FIRST LAW IN CLOSED SYSTEMS PROBLEMS 1.

A 400-L tank, a (see figure), contains argon gas at 250 kPa and 30 C. Cylinder B, having a frictionless piston of such mass that a pressure of 150 KPa will float it, is initially empty. The valve is opened, and argon flows into B and eventually reaches a uniform state of 150 KPa and 30 C throughout. What is the work done by the argon?

Po A g Argon B

2. A piston/cylinder assembly contains 1Kg of liquid water at 20 C and 300 kPa, as show in figure. There is linear spring mounted on the piston such that when the water is heated, the pressure reaches 3 MPa with a volume of 0.1 m3. a. find the final temperature. b. plot the process in a P-v diagram. c. find the work in the process d. find the heat transfer for process

3. Ammonia (0.5 Kg) in a piston/cylinder at 200 KPa, -10 C is heated by process in which pressure varies linearly whit volume to a state of 120 C, 300 kPa. Find the work the ammonia gives out in the process. Also determine the heat transfer. 4. A piston/cylinder assembly contains 0.5 Kg of air at 500 kPa and 500 K. The air expands in a process such that P is linearly decreasing with volume to a final state of 100 kPa, 300 K. find the work in the process. 5. A nitrogen gas goes through a polytropic process with n=1.3 in a piston/cylinder. It starts out at 600 K, 600 KPa and ends at 800 K. Is the work positive, negative, or zero? 6. The piston/cylinder arrangement shown in figure contains carbon dioxide at 300 kPa and 100 C with a volume of 0.2 m3. Weights are added to the piston such that the gas compresses according to the relation PV1.2= constant to a final temperature of 200 C. Determine the work done during the process.

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7. A balloon behaves so that the pressure is P= C2V1/3 and C2= 100 kPa/m. The balloon is blown up whit air from a starting volume of 1 m3 to a volume of 3 m3. Find the final mass of air, assuming it is at 25 C and the work done by the air. 8. A balloon behaves such that the pressure inside is proportional to the diameter squared. It contains 2 Kg of ammonia at 0 C, with 60% quality. The balloon and ammonia are now heated so that a final pressure of 600 kPa is reached. Considering the ammonia as a control mass, find the amount of work done during the process. 9. A tank has a volume of 1 m3 with oxygen at 15C, 300 kPa. Another tank contains 4 kg oxygen at 60C, 500 kPa. The two tanks are connected by a pipe and a valve that is opened, allowing the whole system to come to a single

equilibrium state with the ambient at 20C. Find the final pressure and the heat transfer. 10. A cylinder having a piston restrained by a linear spring (of spring constant 15 kN/m) contains 0.5 .kg of saturated vapor water at 120C, as shown in figure. Heat is transferred to the water, causing the piston to rise. If the piston's cross-sectional area is 0.05 m2 and the pressure varies linearly with volume until a final pressure of 500 kPa is reached, find the final temperature in the cylinder and the heat transfer for the process.

11. A rigid tank is divided into two rooms, both containing water, by a membrane, as shown in figure. Room A is at 200 kPa, v = 0.5 m3/kg, VA = 1m3, and room B contains 3.5 kg at 0.5 MPa, 400C. The membrane now ruptures and heat transfer takes place so that the water comes to a uniform state at 100C. Find the heat transfer during the process.