ME F217 Applied Thermodynamics
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Question 1
A spherical hot-air balloon is initially
filled with air at 120 kPa and 20°C with
an initial diameter of 5 m. Air enters
this balloon at 120 kPa and 20°C with a
velocity of 3 m/s through a 1 m
diameter opening. How many minutes
will it take to inflate this balloon to a
17-m diameter when the pressure and
temperature of the air in the balloon
remain the same as the air entering the
balloon?
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Question 2
An irreversible heat engine
extracts heat from a high
temperature source at a rate of 100
kW and rejects heat to a sink at a
rate of 50 kW. The entire work
output of the heat engine is used to
drive a reversible heat pump
operating between a set of
independent isothermal heat
reservoirs at 17°C and 75°C.
Determine the rate (in kW) at
which the heat pump delivers heat
to the high temperature reservoir?
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Hints
Work developed by an irreversible heat engine
COP of the heat pump = heat rejected to high temperature reservoir/ work supplied
For the Reversible heat pump COP is
Now, heat rejected to high temperature reservoir is
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Evaluative Question 1
Air enters a 16-cm-diameter pipe steadily at 200kPa and
20°C with a velocity of 5 m/s. Air is heated as it flows, and
it leaves the pipe at 180 kPa and 40°C.
Determine
a) The volume flow rate of air at inlet
b) The mass flow rate of air, and
c) The velocity and volume flow rate at the exit.
Assume the gas constant of air as 0.287 kJ/kg.K
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Evaluative Question 2
An inventor claims to have developed a heat
engine that receives 700 kJ of heat from a source at
500 K and produces 300 kJ of net work while
rejecting the waste heat to a sink at 290 K. Is this a
reasonable claim? Why?
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