Harmattan 2024/2025 Engineering Thermodynamics CHE 201
PROBLEM SET 5
Assigned out: 21/01/2026 Due date: 2 weeks
Goals: The main goal of this problem set is to help you sharpen your skills on how to apply law of
conservation of mass and energy in solving problems arising from engineering devices such as
turbines, heat exchanger, pump, etc.
Time: This problem set will require you to put in an average of 12 hours. Don’t be intimidated by
this. It doesn’t have to be all at once. You can take break in between. Please have fun while solving
the problem. Best wishes!
[1] As shown in Fig.1, steam at 80 bar, 440oC, enters a turbine operating at
steady state with a volumetric flow rate of 236m3/min. Twenty percent of
the entering mass flow exits through outlet labelled 2 with a diameter of
0.25 m at 60 bar, 400oC. The rest exits through outlet labelled 3 with a
diameter of 1.5 m with a pressure of 0.7 bar and a quality of 90%.
Determine the velocity at each exit duct, in m/s.
Figure 1: Steam Turbine
Dr. Ayorinde Bamimore, Department of Chemical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
[2] As shown in Figure 2, air enters a pipe at 25oC, 100 kPa with a
volumetric flow rate of 33 m3/h. On the outer pipe surface is an electrical
resistor covered with insulation. With a voltage of 120 V, the resistor draws
a current of 4 amps. Assuming the ideal gas model with cp = 1.005 kJ/kg.K
for air and ignoring kinetic and potential energy effects.
Determine:
(a) the mass flow rate of the air, in kg/h, and
(b) the temperature of the air at the exit, in oC.
Air
𝑇1 = 25𝑜 𝐶
𝑝1 = 100𝑘𝑃𝑎
(𝐴𝑉)1 = 33 m3/h
Figure 2: Air flow in heated pipe insulated outside
[3] Steam enters the first-stage turbine shown in Figure 3
at 40 bar and 500oC with a volumetric flow rate of 100 m3/min. Steam exits
the turbine at 20 bar and 400oC. The steam is then reheated at constant
pressure to 500oC before entering the second-stage turbine. Steam leaves
the second stage as saturated vapor at 0.6 bar. For operation at steady
state, and ignoring stray heat transfer and kinetic and potential energy
effects.
Determine:
(a) mass flow rate of the steam, in kg/h.
(b) total power produced by the two stages of the turbine, in kW.
(c) rate of heat transfer to the steam flowing through the reheater, in kW
Dr. Ayorinde Bamimore, Department of Chemical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
p1 = 40bar
T1 = 500oC
(AV)1 = 100 m3/min
Figure 3
[4] As shown in Figure 4, a pump operating at steady state draws water
from a pond and delivers it though a pipe whose exit is 85 ft above the
inlet. At the exit, the mass flow rate is 10 lb/s. There is no significant
change in water temperature, pressure, or kinetic energy from inlet to exit.
If the power required by the pump is 1.68 hp, determine the rate of heat
transfer between the pump and its surroundings, in hp and Btu/min.
Let g =32.0 ft/s2.
Dr. Ayorinde Bamimore, Department of Chemical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Figure 4
[5] Steam enters a heat exchanger operating at steady state at 350 kPa
and a quality of 90% and exits as saturated liquid at the same pressure. A
separate stream of oil with a mass flow rate of 29 kg/s enters at 20oC and
exits at 100oC with no significant change in pressure. The specific heat of
the oil is c = 2.0 kJ/kg.K. Kinetic and potential energy effects are negligible.
If heat transfer from the heat exchanger to its surroundings is 10% of the
energy required to increase the temperature of the oil, determine the steam
mass flow rate, in kg/s
Dr. Ayorinde Bamimore, Department of Chemical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.