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Thermo 06
Thermo 06
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
B.ENG. (HONS.) COURSE
YEAR 1 SEMESTER II
MAY/JUNE 2006 SESSION OF EXAMINATIONS
23rd June 2006
MEC1205 Thermodynamics I
Stationery:
1.
Steam Tables
Use of calculators is allowed
(b) A turbine operating under steady flow conditions receives steam at the following
state: pressure 13.8 bar; specific volume 0.143 m3/kg; specific internal energy
2590 kJ/kg; velocity 30 m/s. The state of steam leaving the turbine is as follows:
pressure 0.35 bar; specific volume 4.37 m3/kg; specific internal energy 2360 kJ/kg;
velocity 100 m/s. Heat is rejected to the surroundings at the rate of 0.25 kW and the
rate of steam flow through the turbine is 0.38 kg/s. Calculate:
(i)
(ii)
the specific enthalpy at the inlet and outlet of the steam turbine
the power developed by the turbine.
If you were able to choose an outlet velocity to maximise the power output, while
keeping the same the inlet and outlet states of the steam, what would this velocity be?
What is the new power developed for this chosen velocity?
(22 marks)
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2.
(a) Derive the expression for work for a polytropic, non-flow process i.e.
W =
p2 v2 p1v1
n 1
(8 marks)
(b) 1 kg of a fluid expands reversibly according to a linear law from 4.2 bar to 1.4 bar;
the initial and final volumes are 0.004 m3 and 0.02 m3. The fluid is then cooled
reversibly at constant pressure, and finally compressed reversibly at constant
temperature back to the initial conditions of 4.2 bar and 0.004 m3.
Calculate:
(i) the work done in each process
(ii) the net work of the whole cycle
(iii) the net heat supplied of the whole cycle.
Sketch the cycle on a p-v diagram.
(22 marks)
3.
(a) Derive the expression pv = C that describes the adiabatic process and shows the
importance of the ratio of specific heats .
(10 marks)
(b) The relative molecular mass of carbon dioxide, CO2, is 44. Taking the ratio of
specific heats, , for CO2 as 1.3, and assuming CO2 to be a perfect gas, calculate:
(i) the specific gas constant, R,
(ii) the specific heat capacities at constant pressure and constant volume, cp and cv.
50 kg of CO2 needs to be stored in a pressurized tank. What is the required volume of
the tank if the tank pressure is 100 bar gauge and the temperature is 20 oC.
The tank valve is opened for some time until the tank pressure is observed to fall to
50 bar gauge. If the expansion process in the tank is assumed to be reversible adiabatic,
what would be the temperature of the CO2 inside the tank at the instant when the
pressure fell to 50 bar gauge.
Take atmospheric pressure to be 105Pa.
(20 marks)
4.