Book 3 Chapter 8: Introduction To Thermodynamics Flashcards
Using Steam Table 1 in ‘Academic Supplement’ determine which of the following is the saturation temperature at 600 kPa?
A) 160.58ºC
B) 701.3ºC
C) 158.85ºC
D) 158.5ºC
E) 158.0ºC
C) 158.85ºC
Radiation from the furnace fire:
A) Is present in oil firing but not fuel gas firing
B) Radiates through the superheater tubewalls
C) Travels in straight lines
D) Requires a transfer medium
E) Radiates through the water in the waterwalls
C) Travels in straight lines
The transfer of heat involving the movement of a fluid is defined as:
A) Superheating
B) Refrigeration
C) Convection
D) Radiation
E) Conduction
C) Convection
The coefficient of expansion of metals (use table from page 28 of Academic Supplement)
A) Is greater for copper than for steel
B) Is less for linear expansion than for volumetric expansion
C) Has the units “mm per m”
D) Is a constant for all non-ferrous metals
E) Is greater for steel than for copper
A) Is greater for copper than for steel
Which of the following statements about heat is true?
A) Specific heat capacity is the same for every state of matter of the same substance
B) 1 J is less than 1 Nm of work
C) Specific heat is the same for every substance
D) Heat can be transferred from cold bodies to hot bodies without using an external supply of work
E) If there is a temperature difference between the heat source and a cooler object in contact with the source, heat will be transferred to the cooler object
E) If there is a temperature difference between the heat source and a cooler object in contact with the source, heat will be transferred to the cooler object.
If a 1 kg sample of steam has 0.2 kg of water droplets in it, then it would have:
A) Enthalpy of 98 kJ
B) A dryness fraction of 80% or 0.8
C) A wetness fraction of 80%
D) An entropy of 98 kJ/K
E) None of the above
B) A dryness fraction of 80% or 0.8
The unit used for specific volume in the Steam Tables (in the “Academic Supplement”) is:
A) cm3/g
B) m3/g
C) mm3/g
D) cm3/kg
E) m3/kg
A) cm3/g
How much energy is required to raise 63 kg of ice at 0ºC to saturated steam at 100ºC? Specific heat capacity of water 4.2kJ/kg/ºC. Specific latent heat of ice 335 kJ/kg/ºC. Specific latent heat of steam 2257 kJ/kg/ºC.
A) 189 756 kJ
B) 35 490 kJ
C) 21 775 kJ
D) 53 107 kJ
E) 273 097 kJ
A) 189 756 kJ
___________ heat is heat that causes a change of state of a substance without changing its temperature.
A) Specific
B) Latent
C) Super
D) Saturated
E) Sensible
B) Latent
Calculate the amount of expansion occurring when a steel pipe 150m long is heated from 80 to 280ºC.
A) 0.45 m
B) 0.65m
C) 0.36 m
D) 0.50 m
E) 0.75 m
C) 0.36 m
Convert -35ºC to Fahrenheit if ºF = 9/5 ºC + 32.
A) -35
B) -20
C) -10
D) -31
E) -1.8
D) -31
A steam pipe 450 m long is installed at an ambient temperature of 20ºC. When in service, the pipe will carry steam at 520ºC.
If the coefficient of linear expansion of steel is 0.000012/ºC, how much will the line increase in length when put into service?
A) 2.7m
B) 3.25 m
C) 1.008m
D) 2.91m
E) 0.9m
A) 2.7m
The flow of heat from molecule to molecule within a substance or from molecules of one body to those of another body in direct contact with it is defined as:
A) Conduction
B) Specific heat
C) Latent heat of fusion
D) Absolute temperature
E) Convection
A) Conduction
Columns 8, 9, 10 of Table 1 of the Steam Tables in “Academic Supplement” deal with which type of energy?
A) Specific energy
B) Potential energy
C) Internal energy
D) Enthalpy
E) Entropy
D) Enthalpy
The amount of heat to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a substance 1ºC without changing the state of the substance is defined as:
A) Absolute zero
B) Specific heat
C) Radiation
D) Saturation temperature
E) Latent heat
B) Specific heat
