KNJ1231 Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory 1

Faculty of Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

1. Liquid water at 200 kPa and 15C is heated in a chamber by mixing it with a
superheated steam at 200 kPa and 150C. Liquid water enters the mixing chamber at a
rate of 4.3 kg/s and the chamber is estimated to lose heat to the surrounding air at
20C at a rate of 1200 kJ/min. If the mixture leaves the mixing chamber at 200 kPa
and 80C, evaluate the rate of entropy generation during this mixing process.
KNJ1231 Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory 1
Faculty of Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

2. In an ice-making plant, water at 0C is frozen at atmospheric pressure by

evaporating saturated liquid of R-134a at -16C. The refrigerant leaves this evaporator
as saturated vapor, and the plant is sized to produce ice at 0C at a rate of 2500 kg/h.
Evaluate the rate of entropy generation in this plant.
KNJ1231 Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory 1
Faculty of Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

3. Steam enters an adiabatic turbine at 7 MPa, 600C, and 80 m/s and leaves at 50
kPa, 150C, and 140 m/s. If the power output of the turbine is 6 MW, evaluate the
isentropic efficiency of the turbine.
KNJ1231 Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory 1
Faculty of Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

1. Combustion gases enter a gas turbine at 627C ad 1.2 MPa at a rate of 2.5 kg/s
and leave at 527C and 500 kPa. It is estimated that heat is lost from the turbine at a
rate of 20kw. Using air properties for the combustion gases and assuming the
surroundings to be at 25C and 100 kPa, analyse the exergy destroyed within the
turbine.
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Faculty of Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

2. Evaluate the second - law effiency when argon gas expends from 3.5 MPa and
100C to 500 kPa in an adiabatic expension valve.
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Faculty of Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

3. A 0.8 insulated rigid tank contains m0 3 1.54 kg of carbon dioxide at 100 kPa.
Now paddle - wheel work is done o the system until the pressure in the tank rises
to 135 kPa. Analyze the actual paddle - wheel work done during this process and the
minimum paddle - wheel work with this process could be accomplished assuming T
= 289 K.