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This document contains 6 thermodynamics problems assigned as homework for a class. The problems involve calculating things like entropy changes, heat added or work done during various thermodynamic processes involving substances like steam, air and the working fluids in heat engines. The processes include isothermal, adiabatic, constant pressure and reversible expansions and compressions.

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Addis Ababa University

This document contains 6 thermodynamics problems assigned as homework for a class. The problems involve calculating things like entropy changes, heat added or work done during various thermodynamic processes involving substances like steam, air and the working fluids in heat engines. The processes include isothermal, adiabatic, constant pressure and reversible expansions and compressions.

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Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa Institute of Technology


Department of Mechanical Engineering
Thermodynamics I (MEng 2102) Assignment

1. During the isothermal heat addition process of a Carnot cycle, 900 kJ of heat is added to the
working fluid from a source at 400°C. Determine (a) the entropy change of the working fluid
(Ans: 1.337 kJ/K), (b) the entropy change of the source (Ans: -1.337 kJ/K), and (c) the total
entropy change for the process (Ans: 0).
2. A piston–cylinder device contains 5 kg of steam at 100°C with a quality of 50 percent. This
steam undergoes two processes as follows: 1-2 Heat is transferred to the steam in a reversible
manner while the temperature is held constant until the steam exists as a saturated vapor. 2-3
The steam expands in an adiabatic, reversible process until the pressure is 15 kPa. (a) Sketch
these processes with respect to the saturation lines on a single T-s diagram. (b) Determine the
heat added to the steam in process 1-2, in kJ (Ans: 5641kJ). (c) Determine the work done by
the steam in process 2-3, in kJ (Ans: 1291 kJ).
3. Steam at 6000 kPa and 500°C enters a steady-flow turbine. The steam expands in the turbine
while doing work until the pressure is 1000 kPa. When the pressure is 1000 kPa, 10 percent
of the steam is removed from the turbine for other uses. The remaining 90 percent of the
steam continues to expand through the turbine while doing work and leaves the turbine at 10
kPa. The entire expansion process by the steam through the turbine is reversible and
adiabatic. (a) Sketch the process on a T-s diagram with respect to the saturation lines. Be sure
to label the data states and the lines of constant pressure. (b) If the turbine has an isentropic
efficiency of 85 percent, what is the work done by the steam as it flows through the turbine
per unit mass of steam flowing into the turbine, in kJ/kg (Ans: 993.9kJ/kg)?
4. An insulated piston–cylinder device initially contains 300 L of air at 120 kPa and 17°C. Air
is now heated for 15 min by a 200-W resistance heater placed inside the cylinder. The
pressure of air is maintained constant during this process. Determine the entropy change of
air, assuming constant specific heats (Ans: 0.387 kJ/K)
5. Steam enters an adiabatic turbine at 7 MPa, 600°C, and 80 m/s and leaves at 50 kPa, 150°C,
and 140 m/s. If the power output of the turbine is 6 MW, determine (a) the mass flow rate of
the steam flowing through the turbine (Ans: 6.95 kg/s) and (b) the isentropic efficiency of the
turbine (Ans: 73.4%).
6. Air is compressed by an adiabatic compressor from 95 kPa and 27°C to 600 kPa and 277°C.
Assuming variable specific heats and neglecting the changes in kinetic and potential
energies, determine (a) the isentropic efficiency of the compressor (Ans: 81.9%) and (b) the
exit temperature of air if the process were reversible (Ans: 505.5K).

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