DEBRE TABOR UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Engineering Thermodynamics (CBEg2102)
Target group: 2nd year chemical engineering students
Time allowed: 3:30hrs
Max. Mark: 50%
Semester: 2nd
Exam Date: 24/06/2015 E.C.
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General Instructions

1. Switch off your mobile.

2. Write your name, section, and ID before starting the exam.
3. You are not permitted to share calculators or any other materials during the examination.
4. Any attempt of cheating disqualifies your result.
5. Everything you write (including any notes and rough work) must be in the answer booklet.
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Part-I Part-II Total
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PART I: Short Answer
1. What are the different mechanisms for transferring energy to or from an open system?(3pts)
2. Is the energy required to heat water from 295 to 305 K the same as the energy required to
heat it from 345 to 355 K? Justify your reason. Assume the pressure remains constant in both
cases.(2pts)
3. An experimentalist claims to have raised the temperature of a small amount of water to
150°C by transferring heat from high-pressure steam at 120°C. Is this a reasonable claim?
Why? Assume no refrigerator or heat pump is used in the process.(2pts)
4. What is a thermal energy reservoir? List two examples.(2pts)
5. What is the difference between a refrigerator and a heat pump?(2pts)
6. A cold canned drink is left in a warmer room where its temperature rises as a result of heat
transfer. Is this a reversible process? Explain.(2pts)
7. Explain the first and the second (Kelvin Plank and Clausius statements) laws of
thermodynamics.(3pts)
8. Explain what is heat of reaction and standard heat of formation?(2pts)
9. Explain the following thermodynamic terms (4pts)
a. Heat c. Entropy
b. Work d. Perpetual-motion machine
Part II: Calculations
1. A gas of mass 1 kg undergoes a quasi-static expansion which follows a relationship
p=a+bV Where a and b are constants.
The initial and final pressures are 1000 kPa and 200 kPa respectively and the corresponding
volumes are 0.20 m3 and 1.20 m3. The specific internal energy of the gas is given by the
relation
u=1.5 pv−85 KJ / Kg
Where p is in kPa and v is in m3/kg. Find the direction and magnitude of work and the heat
transfer. (7pts)
2. A piston–cylinder device contains helium gas (ideal gas) initially at 150 kPa, 20°C, and 0.5
m3. The helium is now compressed in a polytropic process ( PV n=constant) to 400 kPa and
140°C. Determine
a) The boundary work done
 b) The internal energy of the system
c) The heat loss or gain during this process
(Take Cv (Assume constant) = 3.1156 kJ/kg·K R=2.0769 kJ/kgK)(7pts)
3. A thin-walled double-pipe counter-flow heat exchanger is used to cool oil ( C p=¿2.20 kJ/kg
·°C) from 100 to 20°C at a rate of 1 kg/s by water C p=¿4.18 kJ/kg · °C) that enters at 25°C
at a rate of 1.5 kg/s. Determine the rate of heat transfer in the heat exchanger and the exit
temperature of water.(6pts)
4. If the heat capacity of a substance is correctly represented by an equation of the form,
2
C p= A+ BT +C T
Show that the error resulting when ⟨C p⟩H is assumed equal to C p evaluated at the arithmetic
2
C(T 2−T 1)
mean of the initial and final temperatures is . (5pts)
12
5. Determine the standard heat formation of propane. If the standard heat of combustion of
propane (C3H8) at 25 °C is 2220000 J/mol when the products are CO 2 (g) and H2O (l). (Take
standard heat of formation ( ∆ H °f 298) of carbon dioxide and liquid water -393,509J and -
285,830J respectively) (5pts)