Assignment 1-ME 272-Solution
Assignment 1-ME 272-Solution
Assignment 1-ME 272-Solution
P P
T T
ρ ρ
½m ½m
½V ½ V
A piston cylinder has the mass mp with area is 35 cm2 and contains a gas. The frictionless piston
has connected with the linear spring which exerts with a force is 60 N and Patm. Find the
pressure inside the cylinder?
Solution:
Fs mp × g
Pinside = Pspring + Patm + Ppiston = + Patm +
AP AP
60 4 × 9.81
Pinside = Pspring + Patm + Ppiston = + 95 + = 123.4 kPa
3.5 3.5
PROBLEM 1.3 STATEMENT
With no minor and friction losses. Estimate the output power of this plant?
College of Engineering
Fall Session- 2015 Thermodynamics II - ME 272
Section: MA&MB
Solution Model of Assignment#1
A piston cylinder has T =20oC and P=250 kPa, as shown in the Fig1.4. Heat is now transferred to
the water, and part of water evaporates and the piston moves up until reaches the linear spring
with stiffness constant is 100 kN/m, when the piston reaches the spring at volume is 0.2m3 the
more heat transferred to the water until the piston rises 20 cm more. Determine
a. The final pressure and temperature.
b. The work done during this process.
c. Show the P-V diagram.
College of Engineering
Fall Session- 2015 Thermodynamics II - ME 272
Section: MA&MB
Solution Model of Assignment#1
Solution:
1
Q̇ − Ẇ = ṁCp (T2 − T1 ) + ṁ(V22 − V12 ), Q̇ = Ẇ = 0
2
kJ P1 300
T1 = 200C, Cp = 1.029 , ρair1 = = = 2.21 kg /m3
air kg. K RT1 (1.029 − 0.742) × (273 + 200)
kg
ṁ = ρair × V1 × A = 2.21 × 0.008 × 30 = 0.5304
sec
1
Cp (T2 − T1 ) + (V 2 − V12 ) = 0
2000 2
1 1
T2 = (V12 − V22 ) + T1 = (302 − 1802 ) + 200 = 184.69o C
2000 × Cp 2000 × 1.029
P2 100 m3
ρ2 = = = 0.761
RT2 (1.029 − 0.742) × (273 + 184.69) kg
ṁ 0.5304
A2 = = = 0.003872 𝑚2 = 38.72 𝑐𝑚2
V2 ρair 180 × 0.761
PROBLEM 1.7 STATEMENT
Steam enters an adiabatic turbine at 10 MPa and 400oC and leaves at 10 kPa with a quality of 90
percent and mass flowrate 4.852 kg/se. Estimate the output power of the turbine. [Ans. 3.647 MW]
College of Engineering
Fall Session- 2015 Thermodynamics II - ME 272
Section: MA&MB
Solution Model of Assignment#1
Solution:
kJ
State [1]: P1 = 10 MPa, T1 = 400o C (Superheated steam), h1 = 3096
kg
kJ
State [2]: P2 = 10 kPa, x = 0.9 (Sat. liquid vapor mixture), h2 = 2345
kg
Ẇnet = ṁ(h1 − h2 ) = 4.852 × (3096 − 2345) = 3.644 MW