7–42 A 0.
5-m3 rigid tank contains refrigerant-134a initially at 200 kPa and 40
percent quality. Heat is transferred now to the refrigerant from a source at
350C until the pressure rises to 400 kPa. Determine (a) the entropy change of
the refrigerant, (b) the entropy change of the heat source, and (c) the total
entropy change for this process.
7–52 2-kg of saturated water vapor at 600 kPa are contained in a piston-
cylinder device. The water expands adiabatically until the pressure is 100
kPa and is said to produce 700 kJ of work output.
(a) Determine the entropy change of the water, in kJ/kg·K.
(b) Is this process realistic? Using the T-s diagram for the process and the
concepts of second law, support your answer.
7–65 A 30-kg iron block and a 40-kg copper block, both initially at
800C, are dropped into a large lake at 150C. Thermal equilibrium is
established after a while as a result of heat transfer between the blocks and
the lake water. Determine the total entropy change for this process.
7–77 An insulated piston–cylinder device initially contains 300 L of air
at 120 kPa and 170C. Air is now heated for 15 min by a 200-W resistance
heater placed inside the cylinder. The pressure of air is maintained
constant during this process. Determine the entropy change of air,
assuming (a) constant specific heats and (b) variable specific heats.
7–175 A horizontal cylinder is separated into two compartments by an
adiabatic, frictionless piston. One side contains 0.2 m3 of nitrogen and
the other side contains 0.1 kg of helium, both initially at 200C and 95
kPa. The sides of the cylinder and the helium end are insulated. Now heat
is added to the nitrogen side from a reservoir at 5000C until the pressure of
the helium rises to 120 kPa. Determine (a) the final temperature of the
helium, (b) the final volume of the nitrogen, (c) the heat transferred to the
nitrogen, and (d) the entropy generation during this process.