Sample Problems for P.I.

1. A 0.68 kg of steam has a final temperature temperature of 240°C, what is the initial temperatur, if the water
absorbed absorbed 520 kJ of heat?

2. Suppose at 200bar and 500K the steam has a specific volume of 5.8 ft3/kg and a specific enthalpy of 2750
kJ/kg as heat absorbed. Determine internal energy per pound mass of steam.

3. Turbine's inlet stream was entered by a steam with an enthalpy of 3600 kJ/kg and a velocity of 100800
in/min having a height of 0.02 km, and leaves with an enthalpy of 2775 kJ/kg with a velocity of 3360 in/s,
having a heat loss as it leaves the turbine at 2.0kJ/s. If the rate of steam flow through turbine is 25 kg/min,
calculate the Work done (kW).

4. To what pressure must a gas be compressed in order to fit into a 3.70 cubic feet tank, the total weight of the
gas occupies 455.0 cu. ft. at air standard pressure? Let pressure be in kPa.

5. A company specializes in shipment of pressurized gaseous materials. An order is received from 95 L of a

particular gas at 44F and 17psia. Compute the minimum volume of tank that is necessary to transport the gas
at 120F and maximum pressure of 7.5atm.

6. . A certain tire has a volume of 620cm^3. It is inflated with carbon dioxide to pressure of 582.65 kPa at 25 C.
Calculate the mass of Carbon Dioxide in grams that are contained in the tire, if the carbon dioxide's R =
0.18896 kJ/kg-K.

7. In an sealed container, a certain ideal gas is confined having a pressure of 0.88 bar and a temperature of
88°C. Calculate the possible gas constant of the gas if the volume of the container it fills is equivalent to 2.62
m3 and having a density of 1.026 kg/m3.

8. Air with a volume 12.4 ft3 at 300psia and 440°F is cooled to 180°F at constant volume. What are the a) final
pressure, b) change of internal energy, c) change of enthalpy, d) transferred heat, and e) change of entropy, f)
work steady flow.
9. A perfect gas has a value of R = 0.3372 J/g-K and k = 1.31. If 140.5 kJ are added to 3.63kg of this gas at
constant pressure when the initial temperature is 41.1°C, find a) final temperature, b) change in enthalpy, c)
change in internal energy, d)Work nonflow, e) change in entropy.
10. A carnot engine operating between 1260 R and 640 R produces 52 Btu of work. Ciculating air measures
4.45 lbm of mass. Determine a) QA, b) efficiency of the cycle, c) QR, d) Pme, if the volume displaced was a total
volume of the system. Density of air is equivalent to 0.0765 lbm/ft3.
11. Given a Carnot cycle the working substance is 3.5 kg of air. The volume at the beginning of isothermal
expansion is 0.275 m3 and the pressure is at 2000 kPa. The ratio of expansion during the addition of heat is 2
and the temperature of the cold body is 35°C. Find a) QA, b) Wnet, c) isothermal compression ratio, d) P4 e) Pme,
g) efficiency of the cycle