CCUME 100B-4202553-F001

100 2 2012/06/19
Thermodynamics II

ATTENTION: (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
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1. A mixture of 30% H2, 40% of He, and 30% N2 by mole. The mixture is expanded isentropically from 5
MPa and 600C to 200 kPa.

Molecular weight: M H2 2; M He 4; M N2 28 kg/kmol

Specific heat: C p ,H2 14.307; C p ,He 5.1926; C p ,N2 1.039 kJ/kg-K
Gas constant: R 8.314 kJ/kmol-K

[3] (a) Determine the mass fraction of each gas.

[3] (b) Determine the apparent molecular weight of this mixture.
[3] (c) Determine the Cp of the mixture.
[6] (d) Determine the specific heat ratio k of the mixture.
[5] (e) Determine the temperature T2 at the end of expansion.
[5] (f) Determine work produced per unit mass of the mixture(Assume constant specific heat). If you
fail to solve problem (e), use T2 305 K .

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2. An air-conditioning system is to take outdoor air at 45 m3/min, 10C, and 30% relative humidity and to
condition it to 25C and 60% relative humidity. The outdoor air is first heated to 22C in the heating
section and then humidified by the injection of hot steam in the humidifying section. (Use 1 atm =
101.325 kPa)

(a) Determine the rate of heat supply (kW) in the heating section by respectively using
[12] (1) property tables,
[8] (2) and psychrometric chart. (mark properties you use on the chart)
[10] (b) Determine the mass flow rate of the steam required in the humidifying section, in kg/min.
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RT bp
3. The state equation of a gas is given by v , where b is a constant)
p T2
[8] (a) Test for the exactness of the equation (choose T and p as two independent properties)
[7] (b) obtain an expression for the temperatures at the Joule-Thomson inversion states.
T 1 v
Joule-Thomson coefficient: J T v
p h C p T p

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4. Starting from Tds dh vdp and Maxwells relations,
h
[7] (a) derive an expression for in terms of p, v, T.
v T
h
[3] (b) Then determine the value of for an ideal gas.
v T

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5. Propane (C3H8) at 25C, 1 atm enters a combustion chamber operating at steady state and burns
completely with the theoretical amount of air entering at the same conditions. If the products exit at
800 K, 1 atm, determine the rate of heat transfer from the combustion chamber, in kJ per mol of fuel.

( h f ,C3H8 103850 kJ/kmol)

C3 H8 a O 2 3.76N 2 b CO 2 c H 2 O d N 2

BONUS. used to compensate your point up to a maximum of 70 when you fail to get more than 70 points
from above problems.
[2] B1. What is the zeroth law of thermodynamics?
[2] B2. What is the second law of thermodynamics?
[2] B3. In problem 2, determine the humidity ratio of the outside air.
[2] B4. In problem 2, determine the relative humidity 2 of the air in the heating section.
[2] B5. In problem 2, determine the wet-bulb temperature of the outside air using phychrometric chart.
(Mark your solution on the chart)
[2] B6. In problem 3, write an expression for dv in terms of v, p, T , dp, and dT .
[2] B7. In problem 5, determine the values a and b.
[2] B8. In problem 5, determine the values c and d.
[2] B9. In problem 5, determine the air fuel ratio on a mass basis.
[2] B10. In problem 5, evaluate h of product H2O based on enthalpy of formation and steam table.
Useful equations
- Energy conservation for closed system:
dU Q W

- Energy rate balance for control volumes

dEcv Vi 2 Ve2
Qcv Wcv m i hi
gzi m e he gze
dt i 2 e 2

- Specific heats

c p cv R
cp
k
cv

- Isentropic process:
k 1 / k
T2 p2

T1 p1

Maxwell relations

T p

v s s v
T v

p s s p
s p

v T T v
s v

p T T p
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