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1. A rigid tank contains air at 500 kPa and 150C. As a result of heat transfer to the
surroundings, the temperature and pressure inside the tank drops to 65C and 400 kPa,
respectively. Determine the work done by the air during the heat transfer process.
Ans: 0 W. (CB, p. 119)
2. A frictionless piston-cylinder device contains 0.1 lbm of water vapor at 20 psia and
320F (specific volume v = volume per unit mass = 7.485 ft3 /lbm). The piston
undergoes a constant pressure expansion process until temperature reaches 400 F
(specific volume v = 8.353 ft3 /lbm). Determine the work done by the steam during
this process. Ans: 0.32 Btu expansion work. (CB, p. 119)
3. A piston-cylinder device initially contains 0.4 m3 of air at 100 kPa and 80C. The air
is now compressed to 0.1 m3 in such a way that the temperature inside the cylinder
remains constant. Determine the work done during this process. Ans: 55.45 kJ.
compression work. (CB, p. 120)
4. Consider a system composed of a gas contained in the cylinder. The gas expands
from a volume of 1.4 to 1.6 ft3 while the pressure remains constant at 100 psia.
Calculate the work done by the system on the piston. Ans: 2880 ft lbf, expansion.
(JD, p. 50)
5. Carbon dioxide is compressed in a cylinder in an equilibrium process from initial
conditions of pi = 100 kPa, Vi = 0.004 m3 , to a final pressure of pf = 500 kPa. During
the process pV1.22 = constant. Compute the work. Ans: 0.612 kJ; compression.
(JD, p. 51)
6. A system is composed of gas contained in a cylinder fitted with a piston. The gas
expands from a state 1 of which E1 = 70 kJ to a state 2 for which E2 = -20 kJ. During
the expansion, the gas does 60 kJ of work on the surroundings. Determine the
amount of heat transferred to or from the system to the environment. Ans: 30 kJ heat
out. (JD, p. 147)
7. Determine the final stored energy of a mass of water that has an initial stored energy
E = 20 kJ and then undergoes a process during which 10 kJ of work is done on the
water and 3 kJ of heat is removed from it. Ans: 27 kJ. (JD, p. 148)
8. A gas expands in a cylinder according to the relation pV1.3 = constant. The initial
volume of the gas is 1 ft3 and the initial pressure is 200 psia. The final pressure is 15
psia. Calculate the work done on the face of the piston by the pressure forces of the
gas. Ans: 4.33x104 ft.lbf, expansion. (JPH, p. 50)
9. An ideal gas which obeys the equation pV = mRT (T, absolute temperature) is
compressed in a piston-cylinder arrangement such that the temperature remains
constant (isothermal process). Derive an expression for the work done on the gas and