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Thermo E2

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adiabatic: heat transfer equals zero
rigid system: zero change in volume
isothermic: temperature remains constant
if gas is compressible what will change? density or specific volume
flow ___________ is energy needed to push fluid into or out of a control volume. work
a _____________ is a device that increases velocity of a fluid at expense of pressure. nozzle
a ______________ is a device that increases the pressure of a fluid by slowing it down. diffuser
nozzle: ___________ -----> ____________ enthalpy, KE
diffuser: __________ -----> ____________ KE, enthalpy
______________ or ______________ are devices used to increase pressure of a fluid, work supplies to these devices from an external source through rotating shaft. compressors, pumps
______________ drives electric generator in steam, gad, or hydroelectric power plants as fluid passes through turbine, work is done against blades attached to shaft and shaft rotates and ______________ produces work. turbine, turbine
______________ valves are any find of flow restricting devices that cause significant pressure drop in fluid. throttling
temperature of an ideal gas __________ change during throttling and h is constant. doesn't
during throttling process, enthalpy of fluid __________ ______________ internally. remains constant
heat exchanges - two moving fluid steams exchange heat without mixing
nozzle requires what energy inputs? none
turbine requires what energy output? work
compressor or pump requires what energy input? work
heat exchanger requires what energy input? heat transfer
operation of a throttling valve with negligible heat transfer, and change in KE and PE. throttling valves produce pressure drop without involving any work
working fluid is air continuously circulating in a closed loop and always behaves as an __________ gas. ideal
all processes that make up a cycle are internally ____________. reversible
______________ process replaced by a heat-addition process from an external source. combustion
______________ process replaced by heat-rejection process that restores working fluid to initial state exhaust
diesel cycle: the ideal cycle for compression -ignition engines
which device has work output, usually with negligible heat transfer and change in KE and PE turbine
compressor or pump needs ________ input work
flow energy: the energy needed to push fluid into or out of a control volume
heat addition: constant volume: combustion
heat addition: constant pressure: combustion
Kevin-Planck statement: no cyclic device can receive heat from a single reservoir and produce a net amount of work
clausis statement: no cyclic device produces no effects other than transfer heat, cold to hot
Mark I universe rules: E is conserved atoms can only have 0 or 1 unit of E E can move by conduction only
energy is conserved by _____________ is not entropy
in the absence of friction, pendulum of grandfather clock ____________ create any entropy doesn't
internally reversible process: if no reversibility's occur within boundaries of a system during process
externally reversible: if no irreversibility's occur outside system boundaries
totally reversible process: involves no irreversibility's within system or its surroundings
totally reversible process involves no __________ ___________ through finite temperature difference, no non quasi equilibrium changes and o friction heat transfer
factors that cause processes to be irreversible are called: irreversiblity
true or false expansion of a fluid in throttling valve is an ___________ process. irreversible
the larger the irreversibility's in a power plant the _____________ the thermal efficiency smaller
the smaller the electrical resistance during current flow in a wire the ___________ the irreversibility smaller
heat transfer is always accompanied by entropy transfer in amount of: Q/T
for an adiabatic closed system entropy generated expression simplifies to: entropy generated= change in entropy of the system
a reservoir that supplies energy in the form of heat is called a: source
a reservoir that absorbs E in the form of heat is called a: sink
thermal E reservoirs are often referred to as _________ reservoirs since they supply or absorb E in form of __________. heat, heat
correct statements about refrigerators and heat pumps: 1. COP of fridge decreases refrigerated space temp 2. clausis statement asserts that a fridge cannot operate without E input from external source.
true of false: The specific heat at constant pressure can be less than the specific heat at constant volume. false cp=cv+R --> cp > cv
true or false: For incompressible substance, the entropy will not change for any isothermal process. (isothermal means T = Const). true
true or false: Enthalpy (h), internal energy (u), and entropy (s) are dependent on temperature alone for an ideal gas false
true or false: The COP of a refrigerator cannot be less than one. false
Heat is transferred to a closed system from a thermal energy reservoir. If the entropy change of the reservoir is 0.8 kJ / K− and that of the system is0.5 kJ / K , this process is impossible Sgen must be greater than 0
true or false: Throttling valves produce a pressure drop without involving any work true
true or false: For an ideal gas, the temperature decreases during a throttling process false
true or false: Internal energy values at the inlet and exit of a throttling valve are the same false
Heat addition process in the ideal Otto Cycle is ____ process Constant Volume Process
Heat addition process in the ideal Diesel Cycle is ____ process Constant Pressure Process
Heat addition process in the ideal Brayton Cycle is ____ process Constant Pressure Process
Heat rejection process in the ideal Otto Cycle is ____ process Constant Volume Process
Heat rejection process in the ideal Diesel Cycle is ____ process Constant Volume Process
Heat rejection process in the ideal Brayton Cycle is ____ process Constant Pressure Process
true or false: The state of the refrigerant at the inlet/exit of components of refrigerator operating on ideal vapor-compression refrigeration cycle: Saturated vapor at the compressor inlet and superheated vapor at the compressor exit true
true or false: The state of the refrigerant at the inlet or exit of the components of a refrigerator operating on the ideal vapor compression refrigeration cycle: Saturated vapor at the evaporator exit and superheated vapor at the condenser inlet true
efficiency of an irreversible heat engine always less than efficiency of a ___________ one operating between same 2 reservoirs. reversible
efficiencies of all reversible heat engines operating between same 2 reservoirs are ______________. the same
Carnot heat engine cycle is a totally ______________ system. reversible
cyclic heat engine: working fluid of heat engine can return to thermo initial state at the end of the cycle vs. reversible heat engine
second carnot principle: efficiency of reversible engine is independent of working fluid or its property
reversible cycles: heat transfer ration Q high over Q low can be replaced by absolute temp T high over T low
thermo temp scale: temp scale that's independent of properties of substances used to measure temp
true or false: no heat engine can have a higher efficiency than a reversible heat engine operating between same high and low temps. true
property: quality whose cyclic integral is zero
entropy: extensive property of a system
true or false: During a heat transfer process between a hot body at 50ºC and a cold body at 10ºC, the increase in the entropy of t cold body is equal to the decrease in the entropy of the hot body false the net entropy will increase in an irreversible world
true or false: For incompressible substance, the entropy will not change for any isothermal process. (isothermal means T = Const) true
In an isothermal process (T = Const), the entropy of an ideal gas will increase if the pressure ________ or the volume ___________. decreases, increases
true or false: The entropy of an ideal gas varies with specific volume or pressure as well as the temperature. true
By which mechanism(s) can entropy be transferred to or from a system? heat transfer and mass flow (work will not change systems entropy)
The magnitude and direction of entropy transfer that accompanies heat transfer Q through a section at temperature T are: Q/T; same direction as Q
true or false: No entropy is generated during reversible processes. true
true or false: Entropy is a conserved during any process, just like energy. false (entropy is increasing in irreversible world)
true or false: The more irreversible a process is, the larger the entropy generated during that process true
true or false: The entropy changes of a system can be negative during a process true (transfer of entropy can be negative)
true or false: The entropy generation cannot be negative during any process true
true or false: Actual heat engines cannot have a thermal efficiency of 100 percent but ideal heat engines can. false (the upper limit of any HE is determined by carnot efficiency)
true or false: No heat engine can convert all the heat it receives to useful work. true
true or false: The requirement that a heat engine must operate on a cycle is the expression of the Kelvin-Planck statement the second law. false (impossible to produce work from single thermal reservoir)
true or false: The COP of a refrigerator is equal to the COP of a heat pump for fixed values of QL and QH. false
The minimum COP value of a heat pump is zero. false it is 1
The COP of a refrigerator cannot be less than 1. false it can be smaller than 1
true or false: On the Kelvin scale, the temperature ratios are related to the heat transfer ratios of reversible heat engines. true
true or false: On the Kelvin scale, temperatures vary between zero and infinity. true
true or false: The magnitudes of temperature change units on the Kelvin and Celsius scales are identical. true
A refrigerator is claimed to absorb 5 kJ of heat from the refrigerated space at 200 K and rejects 10 kJ of heat to a medium at 300 K. This refrigerator is: irreversible COP(R) < COP(Carnot)
steady flow process: no change with time
well insulated: no heat transfer
adiabatic: no heat transfer
unsteady flow process: conditions within device are changing
uniform flow process: at inlet is constant
internally reversible: Sgen=0
single inlet and exit mass flow rates are equal
max work when ___________ = 0 Sgen
Created by: mccurdyo
 

 



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