UNIVERSITY OF CEBU

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

THERMODYNAMICS 1
PROCESSES OF IDEAL GAS

PROBLEM SET #2

INSTRUCTION: Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer of your choice.

MULTIPLE CHOICES:

1. A closed rigid container has a volume of 1 m3 and holds air at 344.8kpa and 273 K. Heat is added
until the temperature is 600K. Determine the change of internal energy.
a. 758.8 KJ b. 1034 KJ c. 1230.35 KJ d. 1330.35 KJ
2. A perfect gas has a value of R= 58.8 ft-lb/lb-R and k=1.26. If 20 Btu are added to 5 lb of this gas at
constant volume when the initial temperature is 90 F, find the change in entropy
a. 0.1350 Btu/R b. 0.2350 Btu/R c. 0.0350 Btu/R d. 0.335 Btu/R
3. A 2 kg mass oxygen expands at constant pressure of 172kpa in a piston cylinder system from a
temperature of 32C to a final temperature of 182C. Determine the work done.
a. 77.9 KJ b. 86.1 KJ c. 96.1 KJ d. 106.1 KJ
4. While the pressure remains constant at 689.5kpa the volume of a system of air changes from 0.567
m3 to 0.283 m3. Determine the heat added/ rejected.
a. 682.29 KJ b. 782.29 KJ c. 882.29 KJ c. 982.29 KJ
5. A piston cylinder containing air receives heat at a constant temperature of 500K and an initial
pressure of 200kpa. The initial volume is 0.01 m3 and the final volume is 0.07 m3. Determine the
work.
a. -3.89 KJ b. -4.89 KJ c. -5.89 KJ d. -6.89 KJ
6. An ideal compressor compresses 12 kg/min of air isothermally from 99kpa and a specific volume of
0.81 m3/kg to a final pressure of 600 kpa. Determine the work in kw.
a. 8.89 b. 18.89 c. 28.89 d. 38.89
7. A rigid tank contains a perfect gas with R=2.08 KJ/kgK and k=1.67. Calculate the final temperature in
C if it initially at 30C and 15 KJ/kg of heat is added.
a. 34.83 b. 36.54 c. 32.72 d. 38.43
8. Air is heated from 27C to 327C. How much does the specific internal energy of the air changed as a
result of this heating?
a. 301.5 KJ/kg decrease b. 301.5 increase c. 215.4 decrease d. 215.4 increase
9. Oxygen at 200kpa, 27C is contained in a piston cylinder device arrange to maintain a constant
pressure. How much work in KJ/kg is produced by this system when it is heated to 227C?
a. 0 b. 11.2 c. 37.1 d. 52.0
10. Air at 1 Mpa, 27C is contained in a piston cylinder device that is arranged to maintain a constant
pressure. How much heat in KJ/kg is required to raise the temperature of this air to 527C?
a. 180 b. 370 c. 500 d. 1040
11. A piston cylinder device contains 1 kg hydrogen gas. Heat is transferred to the hydrogen as its
temperature increases by 10C. What is the boundary work done during this process?
a. 143 KJ b. 102 KJ c. 80KJ d. 41 KJ
12. Air enters an adiabatic, steady flow turbine at 1 Mpa, 527C through a one square meter duct with a
velocity of 100m/s. The air leaves the turbine at 100kpa, 157C. The mass flow rate of the air in kg/s
is:
a. 87.4 b. 137.3 c. 327.2 d. 435.6
13. A 0.5 kg steel (c=0.5KJ/kgK)rivet cools from 800K to 300K upon being installed in a riveted structure.
The entropy change inKJ/K of this rivet is:
a. -0.631 b. -0.245 c. 0.245 d. 0.631
14. A 1750 kg car is raised to a height of 1.8m by hydraulic hoist. The hydraulic pump has a constant
pressure of 800kpa on its piston. How much volume in m3 should the pump displace to deliver the
required work for lifting the car?
a. 0.0386 b. 0.0581 c. 0.0213 d. 0.0472
15. The rate of heat transfer to the surroundings from a person at rest is about 400KJ/hr. Suppose that
the ventilation system fails in an auditorium containing 100 people and assuming that the energy
goes into the air of volume 1500m3 initially at 300K and 101 kpa, calculate the rate in C/min of air
temperature change.
a. 0.81 b. 0.53 c. 0.24 d. 1.0
16. A fresh poured concrete hardens the chemical transformation release energy at a rate of 2 W/kg.
Assume the center of a poured layer does not have any heat loss and that it has as average heat
capacity of 0.9 KJ/kgK, find the temperature rise in C during one hour of the hardening (curing)
process.
a. 7 b. 6 c. 8 d. 9
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17. Air at a pressure of 100kpa has a volume of 0.32 m . The air is compressed in a reversible adiabatic
manner until the temperature is 190C. The reversible work is -63KJ/kg. Determine the initial
temperature
a. 98.23C b. 102.19C c. 123.45C d. 143.45C
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18. Air at a pressure of 100kpa has a volume of 0.32 m . The air is compressed in a reversible adiabatic
manner until the temperature is 190C. The reversible work is -63KJ/kg. Determine the change of
internal energy
a. 68.68 KJ b. 18.68 KJ c. 20.34 KJ d. 38.68 KJ
19. Three cubic feet of oxygen are compressed in a piston cylinder in reversible adiabatic process from a
temperature of 300K and a pressure of 102 kpa until the final volume is one tenth the initial volume.
Determine the final temperature.
a. 753.56 K b. 853.56 K c. 953.56 K d. 1053.56 K
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20. In a reversible adiabatic manner, 17.6 m /min of air are compressed from 277K and 101kpa to
700kpa. Determine the change of enthalpy.
a. 56.24kw b. 66.24kw c. 76.24kw d. 86.24kw
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21. In a reversible adiabatic manner, 17.6 m /min of air are compressed from 277K and 101kpa to
700kpa. Determine the power required.
a. 34.71kw b. 44.71kw c. 64.71kw d. 54.71kw
22. Air contained in a piston cylinder and is compressed in a reversible adiabatic manner from a
temperature of 300K and a pressure of 120kpa to a final pressure of 480kpa. Determine the final
temperature.
a. 345.79C b. 445.79C c. 545.79C d. 645.79C
23. Air contained in a piston cylinder and is compressed in a reversible adiabatic manner from a
temperature of 300K and a pressure of 120kpa to a final pressure of 480kpa. Determine the work
per kilogram
a. -96.41 KJ/kg b. -124.61 KJ/kg c. -104.61 KJ/kg d. -304.61KJ/kg
24. Air is compressed polytropically from 101kpa and 23C and delivered to a tank at 1500kpa and 175C.
Determine per kilogram of air the heat removed during compression.
a. 131.38 KJ b. 231.38KJ c. 331.38KJ d. 431.38KJ
25. One kilogram per second of air initially at 101kpa and 300K is compressed polytropically according
to the process PV1.3 = C. Calculate the power necessary to compress the air to 1380kpa.
a. 37.72kw b. 137.72kw c. 237.72kw d. 337.72kw
26. Air is compressed polytropically in a cylinder according to PV2=C. The work required is 180 KJ/kg.
Determine the change of internal energy.
a. 449.06KJ/kg b. 179.62KJ/kg c. 159.62KJ/kg d. 169.62KJ/kg
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27. Air is compressed polytropically in a cylinder according PV =C. The work required is 180 KJ/kg.
Determine the heat transferred.
a. 107.77KJ/kg b. 269.44KJ/kg c. 127.77KJ/kg d. 137.77KJ/kg
28. Air is expanded from 1 Mpa, 327C to 200kpa in a closed piston cylinder device executing PV1.2 =
constant process. The work produced during this process in KJ/kg is:
a. 202.6 b. 263.4 c. 361.7 d. 422.8
29. An air compressor has an inlet air enthalpy of 35 Btu/lb and exit enthalpy of 70Btu/lb. The mass flow
of air is 3lb/s. If heat loss is 466.62 Btu/mi, find the work input to the compressor.
a. 139.51 hp b. 149.51 hp c. 159.51 hp d. 169.51 hp
30. An air compressor has an inlet enthalpy of 32Btu/lb and exit enthalpy of 68Btu/lb. If heat loss is 5
Btu/lb, find the compressor work.
a. 41Btu/lb b. -41Btu/lb c. 20Btu/lb d. -20Btu/lb