UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA

FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN MEKANIKAL

BMCG 2713 – THERMODYNAMICS

TUTORIAL 2

PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCES

1. What is the difference between saturated vapor and superheated vapor?

2. Is it true that water boils at higher temperatures at higher pressures?

3. A mother is cooking beef curry for her family in a pan that is:
a) uncovered
b) covered with light lid
c) covered with a heavy lid
For which case will the cooking time be the shortest? Why?

4. Can quality be expressed as the ratio of the volume occupied by the vapor phase
to the total volume?

5. Complete the following table for H2O:

T [oC] P [kPa] h [kJ/kg] x Phase
Description
325 0.4
160 1682
950 0.0
80 500
800 3161.7

6. Complete the following table for H2O:

T [oC] P [kPa] u [kJ/kg] Phase Description
325 2452
170 Saturated Vapor
190 2000
4000 3040

7. A cooking pan whose inner diameter is 20 cm is filled with water and covered with
a 4 kg lid, If the local atmospheric is 101 kPa, determine the temperature at which
the water will start boiling when it is heated.
mlid = 4 kg

Patm = 101 kPa

T=?
H2O

1
8. A piston-cylinder device initially contains 50 L of liquid water at 25oC and 300 kPa.
Heat is added to the water at constant pressure until entire liquid vaporized.
a) What is the mass of the water?
b) What is the final temperature?
c) Determine the total enthalpy change.
d) Show the process on a T-v diagram with respect to saturation lines.

H2O
V = 50 L
T= 25oC
P=300 kPa

Heat

9. A 0.5 m3 rigid vessel initially contains saturated liquid-vapor mixture of water at

100oC. The water is now heated until it reaches the critical state. Determine the mass
of the liquid water and the volume occupied by the liquid at the initial state.

H2O
V = 0.5 m3
Sat. mixture
T = 100oC

Heat

10. A 0.5 m3 rigid tank containing hydrogen at 20oC and 600 kPa is connected by a
valve to another 0.5 m3 rigid tank that holds hydrogen at 30oC and 150 kPa. Now
the valve is opened and the system is allowed to reach thermal equilibrium with the
surroundings, which are at 15oC. Determine the final pressure in the tank.

H2 H2
V=0.5 m3 V=0.5 m3
T=20oC T=30oC
P=600 kPa P=150 kPa