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MECE 2334 Thermodynamics Final Exam

May 11th, 2015

Closed book and notes, 8:00 -- 10:30am, CEMO 100D

1 page of letter-size single-sided formula sheet with no diagrams, graphs, or problems
is allowed
Scientific calculators without memory, graphs or communication are allowed
Only one restroom break is allowed for each person between 8:30 and 10:00am and
you need to empty your pockets upon leaving the room
The exam is 8 pages total including the cover page. Page 6 and 8 are intended to be
blank for you to write your solutions. The Z-chart, two tables for water (A-3 and A-4),
and the ideal gas table (A-22) are attached at the end of the test. Please check the
completeness of your exam and it is your own responsibility if you miss one or more
pages.
The universal gas constant

R=8.314

kJ/kmoleK. Show all your work to be

considered for partial points.

No questions asked!

Name:

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Part I. Label the following statements as either true (T) or false (F). Each question is
worth 1points.
1. If a spring is compressed adiabatically and slowly on a horizontal
plane, its internal energy increases.
3. If the temperature of a system increases, it must have experienced
heat transfer.
5. The second Carnot corollary states that all reversible power cycles
operating between the same two thermal reservoirs have the same
thermal efficiency.
7. For a specified inlet state, exit pressure and mass flow rate, the
power output of a turbine operating adiabatically and at steady state
is less than that of an isentropic turbine.
9. When an isolated system undergoes a process, the values of its
entropy can only increase.

Part II. Part II. Provide the appropriate response. Question values are in parenthesis.
1. (10) Determine the volume, in m3, occupied by 40kg of Nitrogen (N2, Molar mass
28 kg/kmole) at 17 Mpa, 180K. Critical pressure for N 2 is 33.9 bar and critical
temperature is 126 K.

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2. (10) A closed, rigid cylinder contains different volumes of saturated liquid and
saturated vapor at 10bar. Determine the quality of the mixture.

3. (15) 2kg of air, initially at 5 bar, 350 K and

4kg of carbon dioxide (CO2), initially at 2 bar,
450 K are confined to opposite sides of a
rigid, well-insulated container by a partition,
which is free to move and allows conduction
from one side to the other without energy
storage. The system reaches equilibrium at
the end. The air and CO2 each behave as
ideal gases with constant specific heats.
(a) (2) What is the condition for equilibrium?

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T2
p2
ds=c
ln
R
ln
p
(b) (10) Using the entropy equation
T1
p1 , determine if the
entropy of CO2 increase, decrease, or remain the same. What about air?
Hint: determine the relation between the equilibrium temperature and
pressure with the initial temperature and pressure of the CO 2 and air. Also,
ln x> 0 if x> 1 and ln x< 0 if 0< x <1 .

(c) (3) Using the entropy balance equation, determine if the total entropy of the
system increase, decrease or remain the same.

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Part III. Work out the problems. Show all your work. Points are shown in parenthesis.
1. (30) Water contained in a piston cylinder assembly, initially at 2 bar and a quality of
20%, is heated at constant pressure until the piston hits the stop. Heating then
continues until the water is saturated vapor.
(a)(5) Sketch the process of the water in series on a T v diagram. Label the initial
state, the end state and the state immediately after the piston hits the stop.
(b)(20) Evaluate the work and heat transfer of the overall process, each in kJ/kg.
Kinetic and potential effects are negligible.
(c) (5) Consider an enlarged system such that the heat transfer occurred at a
boundary temperature of 170 C. Neglecting changes in the state of the cylinder
wall/piston material, calculate the entropy production for the enlarged system, in
kJ/kgK.

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2. (30) A steam turbine, having an isentropic efficiency of 85%, drives an air

compressor with an isentropic efficiency of 90%. Steady-state operating data are
provided on the figure. Assume ideal gas model for air and ignore stray heat
transfer and kinetic and potential energy effects. Determine the mass flow rate of
the steam entering the turbine per kg of air exiting the compressor.

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