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School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

MA2007 Thermodynamics (Semester 2, 2015-2016)


Tutorial 1 – Heat Engines & Refrigerators;
Maximum Performance of Cycles

1. A steam power plant receives heat from a furnace at a rate of 280 GJ/h. Heat loses 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) the net power output
b) the thermal efficiency of this power plant
(6-17 equivalent)[35.3 MW, 45.4%]

2. A household refrigerator with a COP of 1.5 removes heat from the refrigerated space
at a rate of 60 kJ/min. Determine:
a) the electric power consumed by the refrigerator
b) the rate of heat transfer to the kitchen air
(6-38 equivalent)[0.67 kW, 100 kJ/min]

3. 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 contributed within the house from people, lights and
appliances amounts to 4,000 kJ/h. For a COP of 2.5, determine the required power
input to the heat pump. (6-49)[Ans: 6.22 kW]

4. 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 thermal efficiency a geothermal power
plant built at that location can have. How does it compare with steam power plants
using fossil fuels (steam temperature around 500C)? Also, what would happen to the
efficiency if the environmental temperature drops to 0 C or rises to 40 C?
(6-82 equivalent)[Ans: 29.1%, 62.1%, 33.9%, 24.2%]

5. A Carnot heat engine receives heat from a reservoir at 927 C at a rate of 740 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 -7 C and transfers it to the same ambient at 27 C. Determine (a) the
maximum rate of heat removal from the refrigerated space and (b) the total rate of
heat rejection to the ambient air.
(6-103 equivalent)[Ans: (a) 4342 kJ/min, (b) 5082 kJ/min]

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