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Problem Set 1

1) Air enters a one-inlet, one-exit control volume at 8 bar, 600 K, and 40 m/s through a
flow area of 20 cm2. At the exit, the pressure is 2 bar, the temperature is 400 K, and the
velocity is 350 m/s. The air behaves as an ideal gas. For steady-state operation,
determine
(a) the mass flow rate, in kg/s.
(b) the exit flow area, in cm2.

2) Air at 600 kPa, 330 K enters a well-insulated, horizontal pipe having a diameter of 1.2
cm and exits at 120 kPa, 300 K. Applying the ideal gas model for air, determine at steady
state
a) The inlet and exit velocities
b) The mass flow rate

3) At steady state, air at 200 kPa, 52 oC and a mass flow rate of 0.5 kg/s enters an
insulated duct having differing inlet and exit cross-sectional areas. At the duct exit, the
pressure of the air is 100 kPa, the velocity is 255 m/s, and the cross-sectional area is 2 x
10-3 m2. Assuming the ideal gas model, determine:
a) The temperature of the air at the exit
b) The velocity of the air at the inlet
c) The inlet cross-sectional area

4) Refrigerant 134a flows at steady state through a long horizontal pipe having an inside
diameter of 4 cm, entering as saturated vapor at -8 oC with a mass flow rate of 17
kg/min. Refrigerant vapor exits at a pressure of 2 bar. If the heat transfer rate to the
refrigerant is 3.41 kW, determine the exit temperature and the velocities at the inlet
and exit.

5) Steam enters a heat exchanger operating at steady state at 0.07 MPa with a specific enthalpy
of 2431.6 kJ/kg and exits at the same pressure as saturated liquid. The steam mass flow rate is
1.5 kg/min. A separate stream of air with a mass flow rate of 100 kg/min enters at 30 oC and
exits at 60 oC. The ideal gas model with cp = 1.005 kJ/kg.K can be assumed for air. Kinetic and
potential energy effects are negligable. Determine:
(a) The quality of the entering steam
(b) The rate of heat transfer between the heat exchanger and its surroundings

6) A well-insulated turbine operating at steady state develops 23 MW of power for a


steam flow rate of 40 kg/s. The steam enters at 360C with a velocity of 35 m /s and
exits as saturated vapor at 0.06 bar with a velocity of 120 m /s. Neglecting potential
energy effects, determine the inlet pressure, in bar.

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7) Air enters a water-jacketed air compressor operating at steady state with a
volumetric flow rate of 37 m3/min at 136 kPa, 305 K and exits with a pressure of 680 kPa
and a temperature of 400 K. The power input to the compressor is 155 kW. Energy
transfer by heat from the compressed air to the cooling water circulating in the water
jacket results in an increase in the temperature of the cooling water from inlet to exit
with no change in pressure. Heat transfer from the outside of the jacket as well as all
kinetic and potential energy effects can be neglected. Determine the temperature
increase of the cooling water, if the cooling water mass flow rate is 82 kg/min.

8) A well-insulated turbine operating at steady state is sketched in Figure below. Steam


enters at 3 MPa, 400C, with a volumetric flow rate of 85 m3/min. Some steam is
extracted from the turbine at a pressure of 0.5 MPa and a temperature of 180C. The
rest expands to a pressure of 6 kPa and
a quality of 90%. The total power
developed by the turbine is 11,400 kW.
Kinetic and potential energy effects can
be neglected. Determine
(a) the mass flow rate of the steam at
each of the two exits
(b) the diameter of the duct through
which steam is extracted, if the velocity
there is 20 m/s.

9) Air as an ideal gas flows through the turbine and heat exchanger arrangement shown
in figure below. Data for the two flow streams are shown on the figure. Heat transfer to
the surroundings can be neglected, as can all kinetic and potential energy effects.
Determine T3, in K, and the power output of the second turbine, in kW, at steady state.

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Table 1:

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Table 2a:

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Table 2b:

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Table 2c:

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