Seccion

2.01
1.- Suponiendo que el torque del eje de una turbina a
gas est girando a una velocidad de 300 rpm es 200
lb.ft, cual es la potencia en hp generado por el eje?
a) 0 hp
b) 700000 hp
c) 133 hp
d) 21.2 hp (11.45hp)
2.- Supongamos tener una maquina alternativa que usa
4 pistones y cilindros y provee 1 kJ de energa. El
mximo y mnimo volumen de cada cilindro son 0.6 L
(0.0006 m^3) y 0.175 L (0.000175 m^3)
respectivamente.
Cul es la presin promedio requerida en cada
cilindro?
a) 1667 kPa
b) 590 kPa
c) 2350 kPa
d) 417 kPa
Seccin
2.02
3.- Antes de obtener el trabajo especfico del sistema,
qu unidades esperamos tenga el trabajo especfico?
a) N/kg
b) W/N
c) J/N
d) J/kg
4.- El llenado de un baln puede ser descrito como un
proceso politrpico. La presin del aire en el baln
est a 100kPa; luego inflamos el baln con una presin
de 200kPa. El volumen del baln se expande por 5
durante el proceso. Cul es la potencia del proceso
politrpico de llenado del baln. Es decir cul es el
valor de n en la ecuacin PVn = constant?
a) 0.33
b) 1.4
c) -0.43
d) 0.43
Seccin
2.03
5.- Consideremos dos vehculos idnticos que
necesitan sacar un vehculo de una zanja cubierta de
hierba y otro vehculo de una zanja rocosa. El camino
del proceso del trabajo requerido para los dos
camiones es el mismo?
a) Si
b) No
c) No puede ser determinado.
d) Ninguno de los anteriores.

6.- Cul de los siguientes casos se esperara que

requiera mayor cantidad de calor?
a) Derretir un bloque de hielo.
b) Calentar un volumen de aire del mismo tamao del
bloque de hielo 20C.
Seccin
2.04
7.- Verdad o Falso. Un sistema a una alta temperatura
tiene una alta transferencia de calor?
8.- El calor que una persona siente cuando est cerca
al fuego es debido a:
a) Radiacin
b) Conduccin
c) Conveccin
d) Ninguno de los anteriores.
Seccin
2.05
9.- Verdad o Falso: Si la temperatura del agua es
menor que el punto crtico, el agua no puede existir en
la fase vapor.
10 Verdad o Falso: Se puede dar calor a un fluido a
una temperatura constante.
Seccin 2.06
11 Considere la ebullicin del agua en una olla que est
estrechamente cubierta con una tapa. Cul de los siguientes
argumentos NO son verdad cuando consideramos el agua
en la olla. Solo considerar el calentamiento desde el liquido
saturado a vapor saturado. Ignorar el aire en la olla.

a) El agua puede ser considerado como una masa

constante.
b) el proceso de ebullicin puede ser considerado una
presin constante y el proceso de temperatura
constante.
c) el proceso de ebullicin puede ser considerado como
un proceso de volumen constante.
d) Todas las declaraciones anteriores son ciertas.
12.True or False. Al calentar el agua siempre
aumentar la temperatura del agua.

Tarea 1
Which of the following is an example of a system where
the transfer of energy is important?
Cul de los siguientes es un ejemplo de un sistema
en el que es importante la transferencia de energa
The computer you are currently using
A convection oven
The air-conditioning unit in your home
All of the other choices are correct
The battery in your phone

The Jet Aircraft industry has the highest need for

La industria de los aviones de jet tiene la mayor
necesidad de
Wind Energy
High Energy Density Fuels
Solar Energy
Low Energy Density Fuels
Why is it important to find new sources of energy?
Well-established sources of energy, like gas
turbines, solar power, hydroelectric dams and wind
turbines, just aren't popular.
Energy demands will continue to increase with
population over the next twenty years.
It isn't; at the rate we are consuming today we will
be fine for the foreseeable future.
Traditional forms of energy like fossil fuels aren't as
economically viable as they used to be.
You need to fill a football with air to play with it. You
know that your pump expels air at 8.2 ft/s. The needle
of your pump has a radius of 4.5 millimeters. What is
the volume flow rate of the air being pumped into the
football?
159 cm^3 / s
276 cm^3/s

Which of the following is an extensive property?

Density
Volume
Concentration
Temperature
Your car thermometer tells you it is -10 degrees
Fahrenheit outside on a brisk day. What is the absolute
temperature in Kelvin?
250 K
-26 K
450 K
-15 K
Which of the following is not true of a closed system?
A system is a closed system is the rate of mass
into and out of the system is equal.
A closed system has potential energy.
In a closed system, heat and work can cross the
boundaries.
A closed system has kinetic energy.
If the temperature of a hot room with a open window is
modeled by T(t) = 72 - 0.25(t). Is this a steady state
condition?

51 cm^3/s

Yes

634 cm^3/s

No

Why does the table heat when you set your mug of
fresh hot coffee on it?
Por qu el calor mesa cuando usted fija su taza de
caf caliente fresco en l?
La electricidad esttica se acumula como la taza se
sienta en la mesa, lo que hace que el calor se acumule.
Static electricity builds as the mug sits on the table,
which causes heat to accumulate.
Energy is transferred from the table to the mug in
the form of coldness.
Frictional forces between the mug and table cause
heat to accumulate.
Energy is transferred from the hot mug to the table
in the form of heat.

It depends.
A ball, with a mass of 0.06 kg, falls off a table (assume
it was on the edge and started with no velocity). If the
table was 1 meter off the ground, what is the velocity of
the ball when it hits the ground?
4.4 m/s
1.4 m/s
1000 m/s
0.6 m/s
Consider a jar of molasses. The empty jar weighs 20
grams and is 6 cm tall with a 3 cm diameter. A jar with
molasses weights 90 g. What is the density of the
molasses? Assume the molasses fills the entire jar.
1.41 g/cm^3
2.12 g/cm^3
1.65 g/cm^3
1.21 g/cm^3

If the gauge pressure (o relativa) is reported as 6 atm,

what is the absolute pressure?
8 atm
7 atm
5 atm

The units of quality are

kg/kJ
unitless
K
kg

6 atm
The Critical Point is
Consider a vertical piston/cylinder system. The piston
has 50 g mass and a given radius of 3 cm. What
amount of pressure does the piston exert? (Use g =9.8
m/s^2)
183 Pa
174 Pa
177 Pa
169 Pa
Which of the following is an example of a open system?
An unopened jar of peanut butter
A water bottle with a top on.
A cup of coffee
An enclosed fish tank.
You are replicating a lab and want to check your
measurements (SI units) with a previous experiment's
measurements taken in English units. You found the
density of water to be 980 kg/m^3, the volume of the
water in a tank to be 53.1 cm^3 and the temperature of
water to be 20 C. If the numbers used in the previous
experiment (completed in English units) were 1.93
slugs/ft^3, 5616 in^3, 68 F, do you need to change any
part of the experiment?

The point where the solid, liquid, and gas phases

can occur. It is located at point A.
The point above which there is no distinction
between liquid and gas. It is located at point A.
The point where the solid, liquid, and gas phases
can occur. It is located at point B.
The point above which there is no distinction
between liquid and gas. It is located at point B.
Use the phase diagram of water to identify the state at
point 1.

The volume of water in your experiment needs to

be change. It is much smaller than that of the previous
experiment! (es mucho mas grande)
The temperature of water needs to change. It is
significantly higher than that of the previous experiment.
Nothing needs to change.
Everything needs to change. None of the numbers
match up.
Unidad 2
A process in which no heat transfer occurs across a
boundary is considered
isobaric
adiabatic
isentropic
isothermal

Liquid Phase
Vapor Phase
Solid Phase

5 Air is heated in a process with constant pressure of

150 kPa. Before the process begins, air has a specific
volume of 0.062 m^3/kg. The final specific volume is
0.107 m^3/kg. Find the specific work in the process.
5.1 kJ/kg
6.8 kJ/kg
-6.8 kJ/kg
-5.1 kJ/kg
If the specific volume of a substance is greater than the
specific volume of saturated vapor then the substance
is a
Two-phase
Compressed Liquid
Superheated Vapor
Air is expanded in a polytropic process. The initial
specific volume is 0.41 m^3 / kg. If the final specific
volume is 0.43 m^3/kg at a pressure of 150 kPa, what is
the initial pressure? (n = 1.5)
161.108 KPa
103.160 KPa
211.509 KPa
If the angular velocity of a shaft is 1750 rpm and the
power is 2.3 kW, what is the torque of the shaft?
12.55 Nm
6.28 Nm
1.31 Nm
Consider air in a piston than undergoes a polytropic
expansion process. How do the pressure and volume
change?
Both the pressure and the volume increase.
Both the pressure and the volume decrease.
The pressure decreases, and the volume
increases.
Both remain constant.
Where is quality defined on a phase diagram?
vapor dome
in the vapor phase
in the liquid phase
all of the choices

11 What is the quality of water if the mass of vapor is

0.01 kg and the mass of liquid is 0.06 kg?
0.17
0.86
0.83
0.14
12 Consider a heat engine that inputs 2 kJ of heat and
outputs 10 kJ of work. What would be the signs on the
total heat transfer and total work transfer?
Heat transfer and work are negative.
Heat Transfer and Work are positive.
Heat transfer is negative and work is positive.
Heat transfer is positive and work is negative.
13 In thermodynamics it is very important to state any
assumptions at the beginning of a problem. If you are
asked to find the work of a cycle of a piston and
cylinder, which of the following would you assume?
(choose the best answer)
All of the choices
It is a closed system.
Changes in kinetic energy and potential energy are
negligible.
Work only occurs across the boundary.
14 Which of the following is true?
You cannot boil water at a constant pressure.
Heat transfer is a energy transfer process
A system has heat transfer if the system is at a
high temperature.
The units of heat transfer is Kelvin.
15 Which of the following statements is true? A closed
system
Is also called a control volume
Is also called a control mass
Is a system in which mass can cross the system
boundary
The amount of matter within the control volume
can change

--tarea 2.2

Question 4

Question 1

Use the phase diagram of water to identify the state at

point 1.

An adiabatic process is
A process in which heat transfer occurs across the
boundary.
A process in which no heat transfer occurs across
a boundary.
A process where matter is transferred across a
boundary.
A process where matter is not transferred across a
boundary.
Question 2
The units of quality are
unitless

Vapor Phase
Liquid Phase
Solid Phase

kg

Question 5

kg/kJ

Air is heated in a process with constant pressure of 150

kPa. Before the process begins, air has a specific
volume of 0.062 m^3/kg. The final specific volume is
0.107 m^3/kg. Find the specific work in the process.

K
Question 3
The Critical Point is

5.1 kJ/kg
-5.1 kJ/kg
-6.8 kJ/kg
6.8 kJ/kg
Question 6
If the specific volume of a substance is smaller than the
specific volume of saturated liquid then the substance is
a
Two-phase

The point above which there is no distinction

between liquid and gas. It is located at point A.
The point above which there is no distinction
between liquid and gas. It is located at point B.
The point where the solid, liquid, and gas phases
can occur. It is located at point A.
The point where the solid, liquid, and gas phases
can occur. It is located at point B.

Compressed Liquid
Superheated Vapor
Question 7
Air is expanded in a polytropic process. The initial
specific volume is 0.25 m^3 / kg at a pressure of 127
kPa. If the final pressure is 111 kPa, what is the final
specific volume? (n = 1.3)
0.188 m^3/kg
0.225 m^3/kg
0.277 m^3/kg
0.286 m^3/kg

Question 8

Question 12

What is the angular velocity of a shaft if the power is 2.5

kW and the torque is 7 Nm?

Consider a heat engine that inputs 2 kJ of heat and

outputs 10 kJ of work. What would be the signs on the
total heat transfer and total work transfer?

3410 rad/sec
170 rad/sec
360 rpm
3410 rpm

Heat Transfer and Work are positive.

Heat transfer is negative and work is positive.
Heat transfer and work are negative.
Heat transfer is positive and work is negative.

Question 9
Question 13
Consider air in a piston than undergoes a polytropic
expansion process. How do the pressure and volume
change?
Both the pressure and the volume increase.
The pressure decreases, and the volume
increases.
Both remain constant.
Both the pressure and the volume decrease.
Question 10
Where is quality NOT defined on a phase diagram?
Choice A) vapor phase Choice B) vapor dome Choice
C) liquid phase
A and B
A and C
B and C
Question 11
What is the quality of water if the mass of vapor is 0.01
kg and the mass of liquid is 0.06 kg?

In thermodynamics it is very important to state any

assumptions at the beginning of a problem. If you are
asked to find the work of a cycle of a piston and
cylinder, which of the following would you assume?
(choose the best answer)
All of the choices
It is a closed system.
Changes in kinetic energy and potential energy are
negligible.
Work only occurs across the boundary.
Question 14
Which of the following is true?
A system has heat transfer if the system is at a
high temperature.
The units of heat transfer is Kelvin.
You cannot boil water at a constant pressure.
Heat transfer is a energy transfer process
Question 15

0.83
0.17
0.14
0.86

Which of the following statements is true? A closed

system
Is also called a control mass
Is also called a control volume
The amount of matter within the control volume
can change
Is a system in which mass can cross the system
boundary

Unit 3 In
Section 3.01
1.- If a superheated vapor expands in a process during
which its temperature remains constant, what will
happen to the pressure of the vapor?
a) Pressure will increase
b) Pressure will decrease
c) Pressure will remain the same
d) Not enough information is provided to solve the
problem
2.-What is the specific volume of ammonia if it has a
quality of 0.35? The specific volume of the saturated
liquid is 0.00190 and the specific volume of the
saturated vapor is 0.0379.
VT=(1-X)VL+XVG
a) 0.00190
b) 0.03787
c) 0.0259
d) 0.0145
3.True or false: h = u+ pv is not valid for subcooled
liquids.
4.- What are the units for the specific heats?
a) [kJ/(kg*K)]
b) [kJ/(kg*C)]
c) [kJ/K]
d) [kJ/C]
Section 3.03
5.- True or false: the change in enthalpy for a solid
substance is equal to the change in internal energy.
6.- For an incompressible liquid or solid,
specific volume is constant
density is changing
internal energy is a function of temperature
None of the above.
Section 3.04
7.- True or false: isothermal heating of an ideal gas is
an example of a polytropic process.
8.- The compressibility factor tells us
a) the pressure of the gas.
b) the internal energy of the gas.
c) whether or not the gas model is valid.
d) the volume of the gas.

Section 3.05
9.- We assume the velocity of the fluid entering or
leaving the system is uniform; that is the velocity
does not vary as a function of time or location at the
inlet or outlet. Where (radially) are these assumptions
most valid for cool fluid flowing through a heated pipe
(like oil used to cool a car engine block)?
a) Fluid very close to the wall
b) Fluid at the center of the pipe
c) The assumptions are equally valid at both
locations
d)These assumptions won't be valid anywhere
10.- If water is flowing through a tube with a
diameter of 0.5 m at the inlet and a diameter of
1.0 m at the outlet, what is the velocity at the outlet
given the velocity at the inlet is 1 m/s.
a) Cannot solve without the density
b) 0.5 m/s
c) 0.25 m/s
d) 4 m/s
Section 3.06
11.- Increasing the inlet diameter of a turbine by a
factor of 2, assuming all other operating values
remain constant, will
a)Decrease the mass flow rate through the turbine by
a factor of 2.
b)Decrease the mass flow rate through the turbine by
a factor of 4.
c)Increase the mass flow rate through the turbine
by a factor of 2.
d)Increase the mass flow rate through the turbine
by a factor of 4.
12.- Consider water at a pressure of 7500 kPa and a
quality of 60%. What is the specific volume?
a) 0.00137
b) 0.01575
c) 0.02156
d) 0.02533
13.- The steam leaves the turbine at a saturated vapor.
Therefore the quality, x_2 should be 1. Verdad
1.-True or False. A system cannot have both flow work
and shaft work. ( 'True' or 'False' into the box)

2.- Which are the following should be included in the

energy equation?
Heat Transfer
Work
Enthalpy/internal, kinetic, and potential terms
mass rate
3.- True or False. Temperature and Pressure in the
dome are not independent. ( 'True' or 'False')

Question 4
What assumptions must we make to use the continuity
equation (mass flow rate = density*velocity*area) ?
Constant area, and constant velocity
1-D flow, and uniform intensive properties across
inlet and exit.
Constant area and intensive properties across inlet
and exit.

4.- How would heat transfer out of a pump affect the

work required by a pump?
Trabajo entra (+) Calor sale (-)

Question 5

Seccion3

Consider saturated water at 10 bar gauge pressure.

What is the temperature of water?

Question 1
Saturated water vapor expands in a constant-pressure
piston/cylinder system. What must happen to the
temperature of the water vapor for this to hold true?
Temperature will decrease.
Temperature will increase
Not enough information to determine the effect on
temperature.
Temperature will remain the same.
Question 2
You have saturated water at a pressure of 5 bar gauge.
What is the temperature?
Not enough information is given.
159 degrees Celsius.
150 degrees Celsius
163 degrees Celsius.
Question 3

Constant velocity, and 1D flow.

188C
100C
184C
180C
Not enough information
Question 6
What is the change in temperature for liquid water that
is being heated with a change in specific internal
energy of 313 kJ/kg (assume the incompressible
substance model is valid here, and that the specific
heat of water is 4.18 kJ/(kg*K) )? (dividir)
120 degrees Celsius
95 degrees Celsius
85 degrees Celsius
75 degrees Celsius
Question 7
What is temperature of 6 moles of air at 125 kPa, and
with a volume of 0.15 m^3?

When is the change in enthalpy (h_2 - h_1)

approximately the same as the change in internal
energy (u_2 - u_1) for an incompressible fluid?

0.60 C

When the change in pressure is small.

103 C

When the change in temperature is small.

376 C

When the change in specific heat is small.

When the change in volume is small.

208 C

Question 8
Consider an ideal gas initially at a pressure of 30 bar.
The pressure is then increased to 35 bar and the
temperature is noted to be 275C. What was the initial
temperature of the ideal gas? (Assume n=1.3)
293 C
256 C
565 C
335 C

Question 12
What is the final temperature of water if the water was
90C and the change of specific internal energy in the
process is -15 kJ/kg? ( take c_v to be 1.71kJ/(kgK))?
(Assume there to be no work)
72C
81C
106C
99C

Question 9
Question 13
You're examining a large pipe that has a circular crosssection with a radius of 1.5 meters. The pipe is uniform,
and doesn't allow the water that flows through it to pool
or collect anywhere (that is, the water flows uniformly
and edge effects of the flow can be ignored). If the
water has a density of 1000 kg/m^3 and flows at a
constant rate of 5 m/s, what is the mass flow rate of the
water inside the pipe?
35 kg/s
35,300 kg/s
42,100 kg/s
7500 kg/s
Question 10
A hydro turbine that is capable of running with both
liquid water and steam (water vapor) takes in water at a
inlet diameter of 3 meters, a inlet speed is 30 m/s, and
a density of 1000 kg/m^3. The outlet diameter is 5
meters, and a density of 930 kg/m^3. What is the
velocity at the outlet?
23 m/s
9 m/s
19 m/s
12 m/s
Question 11
Consider air at two states. At the first state there is a
pressure of 200 kPa and a temperature of 80C. At the
second state there is a pressure of 1.7 bar. Given that n
= 1.3, what is the temperature at state 2?
77.1 C
93.5 C
340.0 C
67.0 C

Which of the following is a correct form of the ideal gas

equation? (R_u is the universal specific gas constant, R
is the specific gas constant)
Pv=mRT
P*density=RT
PV = mRT
PV=mR_uT
Question 14
Consider a car with a volume of 30 m^3, a pressure of
101 kPa and 1200 moles of air, what is the temperature
of the car?
80 degrees Celsius
30 degrees Celsius
300 degrees Celsius
5 degrees Celsius
Question 15
Consider water moving through a pipe. The diameter of
the inlet is 8 cm and the diameter at the outlet is 7 cm.
What is the velocity at the inlet if the velocity at the
outlet is 15 m/s (assume the pressure and temperature
remain the same)?
19.6 m/s
15.3 m/s
8.1 m/s
11.5 m/s