L17 - Transient Analysis
L17 - Transient Analysis
L17 - Transient Analysis
Lecture 17
Emptying
a tank
Filling a
tank
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
ME 322 – Mechanical Engineering
Thermodynamics
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Example – Filling a Tank
Given: Filling a rigid tank with oxygen
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Example
m1 0 kg
The First Law for the system is, m 2 15 kg
Q12
g g dEG
Vi 2 Ve2
Q W m i hi zi m e he ze
i 2 gc gc e 2 gc gc dt
dEG
Q m i hi
dt
dEG d dU sys
U KE PE G
dt dt dt
dU sys
Q m i hi
dt
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Example
m1 0 kg
So far, the following expression for m 2 15 kg
dU sys
Q m i hi
dt
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Example
m1 0 kg
The mass flow rate in is contained in m 2 15 kg
dmsys
mi me
dt
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m1 0 kg
This equation can be integrated over m 2 15 kg
Qdt
t m2 U2
hi dmsys dU sys
0 m1 U1
Qdt Q
t
12
0
hi dmsys hi m 2 m1
m2
m1
U2
dU sys U 2 U1 m 2u2 m1u1
U1
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Example
m1 0 kg
Substituting and rearranging, m 2 15 kg
Q12 m 2 u2 hi
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m1 0 kg
Finally, doing the calculations ... m 2 15 kg
Q12
Q12 m 2 RTi
What is Ti? There is a valve between the tank and the line.
However, we know that a valve is isenthalpic. Since enthalpy
is constant and the substance is being modeled as an ideal
gas, the throttling process is also isothermal. Therefore,
kJ
Q12 15 kg 0.260 20 273.15 K
kg-K
Table C.13b
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