Tutorial – 2

Question 1: A tank having a volume of 0.85 m3 initially contains water as a two-phase

liquid–vapour mixture at 260oC and a quality of 0.7. Saturated water vapour at 260oC is
slowly withdrawn through a pressure-regulating valve at the top of the tank as energy is
transferred by heat to maintain the pressure constant in the tank. This continues until the tank
is filled with saturated vapour at 260oC. Determine the amount of heat transfer, in kJ. Neglect
all kinetic and potential energy effects.

Question 2: Show that in an adiabatic throttling process enthalpy is held constant.

Question 3: One mole of a gas at a temperature of 25oC and a pressure of 1 bar (the initial
state) is to be heated and compressed in a frictionless piston and cylinder to 300oC and 10 bar
(the final state). Compute the heat, work required, the change in the internal energy and the
entropy change along each of the following paths.
Path A. Isothermal (constant temperature) compression to 10 bars, and then isobaric (constant
pressure) heating to 300°C.
Path B. Isobaric heating to 300oC followed by isothermal compression to 10 bars.
Path C. A compression in which PVγ = constant, where γ = Cp/Cv, followed by an isobaric
cooling or heating, if necessary, to 300°C.
For simplicity, the gas is assumed to be ideal with Cp = 35 J/(mol K). Comment on the
observations obtained from the problem.

Question 4: Calculate the adiabatic flame temperature of CH4 burned in 50% excess air
inside an adiabatic burner. Assume that CH4 and air enters the burner at 298.15 K and
complete combustion takes place.
CH4 + 2O2  CO2+2H2O ( H of = -803.029 kJ )
Compound a b*103 c d e*10-5
O2 30.255 4.207 0 0 -1.887
CO2 45.369 8.688 0 0 -9.619
H2O 28.850 12.055 0 0 1.006
N2 27.270 4.930 0 0 0.333

Question 5: A tank containing 45 kg of liquid water initially at 45oC has one inlet and one
exit with equal mass flow rates. Liquid water enters at 45oC and a mass flow rate of 270 kg/h.
A cooling coil immersed in the water removes energy at a rate of 7.6 kW. The water is well
mixed by a paddle wheel so that the water temperature is uniform throughout. The power
input to the water from the paddle wheel is 0.6 kW. The pressures at the inlet and exit are
equal and all kinetic and potential energy effects can be ignored. Plot the variation of water
temperature with time.