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A cylinder has 0.1 kg air at 25oC, 200 kPa with a 5 kg piston on top. A valve at the bottom is opened to let the air out and the piston drops 0.25 m towards the bottom. What is the work involved in
Air at 35°C, 105 kPa, flows in a 100 mm × 150 mm rectangular duct in a heating system. The volumetric flow rate is 0.015 m3/s. What is the velocity of the air flowing in the duct and what is the
A boiler receives a constant flow of 5000 kg/h liquid water at 5 MPa, 20°C and it heats the flow such that the exit state is 450°C with a pressure of 4.5 MPa. Determine the necessary minimum pipe
An empty bathtub has its drain closed and is being filled with water from the faucet at a rate of 10 kg/min. After 10 minutes the drain is opened and 4 kg/min flows out and at the same time the inlet
Nitrogen gas flowing in a 50-mm diameter pipe at 15°C, 200 kPa, at the rate of 0.05 kg/s, encounters a partially closed valve. If there is a pressure drop of 30 kPa across the valve and essentially
Saturated vapor R-134a leaves the evaporator in a heat pump system at 10°C, with a steady mass flow rate of 0.1 kg/s. What is the smallest diameter tubing that can be used at this location if the
Saturated vapor R-134a leaves the evaporator in a heat pump system at 10°C, with a steady mass flow rate of 0.1 kg/s. What is the smallest diameter tubing that can be used at this location if the
Steam at 3 MPa, 400°C enters a turbine with a volume flow rate of 5 m3/s. An extraction of 15% of the inlet mass flow rate exits at 600 kPa, 200°C. The rest exits the turbine at 20 kPa with a
A household fan of diameter 0.75 m takes air in at 98 kPa, 22oC and delivers it at 105 kPa, 23oC with a velocity of 1.5 m/s. What are the mass flow rate (kg/s), the inlet velocity and the outgoing
Nitrogen gas flows into a convergent nozzle at 200 kPa, 400 K and very low velocity. It flows out of the nozzle at 100 kPa, 330 K. If the nozzle is insulated compute the exit velocity.
A nozzle receives 0.1 kg/s steam at 1 MPa, 400oC with negligible kinetic energy. The exit is at 500 kPa, 350oC and the flow is adiabatic. Find the nozzle exit velocity and the exit area.
Superheated vapor ammonia enters an insulated nozzle at 20°C, 800 kPa, shown in Fig. P6.32, with a low velocity and at the steady rate of 0.01 kg/s. The ammonia exits at 300 kPa with a velocity of
In a jet engine a flow of air at 1000 K, 200 kPa and 30 m/s enters a nozzle, as shown in Fig. P6.33, where the air exits at 850 K, 90 kPa. What is the exit velocity assuming no heat loss?
In a jet engine a flow of air at 1000 K, 200 kPa and 40 m/s enters a nozzle where the air exits at 500 m/s, 90 kPa. What is the exit temperature assuming no heat loss?
A sluice gate dams water up 5 m. There is a small hole at the bottom of the gate so liquid water at 20oC comes out of a 1 cm diameter hole. Neglect any changes in internal energy and find the exit
A diffuser, shown in Fig. P6.36, has air entering at 100 kPa, 300 K, with a velocity of 200 m/s. The inlet cross-sectional area of the diffuser is 100 mm2. At the exit, the area is 860 mm2, and the
A diffuser receives an ideal gas flow at 100 kPa, 300 K with a velocity of 250 m/s and the exit velocity is 25 m/s. Determine the exit temperature if the gas is argon, helium or nitrogen.
Air flows into a diffuser at 300 m/s, 300 K and 100 kPa. At the exit the velocity is very small but the pressure is high. Find the exit temperature assuming zero heat transfer.
The front of a jet engine acts as a diffuser receiving air at 900 km/h, -5°C, 50 kPa, bringing it to 80 m/s relative to the engine before entering the compressor. If the flow area is reduced to 80%
Helium is throttled from 1.2 MPa, 20°C, to a pressure of 100 kPa. The diameter of the exit pipe is so much larger than the inlet pipe that the inlet and exit velocities are equal. Find the exit
Saturated vapor R-134a at 500 kPa is throttled to 200 kPa in a steady flow through a valve. The kinetic energy in the inlet and exit flow is the same. What is the exit temperature?
Saturated liquid R-12 at 25oC is throttled to 150.9 kPa in your refrigerator. What is the exit temperature? Find the percent increase in the volume flow rate.
Water flowing in a line at 400 kPa, saturated vapor, is taken out through a valve to 100 kPa. What is the temperature as it leaves the valve assuming no changes in kinetic energy and no heat transfer?
Liquid water at 180oC, 2000 kPa is throttled into a flash evaporator chamber having a pressure of 500 kPa. Ignore any change in the kinetic energy. What is the fraction of liquid and vapor in the
Liquid water at 180oC, 2000 kPa is throttled into a flash evaporator chamber having a pressure of 500 kPa. Neglect any change in the kinetic energy. What is the fraction of liquid and vapor in the
R-134a is throttled in a line flowing at 25oC, 750 kPa with negligible kinetic energy to a pressure of 165 kPa. Find the exit temperature and the ratio of exit pipe diameter to that of the inlet pipe
Methane at 3 MPa, 300 K is throttled through a valve to 100 kPa. Calculate the exit temperature assuming no changes in the kinetic energy and ideal gas behavior. Repeat the answer for real-gas
A steam turbine has an inlet of 2 kg/s water at 1000 kPa, 350oC and velocity of 15 m/s. The exit is at 100 kPa, x = 1 and very low velocity. Find the specific work and the power produced.
A small, high-speed turbine operating on compressed air produces a power output of 100 W. The inlet state is 400 kPa, 50°C, and the exit state is 150 kPa, −30°C. Assuming the velocities to be
A liquid water turbine receives 2 kg/s water at 2000 kPa, 20oC and velocity of 15 m/s. The exit is at 100 kPa, 20oC and very low velocity. Find the specific work and the power produced.
Hoover Dam across the Colorado River dams up Lake Mead 200 m higher than the river downstream. The electric generators driven by water-powered turbines deliver 1300 MW of power. If the water is
A windmill with rotor diameter of 30 m takes 40% of the kinetic energy out as shaft work on a day with 20oC and wind speed of 30 km/h. What power is produced?
A small turbine, shown in Fig. P 6.53, is operated at part load by throttling a 0.25 kg/s steam supply at 1.4 MPa, 250°C down to 1.1 MPa before it enters the turbine and the exhaust is at 10 kPa. If
A small expander (a turbine with heat transfer) has 0.05 kg/s helium entering at 1000 kPa, 550 K and it leaves at 250 kPa, 300 K. The power output on the shaft is measured to 55 kW. Find the rate of
A compressor in a commercial refrigerator receives R-22 at -25oC, x = 1. The exit is at 800 kPa, 40oC. Neglect kinetic energies and find the specific work.
The compressor of a large gas turbine receives air from the ambient at 95 kPa, 20°C, with a low velocity. At the compressor discharge, air exits at 1.52 MPa, 430°C, with velocity of 90 m/s. The
A compressor brings R-134a from 150 kPa, -10oC to 1200 kPa, 50oC. It is water cooled with a heat loss estimated as 40 kW and the shaft work input is measured to be 150 kW. How much is the mass flow
An ordinary portable fan blows 0.2 kg/s room air with a velocity of 18 m/s. What is the minimum power electric motor that can drive it? Hint: Are there any changes in P or T?
An air compressor takes in air at 100 kPa, 17°C and delivers it at 1 MPa, 600 K to a constant-pressure cooler, which it exits at 300 K. Find the specific compressor work and the specific heat
A 4 kg/s steady flow of ammonia runs through a device where it goes through a polytropic process. The inlet state is 150 kPa, -20oC and the exit state is 400 kPa, 80oC, where all kinetic and
An exhaust fan in a building should be able to move 2.5 kg/s air at 98 kPa, 20oC through a 0.4 m diameter vent hole. How high a velocity must it generate and how much power is required to do that?
How much power is needed to run the fan in Problem 6.29? A household fan of diameter 0.75 m takes air in at 98 kPa, 22oC and delivers it at 105 kPa, 23oC with a velocity of 1.5 m/s. What are the
Carbon dioxide enters a steady-state, steady-flow heater at 300 kPa, 15oC, and exits at 275 kPa, 1200oC, as shown in Fig. P6.63. Changes in kinetic and potential energies are negligible. Calculate
A condenser (cooler) receives 0.05 kg/s R-22 at 800 kPa, 40oC and cools it to 15oC. There is a small pressure drop so the exit state is saturated liquid. What cooling capacity (kW) must the condenser
A chiller cools liquid water for air-conditioning purposes. Assume 2.5 kg/s water at 20oC, 100 kPa is cooled to 5oC in a chiller. How much heat transfer (kW) is needed?
Saturated liquid nitrogen at 500 kPa enters a boiler at a rate of 0.005 kg/s and exits as saturated vapor. It then flows into a super heater also at 500 kPa where it exits at 500 kPa, 275 K. Find the
In a steam generator, compressed liquid water at 10 MPa, 30°C, enters a 30-mm diameter tube at the rate of 3 L/s. Steam at 9 MPa, 400°C exits the tube. Find the rate of heat transfer to the water.
The air conditioner in a house or a car has a cooler that brings atmospheric air from 30oC to 10oC both states at 101 kPa. If the flow rate is 0.5 kg/s find the rate of heat transfer?
A flow of liquid glycerine flows around an engine, cooling it as it absorbs energy. The glycerine enters the engine at 60oC and receives 9 kW of heat transfer. What is the required mass flow rate if
A cryogenic fluid as liquid nitrogen at 90 K, 400 kPa flows into a probe used in cryogenic surgery. In the return line the nitrogen is then at 160 K, 400 kPa. Find the specific heat transfer to the
A small stream with 20oC water runs out over a cliff creating a 100 m tall waterfall. Estimate the downstream temperature when you neglect the horizontal flow velocities upstream and downstream from
A small water pump is used in an irrigation system. The pump takes water in from a river at 10oC, 100 kPa at a rate of 5 kg/s. The exit line enters a pipe that goes up to an elevation 20 m above the
A steam pipe for a 300-m tall building receives superheated steam at 200 kPa at ground level. At the top floor the pressure is 125 kPa and the heat loss in the pipe is 110 kJ/kg. What should the
The main waterline into a tall building has a pressure of 600 kPa at 5 m below ground level. A pump brings the pressure up so the water can be delivered at 200 kPa at the top floor 150 m above ground
Consider a water pump that receives liquid water at 15oC, 100 kPa and delivers it to a same diameter short pipe having a nozzle with exit diameter of 1 cm (0.01 m) to the atmosphere 100 kPa. Neglect
A cutting tool uses a nozzle that generates a high speed jet of liquid water. Assume an exit velocity of 1000 m/s of 20oC liquid water with a jet diameter of 2 mm (0.002 m). How much mass flow rate
A pipe flows water at 15oC from one building to another. In the winter time the pipe loses an estimated 500 W of heat transfer. What is the minimum required mass flow rate that will ensure that the
A steam turbine receives water at 15 MPa, 600°C at a rate of 100 kg/s, shown in Fig. P6.78. In the middle section 20 kg/s is withdrawn at 2 MPa, 350°C, and the rest exits the turbine at 75 kPa, and
A steam turbine receives steam from two boilers. One flow is 5 kg/s at 3 MPa, 700°C and the other flow is 15 kg/s at 800 kPa, 500°C. The exit state is 10 kPa, with a quality of 96%. Find the total
Two steady flows of air enters a control volume, shown in Fig. P6.80. One is 0.025 kg/s flow at 350 kPa, 150°C, state 1, and the other enters at 450 kPa, 15°C, both flows with low velocity. A
A large expansion engine has two low velocity flows of water entering. High pressure steam enters at point 1 with 2.0 kg/s at 2 MPa, 500°C and 0.5 kg/s cooling water at 120 kPa, 30°C enters at
Cogeneration is often used where a steam supply is needed for industrial process energy. Assume a supply of 5 kg/s steam at 0.5 MPa is needed. Rather than generating this from a pump and boiler, the
A compressor receives 0.1 kg/s R-134a at 150 kPa, -10oC and delivers it at 1000 kPa, 40oC. The power input is measured to be 3 kW. The compressor has heat transfer to air at 100 kPa coming in at 20oC
A condenser (heat exchanger) brings 1 kg/s water flow at 10 kPa from 300°C to saturated liquid at 10 kPa, as shown in Fig. P6.84. The cooling is done by lake water at 20°C that returns to the lake
A cooler in an air conditioner brings 0.5 kg/s air at 35oC to 5oC, both at 101 kPa and it then mix the output with a flow of 0.25 kg/s air at 20oC, 101 kPa sending the combined flow into a duct. Find
A heat exchanger, shown in Fig. P6.86, is used to cool an air flow from 800 K to 360 K, both states at 1 MPa. The coolant is a water flow at 15°C, 0.1 MPa. If the water leaves as saturated vapor,
A superheater brings 2.5 kg/s saturated water vapor at 2 MPa to 450oC. The energy is provided by hot air at 1200 K flowing outside the steam tube in the opposite direction as the water, which is a
An automotive radiator has glycerine at 95oC enter and return at 55oC as shown in Fig. P6.88. Air flows in at 20oC and leaves at 25oC. If the radiator should transfer 25 kW what is the mass flow rate
A two fluid heat exchanger has 2 kg/s liquid ammonia at 20oC, 1003 kPa entering state 3 and exiting at state 4. It is heated by a flow of 1 kg/s nitrogen at 1500 K, state 1, leaving at 600 K, state 2
A copper wire has been heat treated to 1000 K and is now pulled into a cooling chamber that has 1.5 kg/s air coming in at 20oC; the air leaves the other end at 60oC. If the wire moves 0.25 kg/s
An open feed water heater in a power plant heats 4 kg/s water at 45oC, 100 kPa by mixing it with steam from the turbine at 100 kPa, 250oC. Assume the exit flow is saturated liquid at the given
A desuperheater mixes superheated water vapor with liquid water in a ratio that produces saturated water vapor as output without any external heat transfer. A flow of 0.5 kg/s superheated vapor at 5
Two air flows are combined to a single flow. Flow one is 1 m3/s at 20oC and the other is 2 m3/s at 200oC both at 100 kPa. They mix without any heat transfer to produce an exit flow at 100 kPa.
A mixing chamber with heat transfer receives 2 kg/s of R-22 at 1 MPa, 40°C in one line and 1 kg/s of R-22 at 30°C, quality 50% in a line with a valve. The outgoing flow is at 1 MPa, 60°C. Find the
Two flows are mixed to form a single flow. Flow at state 1 is 1.5 kg/s water at 400 kPa, 200oC and flow at state 2 is 500 kPa, 100oC. Which mass flow rate at state 2 will produce an exit T3 = 150oC
An insulated mixing chamber receives 2 kg/s R-134a at 1 MPa, 100°C in a line with low velocity. Another line with R-134a as saturated liquid 60°C flows through a valve to the mixing chamber at 1
To keep a jet engine cool some intake air bypasses the combustion chamber. Assume 2 kg/s hot air at 2000 K, 500 kPa is mixed with 1.5 kg/s air 500 K, 500 kPa without any external heat transfer. Find
To keep a jet engine cool some intake air bypasses the combustion chamber. Assume 2 kg/s hot air at 2000 K, 500 kPa is mixed with 1.5 kg/s air 500 K, 500 kPa without any external heat transfer. Find
The following data are for a simple steam power plant as shown in Fig. P6.99. State 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 P MPa 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.5 0.01 0.009 T °C 45 175 500 490 40 h
For the same steam power plant as shown in Fig. P6.99 and Problem 6.99, assume the cooling water comes from a lake at 15°C and is returned at 25°C. Determine the rate of heat transfer in the
For the same steam power plant as shown in Fig. P6.99 and Problem 6.99, determine the rate of heat transfer in the economizer, which is a low temperature heat exchanger. Find also the rate of heat
A somewhat simplified flow diagram for a nuclear power plant shown in Fig. 1.4 is given in Fig. P6.102. Mass flow rates and the various states in the cycle are shown in the accompanying table. The
Consider the power plant as described in the previous problem. a. Determine the quality of the steam leaving the reactor. b. What is the power to the pump that feeds water to the reactor?
A gas turbine setup to produce power during peak demand is shown in Fig. P6.104. The turbine provides power to the air compressor and the electric generator. If the electric generator should provide
A proposal is made to use a geothermal supply of hot water to operate a steam turbine, as shown in Fig. P6.105. The high-pressure water at 1.5 MPa, 180°C, is throttled into a flash evaporator
A R-12 heat pump cycle shown in Fig. P6.71 has a R-12 flow rate of 0.05 kg/s with 4 kW into the compressor. The following data are given State 1 2 3 4 5 6 P kPa 1250 1230 1200 320 300 290 T
A modern jet engine has a temperature after combustion of about 1500 K at 3200 kPa as it enters the turbine section, see state 3 Fig. P.6.107. The compressor inlet is 80 kPa, 260 K state 1 and outlet
A 1-m3, 40-kg rigid steel tank contains air at 500 kPa, and both tank and air are at 20°C. The tank is connected to a line flowing air at 2 MPa, 20°C. The valve is opened, allowing air to flow into
At a few places where the air is very cold in the winter, like –30oC it is possible to find a temperature of 13oC down below ground. What efficiency will a heat engine have operating between these
An evacuated 150-L tank is connected to a line flowing air at room temperature, 25°C, and 8 MPa pressure. The valve is opened allowing air to flow into the tank until the pressure inside is 6 MPa.
An initially empty bottle is filled with water from a line at 0.8 MPa, 350oC. Assume no heat transfer and that the bottle is closed when the pressure reaches the line pressure. If the final mass is
A 25-L tank, shown in Fig P6.111 that is initially evacuated is connected by a valve to an air supply line flowing air at 20°C, 800 kPa. The valve is opened, and air flows into the tank until the
Helium in a steel tank is at 250 kPa, 300 K with a volume of 0.1 m3. It is used to fill a balloon. When the tank pressure drops to 150 kPa the flow of helium stops by itself, if all the helium still
A rigid 100-L tank contains air at 1 MPa, 200°C. A valve on the tank is now opened and air flows out until the pressure drops to 100 kPa. During this process, heat is transferred from a heat source
A 1-m3 tank contains ammonia at 150 kPa, 25°C. The tank is attached to a line flowing ammonia at 1200 kPa, 60°C. The valve is opened and mass flows in until the tank is half full of liquid, by
An empty cannister of volume 1 L is filled with R-134a from a line flowing saturated liquid R-134a at 0oC. The filling is done quickly so it is adiabatic. How much mass of R-134a is there after
A piston cylinder contains 1 kg water at 20oC with a constant load on the piston such that the pressure is 250 kPa. A nozzle in a line to the cylinder is opened to enable a flow to the outside
A 200 liter tank initially contains water at 100 kPa and a quality of 1%. Heat is transferred to the water thereby raising its pressure and temperature. At a pressure of 2 MPa a safety valve opens
A 100-L rigid tank contains carbon dioxide gas at 1 MPa, 300 K. A valve is cracked open, and carbon dioxide escapes slowly until the tank pressure has dropped to 500 kPa. At this point the valve is
A nitrogen line, 300 K and 0.5 MPa, shown in Fig P6.119 is connected to a turbine that exhausts to a closed initially empty tank of 50 m3. The turbine operates to a tank pressure of 0.5 MPa, at which

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