A stream of 0.5 kg/s R 134a at 20C and enters a
mixing chamber through a throttle and is then mixed with a 2 kg/s
stream at 100C and 500 kPa. The R 134a exits the mixing chamber
at 50C and 500 kPa. Construct all phases that are not given in a
diagram. Label the lines with their values. Find the heat going into the
mixing chamber.
If high pressure steam is needed for some purpose in a power
generation plant, it is often bled off from the high pressure side
of the turbine. This is called cogeneration. Assume a well
insulated turbine takes in 50 kg/s of steam at 10 MPa and 600C,
and that 10 kg/s at 400 kPa and 200C is bled off, while the
remaining steam exits at 100 kPa and a quality of 0.8. Construct
the phase of the bled-off steam in the diagram and so verify
that it is indeed still steam. Find the power the turbine generates,
and compare it to the power it would generate if no steam was bled
off.
A stream of 2 kg/s of neon at 200C and 100 kPa mixes with a
stream of 3 kg/s of neon at 100C and 100 kPa. The neon exits at
100 kPa and 50 kW of heat leaks out to the surroundings. Find the
exit temperature.
Water enters a turbine with a velocity of 150 m/s at 200 kPa and
300C at a rate of 5 kg/s. It exits the turbine at a pressure of
100 kPa and low velocity. The turbine produces 4 MW of power and
loses 400 kW of heat to its surroundings. Construct and name the
phase at the entrance in a diagram, narrow down the exit
conditions, construct and name the phase at the exit using a
diagram and find the exit temperature and quality if defined. Ignore
the height difference between the entrance and exit.