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Chapter 5 Problems

The document contains a series of engineering thermodynamics problems for the 2025-2026 Spring semester at Eskisehir Osmangazi University. Each problem involves different thermodynamic processes, including feedwater heaters, nozzles, turbines, compressors, and heat exchangers, requiring calculations of mass flow rates, velocities, and power outputs. The problems are designed to apply principles of thermodynamics in practical scenarios.

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Chapter 5 Problems

The document contains a series of engineering thermodynamics problems for the 2025-2026 Spring semester at Eskisehir Osmangazi University. Each problem involves different thermodynamic processes, including feedwater heaters, nozzles, turbines, compressors, and heat exchangers, requiring calculations of mass flow rates, velocities, and power outputs. The problems are designed to apply principles of thermodynamics in practical scenarios.

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ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY

FACULTY of ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL

DEPARTMENT of AERONAUTICS

Engineering Thermodynamics

Problems

2025-2026 Spring semester

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dr. M. Mete Öztürk


CHAPTER– 5

Problem-5.1: A feedwater heater operating at steady state has two inlets


and one exit. At inlet-1, water vapor enters at P1=7 bar, T1=200oC with a
mass flow rate of 40 kg/s. At inlet-2, liquid water at P2=7 bar, T2=40oC
enters through an area A2=25 cm2. Saturated liquid at 7 bar exits at 3 with
a volumetric flow rate of 0.06 m3/s. Determine,
(a) the mass flow rates at inlet-2
(b) the velocity at inlet-2, in m/s.

Problem-5.2: Steam at 5 MPa and 400°C enters a nozzle steadily with a velocity of 80 m/s, and it leaves at 2 MPa
and 300°C. The inlet area of the nozzle is 50 cm2, and heat is being lost at a rate of 120 kJ/s. Determine,
(a) the mass flow rate of the steam,
(b) the exit velocity of the steam, and
(c) the exit area of the nozzle.

Problem-5.3: Refrigerant-134a enters a diffuser steadily as saturated vapor at 800 kPa with a velocity of 120 m/s,
and it leaves at 900 kPa and 40°C. The refrigerant is gaining heat at a rate of 2 kJ/s as it passes through the diffuser.
If the exit area is 80 percent greater than the inlet area, determine,
(a) the exit velocity and
(b) the mass flow rate of the refrigerant.

Problem-5.4: Steam enters a turbine steadily at pressure of 2 MPa, temperature of 350 oC, velocity of 50 m/s, and
altitude of 6 m and exits as a saturated vapor at a pressure of 0.1 MPa, velocity of 200 m/s, and altitude of 3 m. If
there is a heat loss from the turbine at a rate of 8.5 kW, calculate power produced by the turbine.

Problem-5.5: Helium enters a compressor at 100 kPa, 300 K, and 70 m/s and exits at 670 K and 170 m/s. Helium
losses 15 kJ/kg heat to its surroundings and inlet diameter of the compressor is 15 cm. Calculate the required power
to operate the compressor by considering the constant specific heats.

Problem-5.6: Refrigerant-134a is throttled from the saturated liquid state at 700 kPa to a pressure of 160 kPa.
Determine the temperature drop during this process and the final specific volume of the refrigerant.

Problem-5.7: Air at 20oC and 100 kPa with a flow rate of 1 m3/s enters a mixing chamber where it is mixed with
another air stream at 200oC and 100 kPa with a flow rate of 2 m3/s. If it is desired that the mixture leaves the mixing
chamber at 100 kPa, calculate the mixture temperature and specific volume at the exit of the mixing chamber by
neglecting the heat losses.

Problem-5.8: Steam enters a heat exchanger at 2 MPa as a saturated vapor with a mass flow rate of 2.5 kg/s and is
heated to 500oC by hot air which enters to the heat exchanger at 1200 K. The exit temperature of hot air from the
heat exchanger is 20oC greater than the inlet temperature of steam. Calculate the mass flow rate air by neglecting
the heat losses.

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