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An insulated 2 m3 tank is to be charged with R-134a from a line flowing the refrigerant at 3 MPa. The tank is initially evacuated, and the valve is closed
An insulated 0.08-m3 tank contains helium at 2 MPa and 80°C. A valve is now opened, allowing some helium to escape
An initially empty cylinder is filled with air from 70 F, 15 psia until it is full. Assuming no heat transfer is the final temperature larger
An initially empty canister of volume 0.2 m3 is filled with carbon dioxide from a line at 1000 kPa, 500 K
An ideal Otto cycle with air as the working fluid has a compression ratio of 8. The minimum and maximum temperatures in the cycle are 540 and 2400 R
An ideal Otto cycle has a compression ratio of 8. At the beginning of the compression process, air is at 95 kPa and 27°C, and 750 kJ/kg of heat is transferred
An ideal gas with k = 1.4 is flowing through a nozzle such that the Mach number is 2.4 where the flow area is 25 cm2.
An ideal gas undergoes a process between two specified temperatures, first at constant pressure and then at constant volume
An ideal gas turbine cycle with many stages of compression and expansion and a regenerator of 100 percent effectiveness has an overall pressure ratio of 10.
An inflatable bag, initially flat and empty, is connected to a supply line of saturated vapor R-22 at ambient temperature
An industrial application has the following steam requirement: one 10-kg/s stream at a pressure of 0.5 MPa and one 5-kg/s stream at 1.4 MPa
An ideal-gas mixture whose apparent molar mass is 36 kg/kmol consists of N2 and three other gases, if the mole fraction of nitrogen is 0.30, its mass fraction
An ideal-gas mixture of helium and argon gases with identical mass fractions enters a turbine at 1200 K and 1 MPa at a rate of 0.3 kg/s, and expands
An ideal-gas mixture consists of 30 percent helium and 70 percent argon gases by mass. The mixture is now expanded isentropically in a turbine from 400°C
The mass fraction of the refrigerant that is in the liquid phase at the inlet of the evaporator is. You should solve the problem in a step by step
An ideal Otto cycle with a specified compression ratio is executed using
An equimolar mixture of helium and argon gases is to be used as the working fluid in a closed-loop gas-turbine cycle. The mixture enters the turbine at 2.5 MPa
An initially empty bottle, V = -0.25 m3, is filled with water from a line at 0.8 MPa, 350°C. Assume no heat transfer and that the bottle is closed
An initially empty bottle, V = 10 ft3, is filled with water from a line at 120 lbf/in.2, 500 F. Assume no heat transfer and that the bottle is closed
An initially empty 0.1 m3 canister is filled with R-12 from a line flowing saturated liquid at -5°C. This is done quickly such that the process is adiabatic.
An exhaust fan in a building should be able to move 2.5 kg/s air at 98 kPa, 20oC through a 0.4 m diameter vent hole. How high a velocity must it generate
An ideal Brayton cycle with regeneration has a pressure ratio of 10. Air enters the compressor at 300 K and the turbine at 1200 K
An ideal Brayton cycle has a net work output of 150 kJ/kg and a back work ratio of 0.4. If both the turbine and the compressor had an isentropic efficiency
An exploration submarine should be able to go 4000 m down in the ocean. If the ocean density is 1020 kg/m3 what is the maximum pressure on the submarine hull?
An experimentalist claims that, based on his measurements, a heat engine receives 300 Btu of heat from a source of 900 R, converts 160 Btu of it to work