7–20 Air is compressed by a 15-kW compressor from P1 to P2.
The air
temperature is maintained constant at 250C during this process as a result of
heat transfer to the surrounding medium at 200C. Determine the rate of
entropy change of the air. State the assumptions made in solving this problem.
Answer: 20.0503 kW/K
7–49 An isentropic steam turbine processes 2 kg/s of steam at 3 MPa, which is
exhausted at 50 kPa and 1000C. 5 percent of this flow is diverted for feedwater
heating at 500 kPa. Determine the power produced by this turbine, in kW.
Answer: 2285 kW
7–81 Air enters a nozzle steadily at 280 kPa and 770C with a velocity of
50 m/s and exits at 85 kPa and 320 m/s. The heat losses from the nozzle to
the surrounding medium at 200C are estimated to be 3.2 kJ/kg. Determine
(a) the exit temperature and (b) the total entropy change for this process.
7–106 Liquid water enters a 16-kW pump at 100 kPa pressure at a rate of
5 kg/s. Determine the highest pressure the liquid water can have at the exit of
the pump. Neglect the kinetic and potential energy changes of water, and take
the specific volume of water to be 0.001 m3/kg.
Answer: 3300 kPa
7–181 Air enters the evaporator section of a window air conditioner at
100 kPa and 270C with a volume flow rate of 6 m3/min. The
refrigerant-134a at 120 kPa with a quality of 0.3 enters the evaporator at a
rate of 2 kg/min and leaves as saturated vapor at the same pressure.
Determine the exit temperature of the air and the rate of entropy generation
for this process, assuming (a) the outer surfaces of the air conditioner are
insulated and (b) heat is transferred to the evaporator of the air conditioner
from the surrounding medium at 320C at a rate of 30 kJ/min.
Answers: (a) –15.90C, 0.00196 kW/K, (b) –11.60C, 0.00225 kW/K