Two kg of hot saturated water vapor is in a cylinder closed by a
weighted piston that pressurizes it to 200 kPa. Since the
surroundings are at 20C, the hot water cools down until the
volume becomes half the original one.
Construct the final phase of the water in the diagram.
In the diagram, list no more than is needed to construct the
phase, but do list the values of the curves/points used.
Find the work done by the water.
Find the heat that has leaked out of the water.
Find the net entropy generated in the system and surroundings
in the cool-down process.
A piston-cylinder contains 20 L of water at 200 kPa and 200C.
The piston is now pushed into the cylinder at a rate so that
stays constant, while the pressure increases to 800 kPa. The heat
that leaks out of the cylinder ends up in the 20C surrounding
room.
Construct the initial and final phases of the water in
separate diagrams. In the diagrams, list no more than is
needed to construct the phase, but do list the values of the
curves/points used. In a third diagram, show the process as
a fat curve.
Find the work done by and heat added to the water in the
process.
Does the total process satisfy the second law of thermo? Is
it reversible?
Two kg of air at the ambient pressure of 100 kPa and at the
ambient temperature of 15C is confined within a steel container.
A heating element within the tank now adds 100 kJ of heat to the
air, and the air then ends up at 75C. Find the net entropy
generated by the process and comment on whether this process is
possible. Use table A-2(a) values, do not use table A-17.
If this question makes sense to you, please explain.
One kg of methane gas at 100 kPa and 20C is compressed
isentropically to 800 kPa. Calculate the final temperature using
the polytropic relations. Then calculate the work done in the
process. Calculate the work done directly, do not use the
first law to do it. Assume constant specific heats from table
A-2(a) (even though that is a lousy approximation).