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An ideal gas at a given state expands to a fixed final volume first at constant pressure and then at constant temperature.
Determine (a) The maximum and minimum temperatures in the cycle
An ideal gas refrigeration cycle using air as the working fluid operates between the pressure limits of 80 and 280 kPa
An ideal Ericsson engine using helium as the working fluid operates between temperature limits of 550 and 3000 R and pressure limits of 25 and 200 psia.
An air-water vapor mixture enters a steady flow heater humidifier unit at state 1: 10°C, 10% relative humidity, at the rate of 1 m3/s
If the fuel has a heating value of 44,000 kJ/kg and a density of 0.8 g/cm3, determine the efficiency of this engine
An amount of energy, say 1000 kJ, comes from a furnace at 800?C going into water vapor at 400°C, from which it goes to a solid metal at 200°C
An aluminum pan whose thermal conductivity is 237 W/m -c °C has a flat bottom whose diameter is 20 cm and thickness 0.4 cm
If the temperatures of the inner and outer surfaces of the bottom of the pan are 104°C and 105°C, respectively, determine the rate of energy destruction
An equimolar mixture of carbon dioxide and water vapor at 1 atm and 60°C enter a dehumidifying section where the entire water vapor is condensed and removed
An engine consists of a 100 kg cast iron block with a 20 kg aluminum head, 20 kg steel parts, 5 kg engine oil and 6 kg glycerine (antifreeze)
An empty cannister of volume 1 L is filled with R-134a from a line flowing saturated liquid R-134a at 0oC. The filling is done quickly so it is adiabatic
An elastic balloon behaves such that pressure is proportional to diameter and the balloon contains 0.5 kg air at 200 kPa
An adiabatic heat exchanger is used to heat cold water at 15°C entering at a rate of 5 kg/s by hot water at 90°C entering at a rate of 4 kg/s.
An air compressor receives atmospheric air at T0 = 17°C, 100 kPa, and compresses it up to 1400 kPa. The compressor has an isentropic efficiency of 88%
An adiabatic constant-volume tank contains a mixture of 1 kmol of hydrogen (H2) gas and the stoichiometric amount of air at 25°C and 1 atm
A pure copper sphere of radius 1 cm is dropped into an agitated oil bath that has a uniform temperature of 130C. The initial temperature of copper sphere is 20C
An air-conditioning system operates at a total pressure of 1 atm and consists of a heating section and a humidifier that supplies wet steam
If the temperature of the outdoors is 35°C, the power required to operate this air-conditioning system.
An air-conditioner provides 1 kg/s of air at 15°C cooled from outside atmospheric air at 35°C. Estimate the amount of power needed to operate
An air conditioner removes heat steadily from a house at a rate of 750 kJ/min while drawing electric power at a rate of 6 kW Determine
An air conditioner cools a house at TL = 20°C with a maximum of 1.2 kW power input. The house gains 0.6 kW per degree temperature difference to the ambient
An air compressor takes in air at 100 kPa, 17°C and delivers it at 1 MPa, 600 K to a constant-pressure cooler, which it exits at 300 K
A solid food is being cooled in a cylindrical can of dimensions 12 cm diameter and 3 cm thickness. The cooling medium is cold water at 2C
An air-standard cycle is executed in a closed system with 0.004 kg of air and consists of the following three processes: