FACULTY OF MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING

THERMODYNAMICS I
(BDA20703 / BDA20202)
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 1
Instruction: Answer all questions, submit within 1 week after the issuance date.

Q1

What are the difference between a thermodynamics open

system and a closed system? *You need to sketch both
systems, and differentiate them in terms of boundary,
and energy that crossing the boundaries (as work and
heat).

Q2

A manometer shown in Figure 1 is attached to a pipe to

measure the air pressure inside it. The manometer is
being constructed with an open arm is inclined 40 from
the horizontal plane. The fluid inside the manometer is
having density of 0.9 kg/L. If the vertical distance
between the fluid levels in the two arms of the
manometer is 10 cm, determine
i.

ii.

the gage pressure of air inside the pipe;

the length of the fluid column in the inclined arm
above the fluid level in the vertical arm; and
why does the manometer arm is inclined rather
than vertically designed?

Figure 2

Q4

ii) Derive the general energy balance equation for:

a) a closed system; and
b) an open system.
Q5

Complete the following table for H2O (water):

T,
P,
h,
State
x
Phase
C
kPa
kJ/kg
1
200
0.7
2
140
1800
3
950
0
4
80
500
5
800
3162.2
Show all the calculation methods to complete the
table, and plot position of each state on a T-v and P-v
diagram.

Q6

For the following process:

Figure 1
Q3

i) What are the energy transfer mechanisms for:

a) a closed system (fixed mass); and
b) an open system.

A double-U manometer with a pressure gauge is

connected to a gasoline pipe as shown in Figure 2. If the
reading of the pressure gage is 570 kPa, determine the
gage pressure of the gasoline inside the pipe line.

Compressed liquid refrigerant (R-134a) at 0C

and 300kPa is being heated at constant pressure

until its temperature reaches 20C. The
compression process then takes place
isothermally until its specific volume reaches
0.0184 m3/kg.

BDA 1612

Sketch the process change from initial to final state

on a T-v diagram (complete with the saturation
line), plot each state clearly and show their axis
values on the diagram. Describe the phases of each
state.