Three return steam lines in a chemical processing plant enter a collection tank operating at steady state at 5 bar. Steam enters inlet 1 with flow rate of 2 kg/s and quality of 0.9. Steam enters inlet 2 with flow rate of 2 kg/s at 200°C. Steam enters inlet 3 with flow rate of 1.2 kg/s at 95°C. Steam exits the tank at 5 bar. The rate of heat transfer from the collection tank is 40 kW. Neglecting kinetic and potential energy effects, determine for the steam exiting the tank: (a) the mass flow rate, in kg/s. (b) the temperature, in °C.
Three return steam lines in a chemical processing plant enter a collection tank operating at steady...
Three return steam lines in a chemical processing plant enter a collection tank operating at steady state at 5 bar. Steam enters inlet 1 with flow rate of 1.4 kg/s and quality of 0.9. Steam enters inlet 2 with flow rate of 2 kg/s at 200°C. Steam enters inlet 3 with flow rate of 1.2 kg/s at 95°C. Steam exits the tank at 5 bar. The rate of heat transfer from the collection tank is 40 kW. Neglecting kinetic and...
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...
Steam enters a counterflow heat exchanger operating at steady state at 0.07 MPa with a quality of 0.9 and exits at the same pressure as saturated liquid. The steam mass flow rate is 1.3 kg/min. A separate stream of air with a mass flow rate of 100 kg/min enters at 30oC and exits at 60oC. The ideal gas model with cp = 1.005 kJ/kg·K can be assumed for air. Kinetic and potential energy effects are negligible. Determine the temperature of...
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 a turbine operating at steady state at 30 bar, 400 °C with a mass flow rate of 126 kg/min and exits as saturated vapor at 0.2 bar, producing power at a rate of 1.5 MW. Kinetic and potential energy effects can be ignored. Determine the followings. (a) (5 points) The rate of heat transfer, in kW. (b) (15 points) The rate of entropy production, in kW/K, for an enlarged control volume that includes the turbine and enough of...
3. 50 points) Steam enters a turbine operating at a steady state at 12 MPa and 700 C. The mass flow rate of the steam is 200 kg'min. The steam exits the turbine as a saturated vapor at 3 bar. The turbine produces 3.0 MW of power. Ignore potential and kinetic energy effects. Assuming heat transfer from the turbine to the surroundings occurs at 20 C, determine: (a) (20 pts) The rate of heat transfer, in kW (b) (20 pts)...
Steam enters a horizontal pipe operating at steady state with a specific enthalpy of 1,671 kJ/kg and a mass flow rate of 0.5 kg/s. At the exit, the specific enthalpy is 2,162 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.
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 3 (70 points) Water vapor at 10 MPa, 600°C enters a turbine operating at steady state with a mass flow rate of 9.5 kg/s and exits at 0.1 bar and a quality of 92%. Stray heat transfer and kinetic and potential energy effects are negligible. (a) (30 points) Determine the rate of entropy production, Ocv, in kW/K. (b) (40 points) Determine the isentropic turbine efficiency, .
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2. (20 points) Steam enters a turbine operating at steady state at 2 MPa, 360°C with a velocity of 100 m/s. Saturated vapor exits at 0.1 MPa and a velocity of 50 m/s. The elevation of the inlet is 3 m higher than at the exit. The mass flow rate of the steam is 15 kg's, and the power developed is 7 MW. Let g -9.81 m/s Determine (a) the area at the inlet, in m, and (b)...