CHAPTER 6: HEAT EFFECT

Part A: Specific Heat ( Constant Volume, CV and Constant Pressure, CP ), u and h Of

Ideal Gases.

1. Determine the Enthalpy Change, h of Nitrogen in kJ/kg, as it is heated from 600 K to 1000 K
using these three methods:

a.) The Empirical Specific Heat Equation As A Function Of Temperature ( Table A-2c ).

b.) The CP value at the Average Temperature ( Table A-2b ).

c.) The CP value at Room Temperature 300 K ( Table A-2a ).

Ans: 447.8 kJ/kg, 448.4 kJ/kg, 415.6 kJ/kg

2. Determine the Internal Energy Change, u of Hydrogen in kJ/kg, as it is heated from 200 K to
800 K using these three methods:

a.) The Empirical Specific Heat Equation As A Function Of Temperature ( Table A-2c ).

b.) The CV value at the Average Temperature ( Table A-2b ).

c.) The CV value at Room Temperature 300 K ( Table A-2a ).

Ans: 6194 kJ/kg, 6233 kJ/kg, 6110 kJ/kg

Part B: Sensible Heat Effect.

1. A 3 m3 Rigid Tank contains Hydrogen at 250 kPa and 550 K. The gas is now cooled until its
Temperature drops to 350 K. Determine

a.) The Final Pressure in the tank.

b.) The amount of Heat Transfer.
Ans: 159.1 kPa, 682.6 kJ
2. An Insulated Rigid Tank is divided into two equal parts by a Partition. Initially, one part
contains 4 kg of Ideal Gas at 800 kPa and 50C, and the other part is evacuated. The Partition is
now removed and the gas expands into the entire tank. Determine

a.) The Final Temperature in the tank.

b.) The Final Pressure inside the tank.

Ans: 50C, 400 kPa

3. A Piston Cylinder Device whose Piston is resting on top of a set of Stops initially contains 0.5
kg of Helium gas at 100 kPa and 25C. The mass of the Piston is such that 500 kPa of Pressure is
required to raise it. How much Heat must be transferred to the Helium before the Piston starts
rising?

Ans: 1857 kJ

4. A Piston Cylinder Device contains 0.8 kg of Nitrogen initially at 100 kPa and 27C. The
Nitrogen is now being slowly compressed in a Polytropic Process during which PV1.3 = Constant
until the Volume is being reduced by one-half. Determine

a.) The Work Done in this slowly compression Polytropic Process.

b.) Heat Transfer involved in this compression process.

Ans: 54.8 kJ, 13.6 kJ

Part C: Standard Enthalpy Of Reaction, Formation And Combustion.

1. Determine the Enthalpy Of Combustion for Methane ( CH4 ) at 25C and 1 atm using the
Enthalpy Of Formation Data from Table A-26. You are required to assume that the Water in the
products is in LIQUID form. Compare your result to the value listed in Table A-27.

Ans: -890,330 kJ/kmol

2. Repeat the problem in ( 1. ) for:

a.) Gaseous Ethane ( C2H6 )

Ans: -1,559,850 kJ/kmol

b.) Liquid Octane ( C8H18 )

Ans: -5,470,680 kJ/kmol