Thermodynamics

Chapter 3
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A 1.8-m3 rigid tank contains steam at 220℃. One-third of the volume is
in the liquid phase and the rest is in the vapor form. Determine (a) the
pressure of the steam, (b) the quality of the saturated mixture, and (c) the
density of the mixture.

3-30
A 9-m3 container is filled with 300 kg of R-134a at 10℃. What is the specific enthalpy of the R-134a in the container?
3-34

One kilogram-mass of water fills a 0.1546 m weighted piston-cylinder

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device at a temperature of 350 ℃ . The pistoncylinder device is now

cooled until its temperature is100℃. Determine the final pressure of
water, in MPa, and the volume, In m .
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3-38
10-kg of R-134a at 300 kPa fills a rigid container whose volume is 14 L.
Determine the temperature and total enthalpy in the container. The
container is now heated until the pressure is 600 kPa. Determine the
temperature and total enthalpy when the heating is completed.
3-40
Water initially at 200 kPa and 3008C is contained in a piston-cylinder
device fitted with stops. The water is allowed to cool at constant pressure
until it exists as a saturated vapor and the piston rests on the stops. Then
the water continues to cool until the pressure is 100 kPa. On the T-
vdiagrams sketch, with respect to the saturation lines, the process curves
passing through both the initial, intermediate,and final states of the water.
Label the T, P and v values for end states on the process curves. Find the
overall change in internal energy between the initial and final states per
unit mass of water.
3-43
A cooking pan whose inner diameter is 20 cm is filled with water and
covered with a 4-kg lid. If the local atmospheric pressure is 101 kPa,
determine the temperature at which the water starts boiling when it is
heated.

3-47
A rigid tank with a volume of 1.8 m3 contains 15 kg of saturated liquid–
vapor mixture of water at 90℃. Now the water is slowly heated.
Determine the temperature at which the liquid in the tank is completely
vaporized. Also, show the process on a T-v diagram with respect to
saturation lines.

3-48
A piston–cylinder device contains 0.005 m3 of liquid water and 0.9 m3 of
water vapor in equilibrium at 600 kPa. Heat is transferred at constant
pressure until the temperature reaches 200℃
(a) What is the initial temperature of the water? (b) Determine the total
mass of the water.(c) Calculate the final volume.(d) Show the process on a
P-v diagram with respect to saturation lines.
3-51
Superheated water vapor at 1.4 MPa and 250℃ is allowed to cool at
constant volume until the temperature drops to 120℃. At the final state,
determine (a) the pressure, (b) the quality, and (c) the enthalpy. Also,
show the process on a T-v diagram with respect to saturation lines.

3-55
A piston-cylinder device initially contains 1.4-kg saturated liquid water at
2008C. Now heat is transferred to the water until the volume quadruples
and the cylinder contains saturated vapor only. Determine (a) the volume
of the tank, (b) the final temperature and pressure, and (c) the internal
energy change of the water

3-56
100 grams of R-134a initially fill a weighted pistoncylinder device at 60
kPa and -20℃. The device is then heated until the temperature is 100℃.
Determine the change in the device’s volume as a result of the heating.
3-59
A piston-cylinder device initially contains 50 L of liquid water at 40℃
and 200 kPa. Heat is transferred to the water at constant pressure until the
entire liquid is vaporized.
(a) What is the mass of the water?
(b) What is the final temperature?
(c) Determine the total enthalpy change.
(d) Show the process on a T-v diagram with respect to saturation lines.
3-64
A 0.09-m3 container is filled with 0.9kg of oxygen at a pressure of
600kPa. What is the temperature of the oxygen?

3-71
A rigid tank whose volume is unknown is divided into two parts by a
partition. One side of the tank contains an ideal gas at 927℃. The other
side is evacuated and has a volume twice the size of the part containing
the gas. The partition is now removed and the gas expands to fill the entire
tank. Heat is now applied to the gas until the pressure equals the initial
pressure. Determine the final temperature of the gas.

3-78
Determine the specific volume of superheated water vapor at 3.5 MPa and
450℃ based on (a) the ideal-gas equation, (b) the generalized
compressibility chart, and (c) the steam tables. Determine the error
involved in the first two cases.
3-82
What is the percentage of error involved in treating carbon dioxide at 7
MPa and 380 K as an ideal gas?
3-107
One kilogram of water fills a 0.2825 m weighted piston-cylinder device at
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a temperature of 350℃. The piston-cylinder device is now cooled until its

temperature is 50℃. Determine the final pressure and volume of the
water.

3-111
A 4-L rigid tank contains 2 kg of saturated liquid– vapor mixture of water
at 50℃. The water is now slowly heated until it exists in a single phase.
At the final state, will the water be in the liquid phase or the vapor phase?
What would your answer be if the volume of the tank were 400 L instead
of 4 L?
3-113
A piston-cylinder device initially contains 0.2 kg of steam at 200 kPa and
300℃. Now, the steam is cooled at constant pressure until it is at 150℃.
Determine the volume change of the cylinder during this process using the
compressibility factor and compare the result to the actual value.
3-115
A tank whose volume is unknown is divided into two parts by a partition.
One side of the tank contains 0.03 m3 of refrigerant-134a that is a
saturated liquid at 0.9 MPa, while the other side is evacuated. The
partition is now removed, and the refrigerant fills the entire tank. If the
final state of the refrigerant is 20℃ and 280 kPa, determine the volume of
the tank.