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1. An adiabatic gas compressor compresses air steadily from 100 !a, "#0 $ to ",000 !a
at a mass flow rate of % g&sec.
Assume that air is an ideal gas with constant specific heats with the following properties
in this temperature range: R ' 0."() *&g $+ cp ' 1.0"% *&g $+ cv ' 0.),( *&g $.
",000 !a
-haft !ower in
.ompressor
100 !a, "#0 $
a) If this compression process was isentropic what would be the final temperature of
the high pressure air/
b) 0his compressor has an isentropic efficiency of (01, what is the final temperature of the
high pressure air/
c) 2hat is the power required to accomplish this rate of compression neglecting inetic and
gra3itational energy differences/
2. A refrigerator requires ,00 *&min of heat to be remo3ed from it to maintain its
temperature at 4(
o
.. 0he air surrounding the refrigerator is at "%
o
..
"%
o
.
5
,00*&min
4(
o
.
a) If the actual .oefficient of !erformance (.6!) as a refrigerator for this de3ice is ,.%,
what is the actual power input required/
b) 2hat is the minimal power input possible to operate this refrigerator/
,. -team e7pands in a turbine steadily at a rate of ).00 g&s, entering at 8.0 9!a and :%0
o
.,
and lea3ing at "0.0 !a as saturated 3apor. 0he power generated by the turbine is :.0 92.
Assuming inetic and potential energy changes are negligible and the properties of steam
from the tables are:
P1 ' 8.0 9!a+ T1 ' :%0
o
.: h1 ' ,,,0, *&g s1 ' 8.)"" *&g $
P" ' "0.0 !a+ sat. 3apor: h" ' ",80# *&g s" ' ).#0) *&g $
P
1
' 8 9!a
T ' :%0
o
.
1
-team
0urbine
: 92
P
"
' "0 !a
sat. 3apor
a) 2hat is the heat transfer from the turbine to the surrounding air in *&s/
b) 2hat is the entropy generation in *&$ s for this process if the air surrounding is a "%
o
./
:. A rectangular window :.0 m long and ,.0 m height permits 3iewing into a tropical fish
pond. 0he upper edge of the window is ".0 m below the surface of the pond which is
open to the atmosphere.
2hat is the net force acting on the window, and where is the net force acting/
0he density of the salt water in the pond is 1,0"% g&m
,
.
%. 0he piping system shown below consists of 1,"00 m of % cm cast4iron pipe, two :%
o
and
four #0
o
flanged long radius elbows, a fully open globe 3al3e, and a sharp e7it at the
reser3oir.
If the ele3ation at point (1) is :00 m, what gage pressure is required at point (1) to
deli3er 0.00% m
,
&s of water at "0
o
. into the reser3oir/
8. A ;et of water area A;, 3elocity V;, and density impinges on a bucet of a turbine wheel
which splits the ;et into two equal streams and turns them through 18% degrees
as shown in the figure below. 18%
o
V
;
F
A
;
2hat is the force, F, necessary on the bucet to eep the bucet stationary/
). A 1." m by ".0 m double pane window consists of two , mm glass layers (kg ' 0.)( 2&m $)
separated by a % mm wide stagnant air space (ka ' 0.0"8 2&m $). 0he con3ection heat
transfer coefficient between the glass facing inside the house and the air in the house is hin'
10.0 2&m
"
$ and between the glass facing the outside and the outside air is hout ' "%.0
2&m
"
$. <eglect radiation effects.
=lass =lass
, mm % mm , mm
h
in
k
g
k
a
k
g
h
out
Inside Air 6utside Air
-tagnant Air
>etermine the steady rate of heat transfer through this double4pane window on a day
during which the room is maintained at "0
o
. while the outdoor temperature is 4%
o
..
(. 2ater flows o3er a , mm diameter sphere at 8 m&s. 0he free4stream temperature is ,(
o
.,
and the sphere is maintained at #,
o
..
.alculate the heat transfer rate.
#. .alculate the rate of natural con3ection heat loss from a ,0 cm diameter sphere maintained
at #0
o
. and e7posed to atmospheric air at "0
o
..
10. 0wo parallel and aligned plates, each 1".0 cm by 1".0 cm, are separated by a distance of
8.0 cm. 0he upper plate is maintained at #00 $ and has an emissi3ity of 0.(0, while the
lower plate is maintained at 800 $ and has an emissi3ity of 0.#0.
.alculate the heat transfer rate between the plates.

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