder or irreversibility of an
event.
3. According to Joule’s Law, the change of internal energy is a function of _____________.
4. ________________________ states that the molecular mass of a gas is proportional to
the mass of its molecules.
5. The ideal gas equation is also known as ________________________.
6. The product of the molecular weight and the specific volume of a gas is called the
________________________ and is the same for all gases.
7. The _________________________ statement of the 2nd law thermodynamics states that it
is impossible to construct a heat engine which while operating in a cycle produces no
effects except to do work and exchanges heat with a single reservoir.
8. A machine which violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics is called
_______________________________.
9. The entropy of system with irreversibility is ___________.
10. State the first law of thermodynamics:
______________________________________________________________.

Bonus (15 pts)

(15 pts) An inventor proposes a heat engine that receives heat (160 kJ/min) at 800 K. For a
sink temperature of 500 K, he claims that 65 kJ/min work are delivered. Do you think this
claim is justifiable? Is any thermodynamic principle violated? Explain.

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