Exercises ch3(T4) - Answer

1) Determine the heat transfer and its direction for a system in which a perfect gas having
molecular weight of 16 is compressed from 101.3 kPa, 20°C to a pressure of 600 kPa following
the law pV1.3 = constant. Take specific heat at constant pressure of gas as 1.7 kJ/kg.K.
P
R = R /M
2
Cv = Cp – R = 1.7 – 0.512 = 1.18 kJ/kg pV1.3 = const.

1
V
This is polytropic process with n=1.3

𝑐𝑣 (𝑘−1)(𝑇1−𝑇2) (𝑘−𝑛) kJ/kg

 q1-2 = cv(T2- T1) + = cv(T2- T1)
𝑛−1 1−𝑛
(1.44−1.3)
= 1.18(441.9 - 293) = - 82 kJ/kg
1−1.3
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2) A gas contained in a cylinder is compressed from 1 MPa and 0.05 m3 to 2 MPa. Compression
is governed by pV1.4 = constant. Internal energy of gas is given by: U = 7.5 pV – 425, kJ. where p
is pressure in kPa and V is volume in m3. Determine heat, work and change in internal energy
assuming compression process to be quasistatic.
P

2
pV1.4 = const.

1
V

= - 25 kJ

= 50 kJ
3) A system comprising of a gas of 5 kg mass undergoes expansion process from 1 MPa and 0.5
m3 to 0.5 MPa. Expansion process is governed by, p.v1.3 = constant. The internal energy of gas
is given by, u =1.8 pv + 85, kJ/kg. Here ‘u’ is specific internal energy, ‘p’ is pressure in kPa, ‘v’ is
specific volume in m3/kg. Determine heat and work interaction and change in internal energy.

= 246,67 kJ

U = U2 – U1 = m(u2 – u1) = 1,8.m (p2v2 – p1v1)

= 1,8(p2V2 – p1V1) = -133,2 kJ

= 113,5 kJ
4) A closed insulated container has frictionless and smooth moving insulated partition as
shown in Fig bellow such that it equally divides total 1 m3 of volume, when both the gases are
at initial pressure of 0.5 MPa and ambient temperature of 27°C. Subsequently the nitrogen is
heated using electrical heating element such that volume of N2 becomes 3/4 of total volume
of container. Determine, (i) final pressure of hydrogen, (ii) Work done by partition, (iii)
Workdone by N2 and H2, (iv) Heat added to N2 by electric heater. Take CpN2 = 1.039 kJ/kg.K,
CpH2 = 14.307 kJ/kg .K, RN2 = 0.2968 kJ/kg.K, RH2 = 4.1240 kJ/kg.K.
(i) For hydrogen,

Final pressure of H2:

(ii) Since partition remains in equilibrium throughout hence no work is done by partition.
It is a case similar to free expansion.  Partition work = 0
(iii) Work done by H2,

Work done by N2 = Work done upon H2 = - Work done by H2

WN2 = -WH2 = 2105 J
(iv) Heat added to N2 by electric heater

mass of N2, mN2

Cv = Cp – R  Cv, N2 = 0.7422 kJ/kg.K

Determination of T2

p2 = Final pressure of N2 which will be equal to that of H2 as the partition is free and
frictionless,
p2 = 1.324 × 106 Pa