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The document contains a tutorial on Engineering Thermodynamics (CH161) with six problems involving various thermodynamic processes. Topics include the behavior of R-134a in a piston-cylinder device, cooling of water under constant pressure, gas expansion in a rigid tank, specific volume calculations for superheated water vapor, pressure determination for nitrogen, and steam condensation in a piston-cylinder device. Each problem requires calculations and sketches to illustrate the thermodynamic processes involved.

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Tutorial 4

The document contains a tutorial on Engineering Thermodynamics (CH161) with six problems involving various thermodynamic processes. Topics include the behavior of R-134a in a piston-cylinder device, cooling of water under constant pressure, gas expansion in a rigid tank, specific volume calculations for superheated water vapor, pressure determination for nitrogen, and steam condensation in a piston-cylinder device. Each problem requires calculations and sketches to illustrate the thermodynamic processes involved.

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Engineering Thermodynamics (CH161)

Tutorial – 4

1. A spring-loaded piston-cylinder device is initially filled


with 0.1 kg of an R-134a liquid-vapor mixture whose
temperature is -34°C and whose quality is 80 percent. The
spring constant in the spring force relation F = kx is 6.6
kN/m, and the piston diameter is 30 cm. The R-134a
undergoes a process that increases its volume by 50
percent. Calculate the final temperature and enthalpy of
the R-134a.

2. Water initially at 200 kPa and 390°C is contained in a piston-cylinder device fitted with
stops. The water is allowed to cool at constant pressure until it exists as a saturated vapor
and the piston rests on the stops. Then the water continues to cool until the pressure is 100
kPa. On the T-v diagrams sketch, with respect to the saturation lines, the process curves
passing through both the initial, intermediate, and final states of the water. Label the T, P
and v values for end states on the process curves. Find the overall change in internal energy
and enthalpy between the initial and final states per unit mass of water.
3. A rigid tank whose volume is unknown is
divided into two parts by a partition. One
side of the tank contains an ideal gas at
927°C. The other side is evacuated and
has a volume twice the size of the part
containing the gas. The partition is now
removed and the gas expands to fill the
entire tank. Heat is now applied to the gas
until the pressure equals the initial pressure. Determine the final temperature of the gas.

4. Determine the specific volume of superheated water vapor at 3.5 MPa and 450°C based
on (a) the ideal-gas equation, (b) the generalized compressibility chart, and (c) the steam
tables. Determine the error involved in the first two cases.
5. A 3.27-m3 tank contains 100 kg of nitrogen at 175 K. Determine the pressure in the tank,
using (a) the ideal-gas equation, (b) the van der Waals equation, and (c) the Beattie-
Bridgeman equation. Compare your results with the actual value of 1505 kPa.
6. A piston–cylinder device contains 0.6 kg of steam at 200°C and 0.5 MPa. Steam is cooled
at constant pressure until one-half of the mass condenses. (a) Show the process on a T-v
diagram. (b) Find the final temperature. (c) Determine the volume change.

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