SAQ 6-Thermodynamics

MODULE
ME1 THERMODYNAMICS
SELF ASSESMENT QUESTIONAIRE No. 5

1. A house is maintained at 1 atm and 24-degree Celsius warm air inside a house is forced to leave the
house at a rate of 150 m3/h as a result of outdoor air at 5-degree Celsius infiltrating into the house
through the cracks. Determine the rate of net energy loss of the house due to mass transfer.
2. A water pump increases the water pressure from 15 psia to 80 psia. Determine the flow work, in
Btu/lbm, required by the pump
3. A desktop computer is to be cooled by a fan whose flow rate is 0.34 m3/min. Determine the mass flow
rate of air through the fan at an elevation of 3400 m where the air density is 0.7 kg/m3. Also, if the
average velocity of air is not to exceed 110m/min, determine the diameter of the casing of the fan.
4. Air enters a nozzle steadily at 50 psi, 140 F, and 150 ft/s and leaves at 14.7 psia and 900 ft/s. The heat
loss from the nozzle is estimated to be 6.5 Btu/lbm of air flowing. The inlet area of the nozzle is 0.1 ft2.
Determine the exit temperature of air and the exit area of the nozzle.
5. Air at 13 psia and 65 F enters an adiabatic diffuser steadily with a velocity of 750 ft/s and leaves with a
low velocity at a pressure 14.5 psia. The exit area of the diffuser is 3 times the inlet area. Determine the
exit temperature and the exit velocity of the air.
6. Air flow steadily through an adiabatic turbine, entering at 150 psia, 900 F, and 350 ft/s and leaving at 20
psia, 300 F, and 700 ft/s. The inlet area of the turbine is 0.1 ft2. Determine the mass flow rate of the air
and the power output of the turbine.
7. Steam enters an adiabatic turbine at 10 MPa and 500 C and leaves at 10 kPa with a quality of 90
percent. Neglecting the changes in kinetic and potential energies, determine the mass flow rate
required for a power output of 5 MW.
8. Saturated liquid-vapor mixture water, called wet steam in a steam line at 1500 kPa is throttled to 50 kPa
and 100 degree Celsius. What is the quality in the steam line?
9. Refrigerant-134a is throttled from the saturated liquid state at 700 kPa to a pressure of 160 kPa.
Determine the temperature drop during this process and the final specific volume of the refrigerant.
10. Liquid water at 300 kPa and 20 degree Celsius is heated in a chamber by mixing it with superheated
steam at 300 kPa and 300 degree Celsius. Cold water enters the chamber at a rate of 1.8 kg/s. If the
mixture leaves the mixing chamber at 60 degree Celsius, determine the mass flow rate of the
superheated steam required.
11. Water at 65 F and 20 psia is heated in a chamber mixing it with saturated water vapor at 20 psia. If both
streams enter the mixing chamber at the same mass flow rate, determine the temperature and the
quality of the exiting stream.
12. A thin walled double pipe counter flow heat exchanger is used to cool oil (cp= 2.20 kJ/kg-C) from 150 to
40 at a rate of 2 kg/s b water (cp= 4.18 kJ/kg-C) that enters at 22 C at a rate of 1.5 kg/s. Determine the
rate of heat transfer in the heat exchanger and the exit temperature of water.
13. Refrigerant-134 a at 1 MPa and 90 degree Celsius is to be cooled to 1 MPa and 30 degree Celsius in a
condenser by air. The air enters at 100 kPa and 27 degree Celsius with a volume flow rate of 600
m3/min and leaves at 95 kPa and 60 degree Celsius. Determine the mass flow rate of the refrigerant.
14. A house has an electric heating system that consists of a 300 W fan and an electric resistance heating
element placed in a duct. Air flows steadily through the duct at a rate of 0.6 kg/s and experiences a
temperature rise of 7 degree Celsius. The rate of heat loss from the air in the duct is estimated to be
300 W. Determine the power rating of the electric resistance heating element.
15. Saturated liquid water is heated at constant pressure in a steadily-flow device until it is a saturated
vapor. Calculate the heat transfer in kJ/kg, when the vaporization is done at a pressure of 500 kPa.
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