Problem: 3-1

Find: The availability of water at its critical point

Assume: The dead state is at 20 C and 1 atm.

For T0 = 20 C and P0 = 0.10135 M P a the properties of water at its dead state (0)
[20 C, 0.10135 M P a] are close to those of saturated liquid water at 20 C. From Table B-1a

u0 = 83.9 kJ/kg
v0 = 0.001002 m3 /kg
s0 = 0.2965 kJ/(kg K)

u = 2029.6 kJ/kg
v = 0.003155 m3 /kg
s = 4.4305 kJ/(kg K)

The availability is given by:

0 = (u u0 ) + P0 (v v0 ) T0 (s s0 )
= (2029.6 83.9) kJ/kg + 101.35 kN/m2 (0.003155 0.001002) m3 /kg
(20 + 273.15) K(4.4305 0.2965) kJ/(kg K)
= 734.04 kJ/kg