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Helium Compression in Piston-Cylinder Device

The document is a problem set for a Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics course, authored by Prof. Dr. Hasan Sadıkoğlu. It includes seven problems related to the work done in various thermodynamic processes involving gases and steam, such as isothermal compression, polytropic expansion, and heat transfer in a piston-cylinder device. Each problem requires calculations of work, pressure, temperature, and other thermodynamic properties.

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Helium Compression in Piston-Cylinder Device

The document is a problem set for a Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics course, authored by Prof. Dr. Hasan Sadıkoğlu. It includes seven problems related to the work done in various thermodynamic processes involving gases and steam, such as isothermal compression, polytropic expansion, and heat transfer in a piston-cylinder device. Each problem requires calculations of work, pressure, temperature, and other thermodynamic properties.

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KMM 2022 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics.

24 March 2020
Prof. Dr. Hasan Sadıkoğlu
YTU, Faculty of Chemical Metallurgical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering

Problem Set 2

1- Nitrogen at an initial state of 300 K, 150 kPa, and 0.2 m3 is compressed slowly in an
isothermal process to a final pressure of 800 kPa. Determine the work done during
this process.

2- The volume of 1 kg of helium in a piston-cylinder device is initially 5 m3. Now


helium is compressed to 2 m3 while its pressure is maintained constant at 180 kPa.
Determine the initial and final temperatures of helium as well as the work required to
compress it, in kJ.

3- A piston–cylinder device initially contains 0.07 m3 of nitrogen gas at 130 kPa and
20ºC. The nitrogen is now expanded polytropically to a state of 100 kPa and 100ºC.
Determine the boundary work done during this process.

4- A piston–cylinder device with a set of stops initially contains 0.6 kg


of steam at 1.0 MPa and 400ºC. The location of the stops
corresponds to 40 percent of the initial volume. Now the steam is
cooled. Determine the compression work if the final state is (a) 1.0
MPa and 250ºC and
(b) 500 kPa.
(c) Also determine the temperature at the final state in part (b).

5- A gas is compressed from an initial volume of 0.42 m3 to a final volume of 0.12 m3.
During the quasi-equilibrium process, the pressure changes with volume according to
the relation P=aV + b, where a=-1200 kPa/m3 and b= 600 kPa. Calculate the work
done during this process (a) by plotting the process on a P-V diagram and finding the
area under the process curve and (b) by performing the necessary integrations.

6- A piston–cylinder device contains 0.15 kg of air initially at 2 MPa and 350ºC. The air
is first expanded isothermally to 500 kPa, then compressed polytropically with a
polytropic exponent of 1.2 to the initial pressure, and finally compressed at the
constant pressure to the initial state. Determine the boundary work for each process
and the net work of the cycle.

7- A piston–cylinder device contains 50 kg of water at 250 kPa


and 25ºC. The cross-sectional area of the piston is 0.1 m2.
Heat is now transferred to the water, causing part of it to
evaporate and expand. When the volume reaches 0.2 m3, the
piston reaches a linear spring whose spring constant is 100
kN/m. More heat is transferred to the water until the piston
rises 20 cm more. Determine (a) the final pressure and
temperature and (b) the work done during this process.
Also, show the process on a P-V diagram.

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