Thermodynamics I

ME 215 Section 002

Spring 2019, Lecture
Dr. Mruthunjaya Uddi

Class: MWF 1-1:50 PM, North Lawn Hall 2007

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Chapter 2: Some practice problems
A steady state heat pump has a COP of 2.2. It takes 5 kW electric power. What is the heat delivery rate to the room
being heated in kW? Heat pump is used for winter heating of a room.

Energy equation
Winter
𝐸𝐶𝑉 = 0(𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏) = 𝑄𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑟 − 𝑄ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 + 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐 heating

𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑄 𝑄ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡
COP =2.2 = = 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑪𝑽
𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐

𝑄ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐 =5 kW
2.2 = 5 𝑘𝑊

𝑄𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑟
𝑄ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 = 2.2 (5 𝑘𝑊)
Atmosphere

𝑄ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 = 11 kW

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A steady state refrigerator takes 5 kW electric power. It extracts 3 kW of heat from the space being cooled.
a) What is the heat delivery rate to the surroundings in kW?
b) What is the COP of the refrigerator?
𝑄𝑜 = ? 𝐶𝑂𝑃 = ?

Energy equation

𝐸𝐶𝑉 = 0(𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏) = 𝑄𝑖𝑛 − 𝑄𝑜 + 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐 𝑪𝑽

0 = 3 𝑘𝑊 − 𝑄𝑜 + 5 𝑘𝑊
Air 𝑄𝑜
𝑄𝑜 = 8 𝑘𝑊 𝑄𝑖𝑛 conditioner
3 kW
𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑄𝑖𝑛
𝐶𝑂𝑃 = =
𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐
𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐
3 𝑘𝑊 5 kW
𝐶𝑂𝑃 = = 0.6
5 𝑘𝑊

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A steady state power cycle has an efficiency of 60 %. If it delivers work to surroundings at a rate of 100 kW, what is the
heat input rate (kW) to the power cycle?

𝑄ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 =?

𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 Heat
Efficiency 𝜂 = 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 source

𝑊𝑜 𝑄ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡
Efficiency 𝜂 = 𝑪𝑽
𝑄ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡

𝑊𝑜 =100 kW
100 𝑘𝑊
0.60 =
𝑄ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡
𝑄𝑟𝑒𝑗
100 𝑘𝑊 Heat sink
𝑄ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 = = 166.67 𝑘𝑊
0.60

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