Question: Question 1 ( a ) Sketch a p - T diagram ( phase diagram ) for a pure substance that contracts on freezing. Show and

Question 1
(a) Sketch a p-T diagram (phase diagram) for a pure substance that contracts on freezing. Show and label the phase change lines, the critical and the triple points, and label the three phase regions.
(b) Use the steam tables to find the specific volume of steam at 200 kPa and 300C. Then show that the error in assuming steam is an ideal gas under these conditions is less than 0.5%.
(c) Briefly explain what is meant when a substance is described as a compressed liquid. Explain also why a sub-cooled liquid is the same as a compressed liquid.
(d) A 2 kg block of copper undergoes a temperature change from 20C to 34C. Determine the entropy change of the block.
(e) A refrigeration unit rejects 6.3 kW of heat into a room at 30C while keeping a freezer cabinet at a temperature of -21C. If the COP for the refrigeration unit under these circumstances is 2.4 then determine:
(i) The heat removed from the freezer cabinet and the power required to drive the refrigeration unit.
(ii) The power required to drive the refrigeration unit under ideal, reversible operation for the same temperatures and amount of heat removed from the freezer cabinet.
(f) For a real (irreversible) process from state 1 to state 2 in a closed system it is found that the entropy does not change (i.e.S2-S1=0). With reference to the terms on the right-hand side of the following
equation briefly explain why there must be a heat loss in this process.
S2-S1=12(QT)+Sgen
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Question 1 ( a ) Sketch a p - T diagram ( phase

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