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Problem #1
ADDIS ABABA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY A 1.8-m3 rigid tank contains steam at 220oC. One-third of the volume is in the liquid phase
COLLEGE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING and the rest is in the vapor form. Determine
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT (a) the pressure of the steam,
(b) the quality of the saturated mixture, and
Engineering Thermodynamics
(EMEg3101) (c) the density of the mixture.
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Problem #2 Problem #3
• A piston–cylinder device contains 0.005 m3 of liquid water and 0.9 m3 of A piston-cylinder device initially contains 50 L of liquid water at 40oC and
water vapor in equilibrium at 600 kPa. Heat is transferred at constant 200 kPa. Heat is transferred to the water at constant pressure until the
pressure until the temperature reaches 200oC. entire liquid is vaporized.
(a) What is the initial temperature of the water? (a) What is the mass of the water?
(b) Determine the total mass of the water. (b) What is the final temperature?
(c) Calculate the final volume. (c) Determine the total enthalpy change.
(d) Show the process on a P-v diagram with respect to saturation lines. (d) Show the process on a T-v diagram with respect to saturation lines.

Problem #4 Problem #5
• A rigid tank initially contains 1.4-kg saturated liquid water at At this 200oC. • Water initially at 200 kPa and 300oC is contained in a piston-cylinder
state, 25 percent of the volume is occupied by water and the rest by air. device fitted with stops. The water is allowed to cool at constant pressure
Now heat is supplied to the water until the tank contains saturated vapor until it exists as a saturated vapor and the piston rests on the stops. Then
only. Determine the water continues to cool until the pressure is 100 kPa. On the T-v
(a) the volume of the tank. diagrams sketch, with respect to the saturation lines, the process curves
passing through both the initial, intermediate, and final states of the
(b) the final temperature and pressure. water. Label the T, P and v values for end states on the process curves.
(c) the internal energy change of the water. Find the overall change in internal energy between the initial and final
states per unit mass of water

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Problem #6 Problem #7
• Steam is contained in a closed rigid container with a volume of 1 m3.
Initially, the pressure and temperature of the steam are 7 bar and 5000C, • A 1-m3 tank containing air at 10°C and 350 kPa is connected through a
respectively. The temperature drops as a result of heat transfer to the valve to another tank containing 3 kg of air at 35°C and 150 kPa. Now the
surroundings. Determine the temperature at which condensation first valve is opened, and the entire system is allowed to reach thermal
occurs, in 0C, and then fraction of the total mass that has condensed equilibrium with the surroundings, which are at 20°C. Determine the
when the pressure reaches 0.5 bar. What is the volume, in m3, occupied volume of the second tank and the final equilibrium pressure of air.
by saturated liquid at the final state? Assume (R=0.2870kpa.m3/kg.k)

Problem #8
• Determine the specific volume of superheated water vapor at 15 MPa
and 350°C using (a) the ideal-gas equation, (b) the generalized
compressibility chart, and (c) the steam tables. Also determine the
error involved in the first two cases.