BASIC THERMODYNAMICS

ES 222
ASSIGNMENT
Direction- Box your final answer in solution and choose letter for the best answer.

1. If a block of copper weighing 0.50 lb is dropped from a height of 100 ft into the tank, what is the change in
internal energy of the water?
A. 0.08575 Btu B. 0.09543 Btu C. 0.0645 Btu D. 0.0465 Btu
2. convert specific heat of 0.23 btu/lb-°f to kj/kg-k.
A. 1.036 B. 0.963 C. 0.089 D. 0.722
3. What is the temperature in 0C of 2 liters of water at 300C after 500 Calories of heat have been added?

A. 35.70 B. 30.25 C. 38 D. 39.75

4. If 10 lbs of water evaporated at atmospheric pressure until a volume of 288.5 ft3 is occupied. How much work is done?

A. 610,358 ft-lb B. 0 C. -610,358 ft-lb D. 550,000 ft-lb

5. A spherical tank is full of water that has a mass of 10 000 kg. If the outside diameter of the tank is 2722 mm, how thick
is the wall of the tank?

A. 28 mm B. 24 mm C. 20 mm D. 26 mm

6. A pressure gage at elevation 8 m on the side of a tank containing a liquid reads 57.4 KPa. Another gage at elevation 5 m
reads 80 KPa. Compute the specific weight and density of the liquid. (use g = 9.81 m/sec2 )

A. 767.9 B. 1000 C. 750 D. 800

7. How much heat is removed to make ice of mass m = 0.720 kg at -10C from a liquid at 15C. Specific heat of ice = 2.22
KJ/kg-C Specific heat of water = 4.19 KJ/kg-C Freezing point temperature of water = 0C hF of ice = 334.9 KJ/kg

A. 280 B. 302 C.293 D. 305

8. A steam turbine receives superheated steam at 1.4 MPa and 400C (h1 = 3257.5 KJ/kg). The steam leaves the turbine at
0.101 MPa and 100C (h2 = 2676 KJ/kg).The steam enters the turbine at v1 = 15 m/sec and exits at v2 = 60 m/sec. The
elevation difference between entry and exit ports is negligible. The heat loss through the turbine walls is 2 KW. Calculate
the power output if the mass flow through the turbine is 0.5 kg/sec.

A. 288 kW B. 280 kW C.250 kW D. 305 kW

9. Steam flows steadily through a turbine with a mass flow rate of 2.52 kg/sec. The inlet steam conditions are 7000 KPa
and 500C. The exit steam pressure is 20 KPa and the expansion is isentropic. Determine the turbine work in KW

From Steam Table (superheated state) At 7000 KPa and 500C h1 = 3410.3 U1 = 3073.4 S1 = 6.7975 At S1 = S2 to 20 KPa
(saturated mixture region) h2 = 2239.45 U2 = 2110.47 x2 = 84.3%

A. 2960 kW B. 3000 kW C. 2850 kW D. 1000 kW

10. Steam at 4 MPa, 400° C enters a steady-flow, adiabatic turbine through a 20 cm-diameter-pipe with a velocity of 20 m/s.
It leaves this turbine at 50 kPa with a quality of 80% through a 1 m-diameter pipe. What is the velocity of the steam as it
leaves the turbine?

AtP 4000 KPa ; t 400 C

h = 3214.1 kJ/kg

ρ = 13.630 kg/m3

u = 2920.6 kJ/kg

A. 30 B. 25 C.26 D. 28
11. A water storage tank contains liquid and vapor in equilibrium at 250C,(l = 799.23 m3 /kg; v= 19.95 m3
/kg).The distance from the bottom of the tank to the liquid level is 10 m. What is the difference in pressure
reading between the top of the tank and the bottom of the tank if the vapor pressure is 3,973 KPa. (Assume g
= 9.81 m/sec2 )
A. 80 kPa B. -80 kPa C.-78.4 kPa D. 4051.4 kPa

12. The 600 kg hammer of a pile driver is lifted 2 m above the piling head. What is the change in potential
energy? If the hammer is released, what will be its velocity at the instant it strikes the filing? Local g =9.65
mps2.(11.58 KJ; 6.21 mps)
A. 6.21 B. 7.23 C. 6.31 D. 7.01

13. Air enter the nozzle as shown at a pressure of 2700 KPa at a velocity of 30 m/sec and with an enthalpy of 923
KJ/kg, and leaves with a pressure of 700 KPa and enthalpy of 660 KJ/kg. If the heat loss is 0.96 KJ/kg, find the
exit velocity in m/sec if the mass flow rate is 0.2 kg/sec.
A. 635 B. 842 C. 727 D. 574

14. A closed gaseous system undergoes a reversible process in which 30 KJ of heat are rejected and the volume
changes 0.14 m3 to 0.55 m3 . The pressure is constant at 150 KPa. Determine the change of internal energy
U and the work done W.
A. 100 kJ B. - 85 .4 kJ C. -91.5 kJ D. – 100 kJ

15. A water pump increases water pressure. The power input is to be determined.

A. 10 hp B. 12.6 hp C. 14.2 hp D. 11.7 hp

16. What pressure is column of water 100cm high equivalent to ?

17. Gas is enclosed in a cylinder with a weighted piston as the top boundary. The gas is heated and expands from
a volume of 0.04 m3 to 0.10 m3 at a constant pressure 0f 200kPa. Calculate the work done by the system.
A. 8 kJ B. 10 kJ C. 12 kJ D. 14 kJ

18. An open tank contains 5 m of water covered with 2 m of oil ( = 8 KN/m3 ). Find the absolute pressure at the
at the bottom of the tank. (Assume Patm = 101 Kpa)
A. 160.1 kPa B. 170.5 kPa C. 172.03 kPa D. 166.05Kpa

19. A storage tank contains oil with a specific gravity of 0.88 and depth of 20 m. What is the hydrostatic pressure
at the bottom of the tank in kg/cm2.
A. 1.7 B. 1.5 C. 2.1 D. 1.45

20. A lump of ice falls from an aero plane as it comes into land. If the ice hits the ground with a vertical speed of
85 m/sec, what was the height of the plane when the ice fell off? (use g = 9.81 m/sec 2 )
A. 368.25 m B. 350.21 m C. 360.23 m D. 373.25 m