SCHAUM'S SOLVED PROBLEMS SERIES
2000 SOLVED PROBLEMS IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS
by
Peter E. LUey, Ph.D. Purdue Üniversity
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Chapter 1 BASIC CONCEPTS Pressure / Volume / Temperature / Mass / Mass Flow Rate / Capacity / Velocity / Acceleration of Gravity / Work and Energy
Chapter 2 THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS. IDEAL GASES Ideal Gas Processes / Real Fluid Processes / One- and Two-Phase Processes / Tabular Data Acquisition / Quality / Compressibility Factor / Cntical Point / Specific Heat at Constant Pressure / Enthalpy of Vaporization / Enthalpy of Fusion / Enthalpy of Sublimation / Entropy Change / Gas Constant (Pure Substances) / Gas Constant (Mixtures) / Steam Table Usage / Ideal Gas Equation / Tds Equations / Miscellaneous
Chapter 3 FIRST AND SECOND LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS FOR CLOSED SYSTEMS 64 First Law of Thermodynamics / ßoundary Work / Paddle-Wheel Work / Spring Work / Electrical Work / Joule's Law / Mixing / Heat and Work Reservoirs / Incompressible Materials / Second Law of Thermodynamics / Entropy Principle / Heat Conduction / Miscellaneous 98 Chapter 4 REAL FLUIDS . (11- H Generalized Compressibility Factor Charts / Critical Point / The Maxwell Relations / Ciausius-Clapeyron Equation / Joule-Thompson Coefficient / Derived Latent-Heat Equations / Generalized Thermodynamic Relations / Vina! Expansion / Phase Transitions / Miscellaneous
Chapter 5 STEADY AND TRANSIENT FLOWS 138 Continuity Equation / Energy Equation for Steady Flow / Subsonic Nozzle Flow / Throttling Calorimeter / Separating and Throttling Calorimeter / Incompressible Fluids / Subsonic Diffusers / Turbines / Compressors / Heat Exchangers; Fluid Mixing / Joint Mass and Energy Conservation / Entropy Generation / Transient Flow / Miscellaneous and Shorter Problems
Chapter 6 THE CARNOT CYCLE 172 Air Carnot Cycle / Carnot Heat Pump / Carnot Refrigerator / R12 Carnot Refrigerator / R12 Carnot Heat Pump / R12 Carnot Heat Engine / Water Substance Carnot Refrigerator / Water Substance Carnot Heat Pump / Water Substance Carnot Heat Engine / Stacked Carnot Refrigerators / Stacked Carnot Heat Pumps / Stacked Carnot Heat Engines / Carnot Heat Engine Dnving a Carnot Refrigerator / Clausius Inequality 191 Chapter 7 GAS CYCLES The iPa Cycle / The iVa Cycle / Lenoir Cycle; Further lPa and iVa Cycles / Otto Cycle / Diesel Cycle / Sabatier-Trinkler, or Dual, Cycle / Atkinson Cycle / A-L-A-L Cycle / Miscellaneous Cycles / Open Systems: Brayton and Stirling Cycles 234 Chapter 8 VAPOR CYCLES 252 Chapter 9 PSYCHROMETRY Basic Notions / Simple Heating or Cooling / Heating and Humidincation / Evaporative Cooling / Cooling Towers / Dehumidification with Reheating / Heating or Cooling / Adiabatic Mixing / Work Interactions (Fanning) / Air Conditioning / Respiration iv 0 CONTENTS
Chapter 10 REFRIGERATION 276 Carnot Refrigerator / Brayton Refrigerator / Vapor Refrigeration Cycle / Air Liquefaction / Stacked Cycles
Chapter 11 COMBUSTION: FIRST LAW AND EQUATION BALANCING 290 Combustion Equations / Orsat Analysis / Enthalpy of Formation / First-Law Considerations / Higher and Lower Heating Values
Chapter 12 THE SECOND LAW APPLIED TO COMBUSTION 310 Basic Concepts / Dissociation of a Single Substance / Heat Effects of Dissociation / Miscellaneous Topics
Chapter 13 MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS 322 Statistical Thermodynamics / Transport Properties / Gaseous Thermal Conductivity / Liquid Thermal Conductivity / Gaseous Viscosity / Liquid Viscosity / Various / Closed-System Availability / Open-System Availability
Chapter 14 SUPPLEMENTAL AND REVISORY PROBLEMS 336 Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 / Chapter 3 / Chapter 4 / Chapter 5 / Chapter 6 / Chapter 7 / Chapter 8 / Chapter 9 / Chapter 10 / Chapter 11 / Chapter 12 / Chapter 13 / Miscellaneous
Appendix A Properties of Water Substance 369
Appendix B Properties of Superheated Air at Atmospheric Pressure 381
Appendix C Properties of Refrigerant 12 384
Appendix D Molecular Weights and Critical Parameters of 25 Common Fluids 391
Appendix E Compressibility Factor Charts 392
Appendix F Psychrometric Tables and Charts 395
Appendix G Thermochemical Tables 400
Appendix H Temperature Dependence of the Equilibrium Constant for Several Gaseous Dissociations 405