SAMPLE PROBLEMS: Rate of Entropy Generation and Lost Work

Taken From: Van Ness, H.C., et al, INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS, 7th Edition, 2005, by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 1. A list of common unit operations are as follows: (a) Single pipe heat exchanger (b) double pipe heat exchanger (c) pump (d) gas compressor (e) gas turbine or expander (f) throttle valve (g) nozzle.

Develop a simplified form of the general steady-state entropy balance appropriate to each operation. State carefully and justify any assumptions you make. SOLUTION:

2. A single gas stream enters a process at conditions T1, P1 and leaves at pressure P2. The process is adiabatic. Prove that the outlet temperature T2 for the actual (irreversible) adiabatic process is greater than that for a reversible adiabatic process. Assume that the gas is ideal with constant heat capacity. SOLUTION: