KMM 2022 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics.
09 April, 2017
Prof. Dr. Hasan Sadıkoğlu
YTU, Faculty of Chemical Metallurgical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Problem Set 4
1- A steam power plant receives heat from a furnace at a rate of 280 GJ/h. Heat losses to the
surrounding air from the steam as it passes through the pipes and other components are
estimated to be about 8 GJ/h. If the waste heat is transferred to the cooling water at a rate of
145 GJ/h, determine (a) net power output and (b) the thermal efficiency of this power plant.
2- The thermal efficiency of a general heat engine is 35 percent, and it produces 60 hp. At
what rate is heat transferred to this engine, in kJ/s?
3- A coal-burning steam power plant produces a net power of 300 MW with an overall thermal
efficiency of 32 percent. The actual gravimetric air–fuel ratio in the furnace is calculated to
be 12 kg air/kg fuel. The heating value of the coal is 28,000 kJ/kg. Determine (a) the
amount of coal consumed during a 24-hour period and (b) the rate of air flowing through
the furnace.
4- A food department is kept at 212 °C by a refrigerator in an
environment at 30 °C. The total heat gain to the food
department is estimated to be 3300 kJ/h and the heat rejection
in the condenser is 4800 kJ/h. Determine the power input to
the compressor, in kW and the COP of the refrigerator.
5- Bananas are to be cooled from 24 to 13°C at a rate of 215 kg/h by a refrigeration system.
The power input to the refrigerator is 1.4 kW. Determine the rate of cooling, in kJ/min, and
the COP of the refrigerator. The specific heat of banana above freezing is 3.35 kJ/kg·°C.
6- A heat pump is used to maintain a house at a constant
temperature of 23°C. The house is losing heat to the
outside air through the walls and the windows at a
rate of 85,000 kJ/h while the energy generated within
the house from people, lights, and appliances amounts
to 4000 kJ/h. For a COP of 3.2, determine the
required power input to the heat pump.
7- Refrigerant-134a enters the condenser of a
residential heat pump at 800 kPa and 35°C at
a rate of 0.018 kg/s and leaves at 800 kPa as
a saturated liquid. If the compressor
consumes 1.2 kW of power, determine (a)
the COP of the heat pump and (b) the rate of
heat absorption from the outside air.
8- A heat engine receives heat from a heat source at 1200°C and has a thermal efficiency of 40
percent. The heat engine does maximum work equal to 500 kJ. Determine the heat supplied
to the heat engine by the heat source, the heat rejected to the heat sink, and the temperature
of the heat sink.
9- A Carnot refrigerator operates in a room in which the temperature is 22°C and consumes 2
kW of power when operating. If the food compartment of the refrigerator is to be maintained
at 3°C, determine the rate of heat removal from the food compartment.
10- A Carnot heat engine receives heat from a reservoir at 900°C at a rate of 800 kJ/min and
rejects the waste heat to the ambient air at 27°C. The entire work output of the heat engine is
used to drive a refrigerator that removes heat from the refrigerated space at 25°C and
transfers it to the same ambient air at 27 °C. Determine (a) the maximum rate of heat
removal from the refrigerated space and (b) the total rate of heat rejection to the ambient air.