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Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach 8th edition Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles - Solutions

Does a heat engine that has a thermal efficiency of 100 percent necessarily violate? (a) The first law and (b) The second law of thermodynamics? Explain.
In the absence of any friction and other irreversibilities, can a heat engine have an efficiency of 100 percent? Explain.
Are the efficiencies of all the work-producing devices, including the hydroelectric power plants, limited by the Kelvin–Planck statement of the second law? Explain.
A 600-MW steam power plant, which is cooled by a nearby river, has a thermal efficiency of 40 percent. Determine the rate of heat transfer to the river water. Will the actual heat transfer rate be higher or lower than this value? Why?
A steam power plant receives heat from a furnace at a rate of 280 GJ/h. Heat losses to the surrounding air from the steam as it passes through the pipes and other components are estimated to be about 8 GJ/h. If the waste heat is transferred to the cooling water at a rate of 145 GJ/h, determine (a)
A car engine with a power output of 110 hp has a thermal efficiency of 28 percent. Determine the rate of fuel consumption if the heating value of the fuel is 19,000 Btu/lbm.
A steam power plant with a power output of 150 MW consumes coal at a rate of 60 tons/h. If the heating value of the coal is 30,000 kJ/kg, determine the overall efficiency of this plant. Answer: 30.0 percent
An automobile engine consumes fuel at a rate of 28 L/h and delivers 60 kW of power to the wheels. If the fuel has a heating value of 44,000 kJ/kg and a density of 0.8 g/cm3, determine the efficiency of this engine. Answer: 21.9 percent
Solar energy stored in large bodies of water, called solar ponds, is being used to generate electricity. If such a solar power plant has an efficiency of 4 percent and a net power output of 350 kW, determine the average value of the required solar energy collection rate, in Btu/h.
In 2001, the United States produced 51 percent of its electricity in the amount of 1.878 = 1012 kWh from coal fired power plants. Taking the average thermal efficiency to be 34 percent, determine the amount of thermal energy rejected by the coal-fired power plants in the United States that year.
The Department of Energy projects that between the years 1995 and 2010, the United States will need to build new power plants to generate an additional 150,000 MW of electricity to meet the increasing demand for electric power. One possibility is to build coal-fired power plants, which cost $1300
Reconsider Prob. 6–24. Using EES (or other) software, investigate the price of coal for varying simple payback periods, plant construction costs, and operating efficiency.
Repeat Prob. 6–24 for a simple payback period of three years instead of five years.
An Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) power plant built in Hawaii in 1987 was designed to operate between the temperature limits of 86°F at the ocean surface and 41°F at a depth of 2100 ft. About 13,300 gpm of cold seawater was to be pumped from Deep Ocean through a 40-in-diameter pipe to
A coal-burning steam power plant produces a net power of 300 MW with an overall thermal efficiency of 32 percent. The actual gravimetric air–fuel ratio in the furnace is calculated to be 12 kg air/kg fuel. The heating value of the coal is 28,000 kJ/kg. Determine (a) The amount of coal consumed
What is the difference between a refrigerator and a heat pump?
What is the difference between a refrigerator and an air conditioner?
In a refrigerator, heat is transferred from a lower temperature medium (the refrigerated space) to a higher temperature one (the kitchen air). Is this a violation of the second law of thermodynamics? Explain.
A heat pump is a device that absorbs energy from the cold outdoor air and transfers it to the warmer indoors. Is this a violation of the second law of thermodynamics? Explain.
Define the coefficient of performance of a refrigerator in words. Can it be greater than unity?
Define the coefficient of performance of a heat pump in words. Can it be greater than unity?
A heat pump that is used to heat a house has a COP of 2.5. That is, the heat pump delivers 2.5 kWh of energy to the house for each 1 kWh of electricity it consumes. Is this a violation of the first law of thermodynamics? Explain.
A refrigerator has a COP of 1.5. That is, the refrigerator removes 1.5 kWh of energy from the refrigerated space for each 1 kWh of electricity it consumes. Is this a violation of the first law of thermodynamics? Explain.
What is the Clausius expression of the second law of thermodynamics?
Show that the Kelvin–Planck and the Clausius expressions of the second law are equivalent.
A household refrigerator with a COP of 1.2 removes heat from the refrigerated space at a rate of 60 kJ/min, determine (a) The electric power consumed by the refrigerator and (b) The rate of heat transfer to the kitchen air.
An air conditioner removes heat steadily from a house at a rate of 750 kJ/min while drawing electric power at a rate of 6 kW Determine (a) The COP of this air conditioner and (b) The rate of heat transfer to the outside air.
A household refrigerator runs one-fourth of the time and removes heat from the food compartment at an average rate of 800 kJ/h. If the COP of the refrigerator is 2.2, determine the power the refrigerator draws when running.
Water enters an ice machine at 55°F and leaves as ice at 25°F. If the COP of the ice machine is 2.4 during this operation, determine the required power input for an ice production rate of 28 lbm/h. (169 Btu of energy needs to be removed from each lbm of water at 55°F to turn it into ice at
A household refrigerator that has a power input of 450 W and a COP of 2.5 is to cool five large watermelons, 10 kg each, to 8°C. If the watermelons are initially at 20°C, determine how long it will take for the refrigerator to cool them. The watermelons can be treated as water whose specific heat
When a man returns to his well-sealed house on a summer day, he finds that the house is at 32°C.He turns on the air conditioner, which cools the entire house to 20°C in 15 min. If the COP of the air-conditioning system is 2.5, determine the power drawn by the air conditioner. Assume the
Reconsider Prob. 6–44. Using EES (or other) software, determine the power input required by the air conditioner to cool the house as a function for air conditioner EER ratings in the range 9 to 16. Discuss your results and include representative costs of air-conditioning units in the EER rating
Determine the COP of a refrigerator that removes heat from the food compartment at a rate of 5040 kJ/h for each kW of power it consumes. Also, determine the rate of heat rejection to the outside air.
Determine the COP of a heat pump that supplies energy to a house at a rate of 8000 kJ/h for each kW of electric power it draws. Also, determine the rate of energy absorption from the outdoor air.
A house that was heated by electric resistance heaters consumed 1200 kWh of electric energy in a winter month. If this house were heated instead by a heat pump that has an average COP of 2.4, determine how much money the home owner would have saved that month. Assume a price of 8.5¢/kWh for
A heat pump with a COP of 2.5 supplies energy to a house at a rate of 60,000 Btu/h. Determine (a) The electric power drawn by the heat pump and (b) The rate of heat absorption from the outside air.
A heat pump used to heat a house runs about one third of the time. The house is losing heat at an average rate of 22,000 kJ/h. If the COP of the heat pump is 2.8, determine the power the heat pump draws when running.
A heat pump is used to maintain a house at a constant temperature of 23°C. The house is losing heat to the outside air through the walls and the windows at a rate of 60,000 kJ/h while the energy generated within the house from people, lights, and appliances amounts to 4000 kJ/h. For a COP of 2.5,
Consider an office room that is being cooled adequately by a 12,000 Btu/h window air conditioner. Now it is decided to convert this room into a computer room by installing several computers, terminals, and printers with a total rated power of 3.5 kW. The facility has several 4000 Btu/h air
Consider a building whose annual air-conditioning load is estimated to be 120,000 kWh in an area where the unit cost of electricity is $0.10/kWh. Two air conditioners are considered for the building. Air conditioner A has a seasonal average COP of 3.2 and costs $5500 to purchase and install. Air
Refrigerant-134a enters the condenser of a residential heat pump at 800 kPa and 35°C at a rate of 0.018 kg/s and leaves at 800 kPa as a saturated liquid. If the compressor consumes 1.2 kW of power, determine (a) The COP of the heat pump and (b) The rate of heat absorption from the outside air
Refrigerant-134a enters the evaporator coils placed at the back of the freezer section of a household refrigerator at 120 kPa with a quality of 20 percent and leaves at 120 kPa and 20°C. If the compressor consumes 450 W of power and the COP the refrigerator is 1.2, determine(a) The mass flow
An inventor claims to have developed a resistance heater that supplies 1.2 kWh of energy to a room for each kWh of electricity it consumes. Is this a reasonable claim, or has the inventor developed a perpetual-motion machine? Explain.
It is common knowledge that the temperature of air rises as it is compressed. An inventor thought about using this high-temperature air to heat buildings. He used a compressor driven by an electric motor. The inventor claims that the compressed hot-air system is 25 percent more efficient than a
A cold canned drink is left in a warmer room where its temperature rises as a result of heat transfer. Is this a reversible process? Explain.
Why are engineers interested in reversible processes even though they can never be achieved?
Why does a nonquasi-equilibrium compression process require a larger work input than the corresponding quasi-equilibrium one?
Why does a nonquasi-equilibrium expansion process deliver less work than the corresponding quasiequilibrium one?
How do you distinguish between internal and external irreversibilities?
Is a reversible expansion or compression process necessarily quasi-equilibrium? Is a quasi-equilibrium expansion or compression process necessarily reversible? Explain.
What are the four processes that make up the Carnot cycle?
What are the two statements known as the Carnot principles?
Somebody claims to have developed a new reversible heat-engine cycle that has a higher theoretical efficiency than the Carnot cycle operating between the same temperature limits. How do you evaluate this claim?
Somebody claims to have developed a new reversible heat-engine cycle that has the same theoretical efficiency as the Carnot cycle operating between the same temperature limits.
Is it possible to develop (a) an actual and (b) a reversible heat-engine cycle that is more efficient than a Carnot cycle operating between the same temperature limits? Explain.
Consider two actual power plants operating with solar energy. Energy is supplied to one plant from a solar pond at 80°C and to the other from concentrating collectors that raise the water temperature to 600°C. Which of these power plants will have a higher efficiency? Explain.
A Carnot heat engine operates between a source at 1000 K and a sink at 300 K. If the heat engine is supplied with heat at a rate of 800 kJ/min, determine (a) The thermal efficiency and (b) The power output of this heat engine.
Carnot heat engine receives 650 kJ of heat from a source of unknown temperature and rejects 250 kJ of it to a sink at 24°C. Determine (a) The temperature of the source and (b) The thermal efficiency of the heat engine.
A heat engine operates between a source at 550°C and a sink at 25°C. If heat is supplied to the heat engine at a steady rate of 1200 kJ/m in, determine the maximum power output of this heat engine.
Reconsider Prob. 6–73. Using EES (or other) software, study the effects of the temperatures of the heat source and the heat sink on the power produced and the cycle thermal efficiency. Let the source temperature vary from 300 to 1000°C, and the sink temperature to vary from 0 to 50°C. Plot the
A heat engine is operating on a Carnot cycle and has a thermal efficiency of 55 percent. The waste heat from this engine is rejected to a nearby lake at 60°F at a rate of 800 Btu/min. Determine(a) The power output of the engine and(b) The temperature of the source.
In tropical climates, the water near the surface of the ocean remains warm throughout the year as a result of solar energy absorption. In the deeper parts of the ocean, however, the water remains at a relatively low temperature since the sun€™s rays cannot penetrate very far. It is
An innovative way of power generation involves the utilization of geothermal energy—the energy of hot water that exists naturally underground—as the heat source. If a supply of hot water at 140°C is discovered at a location where the environmental temperature is 20°C, determine the maximum
An inventor claims to have developed a heat engine that receives 700 kJ of heat from a source at 500 K and produces 300 kJ of net work while rejecting the waste heat to a sink at 290 K. Is this a reasonable claim? Why?
An experimentalist claims that, based on his measurements, a heat engine receives 300 Btu of heat from a source of 900 R, converts 160 Btu of it to work, and rejects the rest as waste heat to a sink at 540 R. Are these measurements reasonable? Why?
A geothermal power plant uses geothermal water extracted at 160°C at a rate of 440 kg/s as the heat source and produces 22 MW of net power. If the environment temperature is 25°C, determine (a) The actual thermal efficiency, (b) The maximum possible thermal efficiency, and (c) The actual
How can we increase the COP of a Carnot refrigerator?
What is the highest COP that a refrigerator operating between temperature levels TL and TH can have?
In an effort to conserve energy in a heat-engine cycle, somebody suggests incorporating a refrigerator that will absorb some of the waste energy QL and transfer it to the energy source of the heat engine. Is this a smart idea? Explain.
It is well established that the thermal efficiency of a heat engine increases as the temperature TL at which heat is rejected from the heat engine decreases. In an effort to increase the efficiency of a power plant, somebody suggests refrigerating the cooling water before it enters the condenser,
It is well known that the thermal efficiency of heat engines increases as the temperature of the energy source increases. In an attempt to improve the efficiency of a power plant, somebody suggests transferring heat from the available energy source to a higher-temperature medium by a heat pump
A Carnot refrigerator operates in a room in which the temperature is 22°C and consumes 2 kW of power when operating. If the food compartment of the refrigerator is to be maintained at 3°C, determine the rate of heat removal from the food compartment.
A refrigerator is to remove heat from the cooled space at a rate of 300 kJ/min to maintain its temperature at -8°C if the air surrounding the refrigerator is at 25°C, determine the minimum power input required for this refrigerator.
An air-conditioning system operating on the reversed Carnot cycle is required to transfer heat from a house at a rate of 750 kJ/min to maintain its temperature at 24°C. If the outdoor air temperature is 35°C, determine the power required to operate this air-conditioning system.
An air-conditioning system is used to maintain a house at 72°F when the temperature outside is 90°F. If this air-conditioning system draws 5 hp of power when operating, determine the maximum rate of heat removal from the house that it can accomplish.
A Carnot refrigerator operates in a room in which the temperature is 25°C. The refrigerator consumes 500 W of power when operating and has a COP of 4.5. Determine (a) The rate of heat removal from the refrigerated space and (b) The temperature of the refrigerated space.
An inventor claims to have developed a refrigeration system that removes heat from the closed region at -12°C and transfers it to the surrounding air at 25°C while maintaining a COP of 6.5. Is this claim reasonable? Why?
During an experiment conducted in a room at 25°C, a laboratory assistant measures that a refrigerator that draws 2 kW of power has removed 30,000 kJ of heat from the refrigerated space, which is maintained at -30°C. The running time of the refrigerator during the experiment was 20 min.
An air-conditioning system is used to maintain a house at 75°F when the temperature outside is 95°F. The house is gaining heat through the walls and the windows at a rate of 800 Btu/min, and the heat generation rate within the house from people, lights, and appliances amounts to 100 Btu/min.
A heat pump is used to heat a house and maintain it at 24°C. On a winter day when the outdoor air temperature is -5°C, the house is estimated to lose heat at a rate of 80,000 kJ/h determine the minimum power required to operate this heat pump
A heat pump is used to maintain a house at 22°C by extracting heat from the outside air on a day when the outside air temperature is 2°C. The house is estimated to lose heat at a rate of 110,000 kJ/h and the heat pump consumes 5 kW of electric power when running. Is this heat pump powerful
The structure of a house is such that it loses heat at a rate of 5400 kJ/h per °C difference between the indoors and outdoors. A heat pump that requires a power input of 6 kW is used to maintain this house at 21°C. Determine the lowest outdoor temperature for which the heat pump can meet the
The performance of a heat pump degrades (i.e., its COP decreases) as the temperature of the heat source decreases. This makes using heat pumps at locations with severe weather conditions unattractive. Consider a house that is heated and maintained at 20°C by a heat pump during the winter. What is
A heat pump is to be used for heating a house in winter. The house is to be maintained at 78°F at all times. When the temperature outdoors drops to 25°F, the heat losses from the house are estimated to be 55,000 Btu/h. Determine the minimum power required to run this heat pump if heat is
A Carnot heat pump is to be used to heat a house and maintain it at 20°C in winter. On a day when the average outdoor temperature remains at about 2°C, the house is estimated to lose heat at a rate of 82,000 kJ/h. If the heat pump consumes 8 kW of power while operating, determine(a) How
A Carnot heat engine receives heat from a reservoir at 900°C at a rate of 800 kJ/min and rejects the waste heat to the ambient air at 27°C. The entire work output of the heat engine is used to drive a refrigerator that removes heat from the refrigerated space at -5°C and transfers it to the same
A commercial refrigerator with refrigerant-134a as the working fluid is used to keep the refrigerated space at -35°C by rejecting waste heat to cooling water that enters the condenser at 18°C at a rate of 0.25 kg/s and leaves at 26°C. The refrigerant enters the condenser at 1.2 MPa and 50°C and
A Carnot heat engine receives heat from a reservoir at 1700°F at a rate of 700 Btu/min and rejects the waste heat to the ambient air at 80°F. The entire work output of the heat engine is used to drive a refrigerator that removes heat from the refrigerated space at 20°F and transfers it to the
An air-conditioner with refrigerant-134a as the working fluid is used to keep a room at 26°C by rejecting the waste heat to the outdoor air at 34°C. The room gains heat through the walls and the windows at a rate of 250 kJ/min, while the heat generated by the computer, TV, and lights
Someone proposes that the refrigeration system of a supermarket be over designed so that the entire air-conditioning needs of the store can be met by refrigerated air without installing any air-conditioning system. What do you think of this proposal?
Someone proposes that the entire refrigerator/ freezer requirements of a store be met using a large freezer that supplies sufficient cold air at -20°C instead of installing separate refrigerators and freezers. What do you think of this proposal?
Explain how you can reduce the energy consumption of your household refrigerator.
Why is it important to clean the condenser coils of a household refrigerator a few times a year? Also, why is it important not to block airflow through the condenser coils?
Why are today’s refrigerators much more efficient than those built in the past?
The “Energy Guide” label of a refrigerator states that the refrigerator will consume $74 worth of electricity per year under normal use if the cost of electricity is $0.07/kWh. If the electricity consumed by the lightbulb is negligible and the refrigerator consumes 300 W when running, determine
The interior lighting of refrigerators is usually provided by incandescent lamps whose switches are actuated by the opening of the refrigerator door. Consider a refrigerator whose 40-W lightbulb remains on about 60 h per year. It is proposed to replace the lightbulb by an energy-efficient bulb that
It is commonly recommended that hot foods be cooled first to room temperature by simply waiting a while before they are put into the refrigerator to save energy. Despite this commonsense recommendation, a person keeps cooking a large pan of stew twice a week and putting the pan into the
It is often stated that the refrigerator door should be opened as few times as possible for the shortest duration of time to save energy. Consider a household refrigerator whose interior volume is 0.9 m3 and average internal temperature is 4°C. At any given time, one-third of the refrigerated
Consider a Carnot heat-engine cycle executed in a steady-flow system using steam as the working fluid. The cycle has a thermal efficiency of 30 percent, and steam changes from saturated liquid to saturated vapor at 275°C during the heat addition process. If the mass flow rate of the steam is 3
A heat pump with a COP of 2.4 is used to heat a house. When running, the heat pump consumes 8 kW of electric power. If the house is losing heat to the outside at an average rate of 40,000 kJ/h and the temperature of the house is 3°C when the heat pump is turned on, determine how long it will take

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