DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (ISM) DHANBAD

Subject: Mechanical Engineering-II (MCR 14101)

Session: 2019-2020
Class: B. Tech. IVth Sem (ME)

Tutorial Sheet: Module 3 (First Law of Thermodynamics)

(1) A system under goes a cycle consisting of the three processes listed in the table. Compute
the missing values.

Process Q W E
1 2 a 100 100
23 b -50 c
3 1 100 d -200

Ans:

Process Q W E
1 2 200 100 100
23 50 -50 100
3 1 100 300 -200
(2) The pressure of 200 kg/s of water is to be increased by 4 MPa. The water enters through a
20-cm diameter pipe and exit through a 12-cm diameter pipe. Calculate the minimum power
required to operate the pump.

Ans: Power input=827.216 kW

(3) Air flows steadily at the rate of 0.4 kg/s through an air compressor, entering at 6 m/s with a
pressure of 1 bar and a specific volume of 0.85 m3/kg, and leaving at 4.5 m/s with pressure
of 6.9 bar and specific volume of 0.16 m3/kg. The internal energy of the air leaving is
88kJ/kg greater than that of the air entering. Cooling water in a jacket surrounding the
cylinder absorbs heat at the rate of 59 W. Calculate the power required to drive the
compressor and the inlet outlet cross sectional area.
Ans: Power =45.41 kW; Ain=0.0567 m2; Aout = 0.0567 m2
(4) A fluid contained in a cylinder receives 150 kJ of mechanical energy by means of a paddle
wheel, together with 50 kJ in the form of heat . At the same time, a piston in the cylinder
moves in such a way that pressure remains constant at 200 kN/m2 during the fluid
expansion from 2m3 to 5m3. What is the change in internal energy, and in enthalpy?
Ans: ΔU= -400kJ; ΔH=200 kJ

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(5) An horizontal insulated cylinder is divided by an
adiabatic frictionless piston into two equal
compartments, (as shown in the figure) each
containing 1.5 kg of air at 300 K and 1 bar.
Compartment A is slowly heated by an electrical
heater until a pressure of 1.38 bar is reached in
compartment A.
a) Find the final temperature in both the
compartment.
b) Find the heat interaction with the heater.
Ans: T2B=328.9K; T2A=499.1K; Heat
interaction=245.53 kJ
(6) An insulated cylinder is divided into two parts of
1m3 each by an initially locked piston, as shown in
the figure. Side A has air at 200 kPa, 300K and side
B has air at 1.0 MPa, 1000K.The piston is now
unlocked so that it is free to move, and it conducts
heat so that air comes to a uniform temperature
TA=TB. Find the mass in both A and B and the final T
and P. Assume air to be an ideal gas with constant
specific heats. Cv=0.718 kJ/kg K; Cp= 1.005 kJ/kg K.

Ans: mA=2.3228kg; mB=3.4843kg; T2=720 K,

PA=PB=600kPa
(7) A 0.08 m3 container as shown in the figure is
divided into two parts. The first part, whose
volume is 0.03 m3, contains oxygen at 300 kPa and
27 0C., The second part whose volume is 0.05 m3,
is evacuated. The partition is ruptured and gas
expands to occupy the whole container. Treat
oxygen as an ideal gas with M=32 and   1.4 .
Find the final state of the system, and the work
and heat interaction, if the container is
a) In good contact with reservoir at 270C
b) Well insulated
Ans:(a)P2=112.5; Q12=0; W12=0
(b) P2=112.5; Q12=0; W12=0

(8) A cooler in an air conditioner brings 0.5 kg/s of air at 350C to 50C, both at 101 kPa. It then
mixes the output with a flow of 0.25 kg/s air at 200C and 101 kPa, sending the combined
flow into a duct. Find the total heat transfer in the cooler and temperature in the duct flow.
Ans: Q = -15.075 kW; T4 = 100C

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(9) Air enters a nozzle like that shown in the figure at a temperature of 1950C and velocity 100
m/s. If the air exit to the atmosphere where the pressure is 85 kPa find (a) the exit
temperature (b) exit velocity and (c) exit diameter. Assume an adiabatic quasi-equilibrium
process . The inlet diameter at section 1 is d1=200mm.

Ans: Texit = 282.08 K; Vexit=619.43 m/s; dexit=151.3mm

(10) If 0.03 kg of air under goes the cycle (as
shown in the figure) in a piston-cylinder
arrangement, calculate the net work output.
Assume air to be an ideal gas with   1.4
Ans:4 kJ

(11) The constant pressure specific heat of a gas varies with temperature according to the
equation given below.
T  400
C p  2.07  (kJ / kg.o C )
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a) What is the enthalpy change between 300 0C and 700 0C for 3 kg of the gas?
b) What is the average Cp between 300 0C and 700 0C
Ans: H  2565.081kJ , Cp,av=2.14 kJ/kg 0C