ESO201A

Tutorial 3: Problems and Solutions

4-24. A piston-cylinder device contains 50kg of water at 250kPa and
25oC. The cross-sectional area of the piston is 0.1 m2. Heat is now
transferred to the water, causing part of it to evaporate and expand.
When the volume reaches 0.2 m3, the piston reaches linear spring whose
spring constant is 100kN/m. More heat is transferred to the water until
the piston rises 20cm more. Determine (a) the final pressure and
temperature and (b) the work done during this process. Also show the
process on a P-V diagram.

Read chapter 3
Answer:
Water in a cylinder equipped with a spring is heated and evaporated. The vapor expands
until it compresses the spring 20cm. The final pressure and temperature, and the boundary
work done are to be determined, and the process is to be shown on a P-V diagram.

Assumptions:
The process is quasi-equilibrium.

Analysis:
(a) The final pressure is determined from

The specific and total volumes at the three states are

 At 450 kPa, vf = 0.001088 m3/kg and vg = 0.41392 m3/kg. Noting that vf < v3 < vg , the final
state is a saturated mixture and thus the final temperature is

(b) The pressure remains constant during process 1-2 and changes linearly (a straight line)
during process 2-3. Then the boundary work during this process is simply the total area under
the process curve,

Discussion The positive sign indicates that work is done by the system (work output).
4.54. Determine the internal energy change ∆u of hydrogen in
kJ/kg, as it is heated from 200 to 800k, using (a) the empirical
specific heat equation as a function of temperature (table A-
2c), (b) the cv value at the average temperature (table A-2b),
and (c) the cv value at room temperature (table A-2a).

Answer:
The internal energy change of hydrogen gas during a heating process is to be
determined using an empirical specific heat relation, constant specific heat at
average temperature, and constant specific heat at room temperature.
Analysis:
(a) Using the empirical relation for cp(T) from Table A-2c and relating it to cv(T),
(b) Using a constant cv value from Table A-2b at the average temperature of 500K,

(c) Using a constant cv value from Table A-2a at the room temperature
4-87. If you ever slapped someone or got slapped yourself, you
probably remember the burning sensation. Imagine you had the
unfortunate occasion of being slapped by an angry person, which
caused the temperature of the affected area of your face to rise by
2.4°C (ouch!). Assuming the slapping hand has a mass of 0.9 kg
and about 0.150 kg of the tissue on the face and the hand is
affected by the incident, estimate the velocity of the hand just
before impact. Take the specific heat of the tissue to be 3.8
kJ/kg·K.
Answer:
The face of a person is slapped. For the specified temperature rise of the affected part,
the impact velocity of the hand is to be determined.
Assumptions:
• The hand is brought to a complete stop after the impact.
• The face takes the blow without significant movement.
• No heat is transferred from the affected area to the surroundings, and thus the
process is adiabatic.
• No work is done on or by the system.
• The potential energy change is zero, ΔPE = 0 and ΔE = ΔU + ΔKE.
Analysis:
We analyze this incident in a professional manner without involving any emotions. First,
we identify the system, draw a sketch of it, and state our observations about the
specifics of the problem. We take the hand and the affected portion of the face as the
system. This is a closed system since it involves a fixed amount of mass (no mass
transfer). We observe that the kinetic energy of the hand decreases during the process,
as evidenced by a decrease in velocity from initial value to zero, while the internal
energy of the affected area increases, as evidenced by an increase in the temperature.
There seems to be no significant energy transfer between the system and its
surroundings during this process. Under the stated assumptions and observations, the
energy balance on the system can be expressed as
That is, the decrease in the kinetic energy of the hand must be equal to the increase in
the internal energy of the affected area. Solving for the velocity and substituting the
given quantities, the impact velocity of the hand is determined to be

Discussion Reconstruction of events such as this by making appropriate assumptions

are commonly used in forensic engineering.
4-113. In order to cool 1 ton of water at 20 0C in an insulated
tank, a person pours 80 kg of ice at -50C into the water.
Determine the final equilibrium temperature in the tank. The
melting temperature and the heat of fusion of ice at
atmospheric pressure are 00C and 333.70C kJ/kg, respectively.

Answer:
A 1- ton (1000 kg) of water is to be cooled in a tank by pouring ice into it. The final
equilibrium temperature in the tank is to be determined.
Assumptions:

• Thermal properties of the ice and water are constant.

• Heat transfer to the water tank is negligible.
• There is no stirring by hand or a mechanical device (it will add energy).

Properties:
• The specific heat of water at room temperature is c = 4.18 kJ/kg·°C, and the
specific heat of ice at about 00C is C = 2.11 kJ/kg·°C (Table A-3).
• The melting temperature and the heat of fusion of ice at 1 atm are 00C and 333.7
kJ/kg.
Heat of fusion: Latent heat of fusion of ice is the
amount of heat required to melt a unit mass of
ice from the solid-state to the liquid state.
Analysis:
We take the ice and the water as our system, and disregard any heat transfer between the
system and the surroundings. Then the energy balance for this process can be written as

It gives
T2 = 12.4oC
which is the final equilibrium temperature in the tank.
4-131.Two rigid tanks are connected by a valve. Tank A
contains 0.2 m3 of water at 400 kPa and 80 percent quality.
Tank B contains 0.5 m3 of water at 200 kPa and 250 0C. The
valve is now opened, and the two tanks eventually come to the
same state. Determine the pressure and the amount of heat
transfer when the system reaches thermal equilibrium with
the surroundings at 25 0C.
Assumptions:
• The tanks are stationary and thus the kinetic and potential energy changes are
zero.
• There are no work interactions.
• State 1  initial state; state 2 final state (thermal equilibrium)
Analysis:
We take the entire contents of the tank as the system. This is a closed system since no mass
enters or leaves. Noting that the volume of the system is constant and thus there is no
boundary work. The energy balance for this stationary closed system can be expressed as:
The properties of water in each tank are (Tables A-4 through A-6)

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Therefore, specific volume at final

state,v2=(VA+VB)/mt=(0.2+0.5)/0.9573 = 0.73117
Thus at the final state the system will be a saturated liquid-vapor mixture since vf < v2 < vg.
Then the final pressure must be
P2 = Psat @25C = 3.17 kPa

where, vfg=vg-vf

See solved example 4-6 also