ChE\22 SecondExam

August6, 2072,1-3 PM,EngineeringTheater

Directions: Answerthefollowing problemsas bestasyou can. Youmay openyour booksand browsethroughyour notes,so long
as they are not electronicversionsGivea complecesolutionfor eachproblem (i.e.,write the given,sketchthe diagramif needed,
stntr assumptions,showequationsused,boxfinal answers,etc.).Only answerswritten in black or blue ink will begiven crediL
Write only on thefront pagesof your answer sheets.Write legibly. Eachproblem is worth 100 points.Godbless.@
PROBLEM1 IPINK]: A steam turbine operatesat the following conditions:

Inlet
Velocitvfmlminl
TemperaturefK)
PressuretMPal
Flow rate fkelh)

Heatloss tkl/hl
[a)
tb)

[c)

Outlet
7500
440
0.15
10,000
125,000

2000
800
3.5

Computethe horsepowerdevelopedby the turbineand the entropychangeof the steam.

Supposethe turbine is now replacedwith one that is well-insulatedso that the heat loss is eliminatedand
well designed,so that the expansionis reversible. If the exit pressureand velocity are mainained at the
previousvalues,what is the outlet steamtemperatureand the turbine horsepower?
Whatis the efficiencyof the turbinein (a)?

PROBLEM2 [GREEN):A hypotheticalenginedeviceconsisrsof heat enginesand heat pumps [for heating),

arrangedsuchthatforaparticularunit"i",T,>?n
i .K
e>
. ,T r > T z > . . . > T s > 3 0 0 K ) . B a s e d o n t h e s c h e m a t i c
1 *5r0( 0
diagramshown,fiil in tablewith the followinginformation:

t70w

- l20w

1 8 0w .

-50w

-4- 0
- -wT - - - I

?0w

--*-i-$Y
20w

- lOw

zo6t

- zow

Also, prove that this engine is NOT feasible

thermodynamically[i.e., show at least one
proof of violation).
PROBLEM3 IBI.tlEJ: In the preliminary design of a furnace for an industrial boiler, liquid fuel which consistsof
500/on-heptane orrd 500/on-octane, is burnedComlh__tely.+f
ith 20o/oexcessair. Both the air and the fuel enter the
boiler at 50"C.The hot combustion gasesieave the iurnace at 300oC and are dischargedto the atmosphere.The
heat transferred from the furnace Q is used to convert boiler feed saturated liquid water at 60"F into superheated
steam at l-7 bar and 482"F.
[a)
tb)
(c)
tdl

Draw and label a flowchart of this process.

Calculatethe composition of the gas leavingthe furnace on a wet basis.
CalculateQ [Btu/lb* tuelJ.
Calculatethe steam production in the boiler flb. steam/lb, fuel).
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