Eng. Th.dy.

2011-2012

Tutorial 7 (Lecture 7, Chapter 7)

Engineering Mechanics Department

Q1:
A system undergoes a process between two fixed states first in a reversible
manner and then in an irreversible manner. For which case is the entropy
change greater? Why?
Q2:
A well-insulated rigid tank contains 2 kg of a saturated liquidvapor mixture
of water at 100 kPa. Initially, three-quarters of the mass is in the liquid
phase. An electric resistance heater placed in the tank is now turned on and
kept on until all the liquid in the tank is vaporized. Determine the
entropy change of the steam during this process.

Q3:
A pistoncylinder device initially contains 1.36 kg of liquid water at 1.379
bar and 22C. The water is now heated at constant pressure by the addition
of 3700 kJ of heat. Determine the entropy change of the water during this
process.
Q4:
Steam enters an adiabatic turbine at 5 MPa and 450C and leaves at a
pressure of 1.4 MPa. Determine the work output of the turbine per unit mass
of steam if the process is reversible.

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Q5:
Air is compressed in a car engine from 22C and 95 kPa in a reversible and
adiabatic manner. If the compression ratio V1/V2 of this engine is 8,
determine the final temperature of the air.
Q6:
A pistoncylinder device contains 1.2 kg of nitrogen gas at 120 kPa and
27C. The gas is now compressed slowly in a polytropic process during
which PV1.3 = constant. The process ends when the volume is reduced by
one-half. Determine the entropy change of nitrogen during this process.
Q7:
Nitrogen gas is compressed from 80 kPa and 27C to 480 kPa by a 10-kW
compressor. Determine the mass flow rate of nitrogen through the
compressor, assuming the compression process to be
(a) isentropic,
(b) polytropic with n = 1.3,
(c) isothermal, and
(d) ideal two-stage polytropic with n = 1.3.
Q8:
Steam enters an adiabatic turbine at 8 MPa and 500C with a mass flow
rate of 3 kg/s and leaves at 30 kPa. The isentropic efficiency of the turbine is
0.90. Neglectingthe kinetic energy change of the steam, determine:
(a) the temperature at the turbine exit and
(b) the power output of the turbine.

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Q9:
Air is compressed by an adiabatic compressor from 100 kPa and 12C to a
pressure of 800 kPa at a steady rate of 0.2 kg/s. If the isentropic efficiency
of the compressor is 80 percent, determine:
(a) the exit temperature of air and
(b) the required power input to the compressor.

Q10
Is it possible for the entropy change of a closed system to be zero during an
irreversible process? Explain.

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