SAMPLE PROBLEMS

IN
THERMODYNAMICS

Prepared by:
Engr. Kelvin M. Maranan, RME
1. A new temperature scale is to be used where
freezing and boiling temperature of water is at
100 degree N and 500 degree N respectively.
Calculate the absolute zero in degree N.
-992.6 degree N
2. Two gaseous streams enter a combining tube and leave as a
single mixture. These data apply at the entrance section:
for one gas, A1=75 in2, v=500 fps, ν=10 ft3/lb
for the other gas, A2=50 in2, m2=16.67 lb/s, ρ2=0.12 lb/ft3
at exit, v=350 fps, v3=7ft3/lb.
Find:
a. The speed v2(fps) at section 2, and
b. The flow and area at the exit section.
400 fps
42.71 lb/s
0.8542 ft2
3. Determine the specific weight of air at 760
mmHg absolute of 22 degree Celsius?
11.7404 N/m3
4. What is the mass in grams and the weight
in dynes and in gram-force of 12 oz of salt?
Local g is 9.65 m/s2.
340.2 gm
328,300 dynes
334.8 gf
5. At what temperature do the Fahrenheit and
Celsius scales have the same value?
-40⁰
6. During a steady flow process, the pressure of the
working substance drops from 200 to 20 psia, the speed
increases from 200 to 1000 fps, the internal energy of the
open system decreases by 25 BTU/lb, and the specific
volume increases from 1 to 8 ft3/lb. No heat is transferred.
Determine the work per lb., is it done on or by the
substance? Determine the work in hp for 10 lb per min.
13.24 BTU/lb
3.12 Hp
7. If the specific heat at P = C, for CO2 is
0.201 BTU/lb-r. What is the value of the
specific heat at V = C?
0.156 BTU/lb-R
8. Ammonia weighing 22 kgs is confirmed inside a
cylinder equipped with a piston has an initial pressure of
413 kPa at 38 deg C. If 3200 kJ of heat is added to the
ammonia until its final pressure and temperature are 413
kPa at 100 deg C, respectively, what is the amount of
work done by the fluid in kJ?
667
9. A 3153-lb car is accelerated from 32 fps to
55 fps in 10 seconds. Determine the work
done, in BTU.
125.92
10. Air at 1 MPaa and 310°C is expanded to
250 kPaa in accordance with the relation
pv1.25 = C. Determine the work done.
+ 162.11 kJ/kg
11. An engineer claims to have created a heat
engine that produces 15 kW of power for a 20 kW
input while operating between energy reservoirs at
37°C and 400°C. Is the engineer’s claim valid?
Not valid.
12. Steam enters a turbine with an enthalpy of 1292
BTU/lb and leaves with an enthalpy of 1098 BTU/lb.
The transferred heat is 13 BTU/lb. What is the work
in BTU/min and in hp for a flow of 2 lb/s?
512.3 Hp
13. For a certain ideal gas R=25.8 ft-lb/lb-0r and k=1.09,
what are the values of Cp and Cv?
What mass of this gas would occupy a volume of 15 ft3 at
75 psia and 800F?
If 30 BTU are transferred to this gas at constant volume
in, what are the resulting temperature and pressure?
cp=312.47 ft-lb/lb-0R;0.4016 BTU/lb-0R
cv=0.3685 BTU/lb-0R
m=11.63 lb
p2=76 psia
14. For a certain gas R=320 J/kg-k and cv=0.84 kj/kg-k.
Find cp and k. If 5 kg of this gas undergo a reversible non-
flow constant pressure process from V1=1.133 m3 and
P1=690 kPa to a state where t2=5550c, find ΔU and ΔH.
1.16 kJ/kg-K
k-1.381
ΔU=1425.5 kJ
ΔH=1968.5 kJ