ME CORRELATION 2 Thermodynamics I & II

Name: __________________________________________Course: ______________ SCORE: _____________

Direction: Answer the following problems by writing the letter (USE UPPERCASE LETTER) corresponding to
the right answer on the space provided just before the number. Strictly NO CHANGING of ANSWER/S.

_______1. A closed rigid vessel contains 40% liquid water and 60% water vapor by volume. The liquid-
vapor mixture is in equilibrium at 150℃. What is the quality of the mixture?
A. 4.15 x 10-3 B. 0.40 C. 0.60 D. 0.996

_______2. A 35 m x 15 m swimming pool is filled with water to a depth of 3 m. How much heat is required
to raise the temperature of the water in the pool from 10℃ to 25℃?
A. 99 GJ B. 230 GJ C. 970 GJ D. 1900 GJ

_______3. A balloon is filled with pure oxygen at 10℃. The balloon is released from the bottom of a water-
filled testing pool and floats 30m to the water surface (where the atmospheric pressure is
standard). The initial (submerged) volume of the balloon is 3000 cm3. The temperature is 25℃ at
the surface of the water, and the water temperature at the bottom of the pool is 10℃. What is
the volume of the balloon at the surface after it has come into thermal equilibrium with the
surroundings?
A. 9180 cm3 B. 12 300 cm3 C. 21 800 cm3 D. 29 300 cm3

_______4. 2 m3 of an ideal gas are compressed from 100 kPa to 200 kPa. As a result of the process, the
internal energy of the gas increases by 10 kJ, and 140 kJ of heat is transferred to the surroundings.
How much work was done by the gas during the process?
A. – 150 kJ C. – 85 kJ
B. – 130 kJ D. – 45 kJ

_______5. A cylinder fitted with a frictionless piston contains an ideal gas at temperature T and pressure
p. The gasexpands isothermally and reversibly until the pressure is p/3. Which statement is true
regarding the work done by the gas during expansion?
A. It is equal to the change in enthalpy of the gas.
B. It is equal to the change in internal energy of the gas.
C. It is equal to the heat absorbed by the gas.
D. It is greater than the heat absorbed by the gas.

_______6. During steady-state operation, the condenser of a steam-power plant receives 7 kg/s of 0.1
MPa steam. Superhetaed steam enters the condenser at a temperature of 900℃. Saturated
cooling water exits the condenser at 100℃. At what rate is heat transferred in the condenser?
A. -27.8 MW B. -13.2 MW C. -1.89 MW D. -270 kW

_______7. An ideal heat engine is constructed by cycling 1 kg of oxygen gas (O 2), initially at 1 atm and
25℃, through a sequence of four processes. The sequence consists of isothermal expansion to
2.35 m3, followed by adiabatic expansion to 8.21 m3, followed by isothermal compression to 2.67
m3, and finally adiabatic compression back to the initial state. All steps are reversible. For
 oxygen, the specific heat at constant pressure (c p) is 0.918 kJ/kg-K, and the specific heat at
constant volume (cv) is 0.658 kJ/kg-K. What is the thermal efficiency of this heat engine?
A. 20% B. 40 % C. 53 % D. 61 %

_______8. Argon gas (molecular weight of 40) is compressed in a closed system from 100 kPa and 30℃ to
500 kPa and 170℃. For argon, the specific heat at constant pressure (c p) is 0.520 kJ/kg-K, and
the specific heat at constant volume (cv) is 0.312 kJ/kg-K. What is the specific entropy change?
A. -10.0 kJ/kg-K B. -0.14 kJ/kg-K C. 0.37 kJ/kg-K D. 10.5 kJ/kg-K

_______9. At winter design conditions, a house is projected to lose heat at a rate of 60,000 Btu/h. The
internal heat gain from people, lights, and appliances is estimated to be 6000 Btu/h. If this house
is to be heated by electric resistance heaters, determine the required rated power of these
heaters in kW to maintain the house at constant temperature.
A. 16 kW C. 5 Btu
B. 25 kW D. 25 Btu

_______10. Consider a room that is initially at the outdoor temperature of 20°C. The room contains a 40-
W lightbulb, a 110-W TV set, a 300-W refrigerator, and a 1200-W iron. Assuming no heat transfer
through the walls, determine the rate of increase of the energy content of the room when all of
these electric devices are on.
A. 1.65 kW C. 2 kW
B. 2350 W D. 1500 W

_______11. A piston–cylinder device contains 0.85 kg of refrigerant-134a at 210°C. The piston that is free
to move has a mass of 12 kg and a diameter of 25 cm. The local atmospheric pressure is 88 kPa.
Now, heat is transferred to refrigerant-134a until the temperature is 15°C. Determine the change
in the volume of the cylinder,

A. 0.005 m3 C. 0.0205 m3
B. 2.5 cm3 D. 0.05 ft3

_______12. A rigid tank contains air at 500 kPa and 150°C. As a result of heat transfer to the surroundings,
the temperature and pressure inside the tank drop to 65°C and 400 kPa, respectively. Determine
the boundary work done during this process.
A. 750 W C. 2 kW
B. 100 W D. None of the above

_______13. A frictionless piston–cylinder device contains 10 lbm of steam at 60 psia and 320°F. Heat is now
transferred to the steam until the temperature reaches 400°F. If the piston is not attached to a
shaft and its mass is constant, determine the work done by the steam during this process.
 A. 96.4 Btu C. 35.3 kW
B. 55.4 Btu D. 105 kW

_______14. A fluid has a mass of 5 kg and occupies a volume of 1 m 3 at a pressure of 150 kPa. If the
internal energy is 2500 kJ/kg, what is the total enthalpy?
A. 2.5 MJ C. 12.5 MJ
B. 9.8 MJ D. 12.7 MJ

_______15. Steam at 2.0 kPa is saturated at 17.5°C. In what state will the steam be at 40°C if the pressure
is 2.0 kPa?
A. superheated C. saturated
B. subcooled D. Supersaturated