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ME 361 Fall 2012 Exam 2 11/7/2012

Problem 1 (10 pts)
A 1.2-m
3
rigid tank contains nitrogen gas at 200 kPa and 350 K. Now heat is transferred to the nitrogen in
the tank and the pressure of nitrogen rises to 900 kPa. What is the work done during this process?
Solution W = 0 due to constant volume.






Problem 2 (15 pts).
Eggs with a mass of 0.12 kg per egg and a specific heat of 3.32 kJ/kg.C are cooled from 30C to 10C at
a rate of 800 eggs per minute. What is the rate of heat removal from the eggs?
Solution

in

out

system

) ( kg/egg)( kJ/kgC)[( )C] J/egg

( J/egg)( )







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Problem 3 (15 pts)
A room contains 50 kg of air at 100 kPa and 20C. The room has a 150-W refrigerator (the refrigerator
consumes 150 W of electricity when running), a 100-W TV, a 50-W fan, and 1-kW electric resistance
heater. During a cold winter day, it is observed that the refrigerator, the TV, the fan, and the resistance
heater are running continuously but the air temperature in the room remains constant. What is the rate of
heat loss from the room that day?
Solution
Applying an energy balance in rate form gives

in

out

system
(steady)

out

in

reIrig

TV

Ian

heater
( ) kW





Problem 4 (15 pts)
Saturated refrigerant-134a vapor at 40C is condensed as it flows through a tube at a rate of 0.2 kg/s. The
condensate leaves the tube as saturated liquid at 40C. What is the rate of heat transfer from the tube? At
40C, the saturated liquid enthalpy of R-134a is 108.3 kJ/kg and the saturated vapor enthalpy of R-134a is
271.3 kJ/kg.
Solution
The rate form of energy balance for a steady-flow system is

in

out

out

) ( kg/s)[( ) kJ/kg]






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Problem 5 (15 pts)
Steam expands in a turbine from 4 MPa and 500C to 0.5 MPa and 250C at a rate of 2000 kg/h. Heat is
lost from the turbine at a rate of 50 kJ/s during the process. What is the power output of the turbine? The
steam enthalpy at 4 MPa and 500C is 3446 kJ/kg and the steam enthalpy at 0.5 MPa and 250C is 2961
kJ/kg.
Solution
The rate form of energy balance for a steady-flow system is

in

out

out

out
(

( kg/h) (

) [( ) kJ/kg] ( )

Problem 6 (15 pts)
An adiabatic heat exchanger is used to heat cold water at 8C entering at a rate of 5 kg/s by hot air at
190C entering also at rate of 5 kg/s. The exit temperature of hot air is 15C. What is the exit temperature
of cold water? Use the following specific heats: C
water
= 4.18 kJ/kg C and C
p_air
=1.005 kJ/kg C.
Solution
The rate form of energy balance for a steady-flow system is

out

in

air

air

w
(
,w

,w
)
air
(
,air

,air
)

p,w
(
,w

1,w
)
air

p,air
(
1,air

2,air
)

1,w

air

p,air

p,w
(
1,air

2,air
) C
( kg/s)( kJ/kgC)
( kg/s)( kJ/kgC)
[( )C]







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Problem 7 (15 pts)
Refrigerant-134a enters a diffuser steadily at 0.5 MPa, 50C, and 120 m/s at a rate of 1.2 kg/s. Its specific
volume under these conditions is 0.0485 m
3
/kg. What is the inlet area of the diffuser?
Solution

( m

/kg)( kg/s)
m/s

Extra Credit Problem 1 (15 pts)
One mole of ideal gas with a known gas constant R undergoes a cyclic process shown in Fig. 1.
Temperatures in points 1 and 3 are known and are equal to T
1
and T
3
respectively. It is also known that
points 2 and 4 belong to the same isotherm. Derive expression for the work W performed by the gas
during this cycle.







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Extra Credit Problem 2 (15 pts)
Certain fraction of the energy required for water evaporation goes into the work necessary to expand the
newly formed vapor against the atmospheric pressure as shown in Fig 2. Calculate this fraction for the
case of water undergoing evaporation at T = 100C and pressure P = 10
5
Pa. The energy required for
water evaporation is q = 2258 J/kg and the specific volume of the newly formed vapor is v = 1.65 m
3
/kg.