MEFC 102-THERMODYNAMICS 1

SAMPLE PROBLEMS-PROCESSES OF IDEAL GASES

SPECIFIC HEAT (Cp and Cv)

1. For a certain ideal gas, R=25.8 ft-lbf/lbm-R and k= 1.09, a) What are the values of Cp and Cv? b) What mass
of this gas would occupy a volume of 15 ft3 at 75 psia and 80 oF? c) If 30 BTU of heat are transferred to this
gas at constant volume in (b), what are the resulting final pressure and temperature?
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A. ISOMETRIC PROCESS

1. 10 ft3 of air at 300 psia and 400 oF is cooled to 140 oF at constant volume. What are a) Final pressure, b)
the work non-flow, c) the change in internal energy, d) heat transferred, e) change in enthalpy, and f) The
change in entropy?
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2. A closed vessel contains 2.0 kg of gas at 20 oC and 0.7 bar abs. pressure. Heat is supplied to the vessel till
the gas acquires a pressure of 1.4 bar. Take C v= 0.7128 KJ/kg-K, find a) Final temperature of gas in oC, b)
Work done in KJ, c) Heat added in KJ, and d) Change in internal energy in KJ.
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B. ISOBARIC PROCESS

1. A certain gas, with Cp= 0.529 BTU/lbm-R and R= 96.2 ft-lbf/lbm-R, expands from 5 ft3 and 80 oF to 15 ft3
while the pressure remains constant at 15.5 psia. Compute a) final temperature, b) change in enthalpy, c)
change in internal energy, d) change in entropy, and e) For an internally reversible non-flow process, what
is work done?
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2. How much heat must be supplied to 1.5 kg of gas to raise its temperature from 90 oC to 225 oC at constant
pressure? Find also the work done during the supply of heat. Take C p = 1.0 KJ/kg-K, and Cv= 0.7128 KJ/kg-K.
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C. ISOTHERMAL PROCESS

1. During an isothermal process at 88 oF, the pressure on 8 lbm of air drops 80 psia to 5 psig. For an internally
reversible process, determine the a) work non-flow, b) work steady flow, c) Heat transferred, d) Change in
internal energy, e) Change in enthalpy, and f) Change in entropy.
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2. A quantity of air with 0.5 m3 of volume has a pressure of 4 bar and temperature of 70 oC. It is expanded
at a constant temperature to the final pressure of 1 bar. Determine, the work done during the expansion.
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D. ISENTROPIC PROCESS

1. From a state defined by 300 psia, 100 ft3 and 240 oF, helium undergoes an isentropic process to 0.3 psig.
Find a) Final volume and final temperature, b) change in internal energy and change in enthalpy, c) work
non-flow, d) work steady flow, e) heat transferred and change in entropy. Take k=1.667 for helium.
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2. 5 kg of air at 450 oC expands adiabatically. The work done by the air is 240 KJ and the temperature is
reduced to 160 oC. Find, Cp and Cv.
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E. POLYTROPIC PROCESS

1. During a polytropic process, 10 lbm of an ideal gas, whose R= 40 ft-lbf/lbm-R and Cp= 0.25 BTU/lbm-R, changes
state from 20 psia and 40 oF to 120 psia and 340 oF. Determine a) n, b) change in internal energy and change
in enthalpy, c) change in entropy, d) Heat transferred, e) work non-flow, and f) work steady flow.
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2. 1.5 m3 of gas at 100 bar is expanded polytropically. Find the polytropic index ‘n’ if the final volume and
pressure of the gas are 4 m3 and 5 bar respectively.
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