Gazi Üniversitesi/Gazi University

Mühendislik-Mimarlık Fakültesi/Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

Makina Mühendisliği Bölümü/Mechanical Engineering Department
Ankara/Türkiye

Instructor: Dr. Atilla Bıyıkoğlu

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MM204E THERMODYNAMICS-II
SECOND MIDTERM EXAM
Date: May 28th, 2021 Time Span: 18:30-21:00
(Closed book)

(20%) Q1. Carbon dioxide gas flowing through a heat exchanger operating at steady state is
heated at an essentially constant pressure of 7 MPa from 27oC to 427oC. Neglecting kinetic
and potential energy changes,

(a) Determine the heat transfer, in kJ per kg of CO2 flowing, and compare with the result
obtained using the ideal gas model.

(b) Determine the irreversibility during this constant pressure heating process

(20%) Q2. For a gas obeying the van der Waals equation of state, determine the relations
between T and v and between p and v in isentropic processes for which cv is constant.

(20%) Q3. Methane gas (CH4) at 25oC, 1 atm and a volumetric flow rate of 27 m3/h enters a
furnace operating at steady state. The methane burns completely with 140% of theoretical air,
entering at 127oC, 1 atm. Products of combustion exit at 427 oC, 1 atm. Determine
(a) The volumetric flow rate of the air, in m3/h.
(b) The rate of heat transfer from the furnace, in kJ/h
Hint: Kinetic and potential energy effects are negligible.

(20%) Q4. Coal with a mass analysis of 80% carbon, 3% sulfur, 17% noncombustible ash
burns completely with 120% of theoretical air. Determine the amount of SO2 produced, in kg
SO2 per kg of coal.

(20%) Q5. (a) Propane (g) at 25oC and 100 kPa is burned with 400% theoretical air at 25oC
and 100 kPa. Assume that the reaction occurs reversibly at 25oC, that the oxygen and nitrogen
are separated before the reaction takes place (each at 100 kPa, 25oC), that the constituents in
the products are separated, and that each is at 25oC, 100 kPa. Determine the reversible work
for this process. (b) If the above reaction occurs adiabatically, and each constituent in the
products is at 100 kPa pressure and at the adiabatic flame temperature, compute (a) the
increase in entropy during combustion, (b) the irreversibility of the process, and (c) the
availability of the products of combustion.