EMG 2206: ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS 1
TUTORIAL 1 (Based on Chapter 3 of Cengel & Boles)
1. Kamau is boiling some “kienyeji” chicken for his family in a pot that is (a) uncovered, (b) covered
with a heavy lid. In which of the two scenarios will the shortest cooking time be achieved and
why?
2. Does it require more energy to vapourize 0.5 kg of water at 80 oC than it does to vapourize the
same amount of water at 150 oC? Show your reasoning. Assume that water at 150 oC is
compressed above its corresponding saturation pressure and is in liquid state.
3. A rigid tank with total volume 2 m3 contains a liquid-vapour mixture at 200 oC. The liquid phase
occupies 2/3 of the total volume whereas the vapour phase occupies the rest of the volume.
Determine the following for the mixture:
a. Pressure.
b. Quality.
c. Density.
4. Fill in the following table
Specific
Temperature, Pressure, P
enthalpy, 𝒉 Quality, 𝒙 Phase descriptor
T (oC) (bar)
(kJ/kg)
3 0.5
10 3500
2 Saturated vapour
350 10
5. 0.5 kg of steam at 280 oC and 1.1 MPa is contained in a cylinder with a moveable piston
(frictionless). The steam undergoes an isobaric cooling process until 1/3 of its initial mass
condenses.
a. Illustrate this process on a T-𝑣 diagram.
b. Determine the quality and final temperature of the mixture.
c. Determine the volume change associated with the process.
6. Determine the specific volume of superheated steam at 50 bar and 400 oC using:
a. The ideal gas equation.
b. The compressibility-factor equation of state (use generalized compressibility charts).
c. Steam tables.
Assuming that the answer by the steam tables is the correct value, calculate the error in using
options (a) and (b) above.
7. Oxygen gas enters a pipe at 30 bar, 230 oC and a mass flowrate of 1.5 kg/s. The gas is cooled
along the pipe and exits at a temperature of 180 oC. Determine the volumetric flow rates at both
the inlet and the outlet using:
a. The ideal gas equation.
b. The Van-der-Waals equation of state.
