Due by 04/10/19

Assignment No. 4
Problem 1:
A milk chilling unit can remove heat from the milk at the rate of 41.87 MJ/h. Heat leaks into the
milk from the surroundings at an average rate of 4.187 MJ/h. Find the time required for cooling a
batch of 500 kg of milk from 45°C to 5°C. Take the cp of milk to be 4.187 kJ/kg K.

Problem 2:

A mass of 8 kg gas expands within a flexible container so that the p–v relationship is of the from
pvl.2 = constant. The initial pressure is 1000 kPa and the initial volume is 1 m3. The final pressure
is 5 kPa. If specific internal energy of the gas decreases by 40 kJ/kg, find the heat transfer in
magnitude and direction.

Problem 3:
In a Carnot cycle, heat is supplied at 350°C and rejected at 27°C. The working fluid is water which,
while receiving heat, evaporates from liquid at 350°C to steam at 350°C. The associated entropy
change is 1.44 kJ/kg K.
(a) If the cycle operates on a stationary mass of 1 kg of water, how much is the work done per
cycle, and how much is the heat supplied?
(b) If the cycle operates in steady flow with a power output of 20 kW, what is the steam flow rate?

Problem 4:

A block of iron weighing 100 kg and having a temperature of 100°C is immersed in 50 kg of water
at a temperature of 20°C. What will be the change of entropy of the combined system of iron and
water? Specific heats of iron and water are 0.45 and 4.18 kJ/kg K respectively.