A control operates at steady state as shown in the diagram below. For the control volume,...
A) Steam enters a horizontal pipe operating at steady state with a specific enthalpy of 2,663 kJ/kg and a mass flow rate of 0.1 kg/s. At the exit, the specific enthalpy is 1,531 kJ/kg. If there is no significant change in kinetic energy from inlet to exit, determine the rate of heat transfer between the pipe and its surroundings, in kW. B) Refrigerant 134a enters a horizontal pipe operating at steady state at 40°C, 3.1 bar and a velocity of...
312: A 35 hp pump operates at steady state and is adiabatic and internally reversible. At the inlet the pump has a flow area of 0.04 m² and draws in 52 kg/s of liquid water at 1 bar, 20 °C. At the exit the water is at 4 bar, 15 °C with a flow area of 50 cm. What is the maximum elevation, m, of the pump exit compared to the pump inlet?
Steam enters a nozzle operating at steady state at 30 bar, 320 deg C with a velocity of 100 m/sec. The exit pressure and temperature are 10 bar and 200 deg C respectively. The mass rate of flow of steam is 2 kg/sec. Neglect heat transfer and potential energy. Determine, exit velocity in m/sec and inlet and exit flow areas in m2.
A steam turbine, as shown in Figure Q3, operates at steady state with inlet conditions of Pi= 2 MPa, T1 = 480°C and producing 4000 kW. Saturated steam leaves the turbine at a pressure of 0.1 bar where it is condensed at 45.81 °C in the condenser. There is no significant heat transfer between the turbine and the condenser and their surroundings, and kinetic and potential energy changes between inlet and exit are negligible. A steam turbine, as shown in...
Water vapor enters a turbine operating at steady state at 600°C, 40 bar, with a velocity of 200 m/s, and expands adiabatically to the exit, where it is saturated vapor at 0.8 bar, with a velocity of 150 m/s and a volumetric flow rate of 15 m3/s. Determine the power developed by the turbine, in kW.
Steam enters a turbine operating at steady state at 2 MPa, 360 °C with a velocity of 52 m/s. Saturated vapor exits at 0.1 MPa and a velocity of 35 m/s. The elevation of the inlet is 1 m higher than at the exit. The mass flow rate of the steam is 21 kg/s, and the power developed is 5 MW. Let g = 9.81 m/s2. Determine the area at the inlet, in m2.
Problem 4.080 A feedwater heater in a vapor power plant operates at steady state with liquid entering at inlet 1 with T45°C and p3.0 bar. Water vapor at T4400C and pz 3.0 bar enters at inlet 2, Saturated liquid water exits with a pressure of pj = 3.0 bar. Ignore heat transfer with the surroundings and all kinetic and potential energy effects. If the mass flow rate of the liquid entering at inlet 1 is mi = 3.2 × 105...
Problem 4.018 SI Air enters a horizontal, constant-diameter heating duct operating at steady state at 300 K, 1 bar, with a volumetric flow rate of 0.25 m3/s, and exits at 325 K, 0.95 bar. The flow area is 0.05 m2 Assuming the ideal gas model with k-1.4 for the air, determine: (a) the mass flow rate, in kg/s, (b) the velocity at the inlet and exit, each in m/s, and (c) the rate of heat transfer to the air, in...
PROBLEM 4 A feedwater heater operates at steady state with liquid water entering at inlet 1 at 7 bar, 40°C, and a mass flow rate of 70 kg/s. A separate stream of water enters at inlet 2 as a two-phase liquid-vapor mixture at 7 bar with a quality of 97%. Saturated liquid at 7 bar exits the feedwater heater at 3. Ignoring heat transfer with the surroundings and neglecting kinetic and potential energy effects, determine the mass flow rate, in...
Steam enters the first-stage turbine shown in Fig. P4.50 at 40 bar and 500℃ with a volumetric flow rate of 90 m3/min. Steam exits the turbine at 20 bar and 400℃. The steam is then reheated at constant pressure to 500℃ before entering the second-stage turbine. Steam leaves the second stage as saturated vapor at 0.6 bar. For operation at steady state, and ignoring stray heat transfer and kinetic and potential energy effects, determine the(a) mass flow rate of the...