SP - 1

Due Wednesday 2/11/08 1. Use EES to solve all of the following problems. No write up is necessary for these problems. It is only necessary to hand in your EES listing and output. Make sure your name is on this and that you work independently of your classmates. i. Determine the values of X and Y which satisfy the following two equations. X 3 + 3 X 2 2Y = 50 X + ln( X ) = 13 Y2 ii. Use the Convert function in EES to do the following unit conversion problems. a) 15 psia = ? kPa b) 3.5 inH2O = ? kPa c) 50 Btu/hr-ft2-F = ? W/m2-K iii. Determine the specific volume and specific enthalpy of R134a at 150 psia and 90F. Assuming that the enthalpy remains constant during throttling, determine the exit temperature and quality of the R134a at the throttle exit corresponding to a pressure of 20 psia. iv. a) Create a parametric table with columns for temperature, and the vapor pressures of R12 and R134a. Calculate and plot the vapor pressures of R12 and R134a in psia as a function of temperature for temperatures between -40F and 140F on the same plot so that they can be easily compared. Adjust the scales appropriately and add text to identify the lines on the plots. b) Curve-fit a 2nd order polynomial for pressure in terms of temperature representing the vapor pressure of R134a over the temperature range between -40F and 140F. Plot the curve fit in the same window as the plots for problem 4a. v. Write an EES procedure that will accept three inputs: a string variable holding the name of a refrigerant temperature [C] pressure [kPa] The outputs of the procedure should be specific enthalpy [kJ/kg] specific entropy [kJ/kg-K] specific volume [m3/kg] Test your procedure for several different refrigerants and states.

vi. Experimental data for 4 states in a simple refrigeration cycle are provided in the table. a) Use the procedure of problem iv to determine all of the properties for states 1, 2, and 3. (You will not be able to use the procedure for state 4. Why is this?) b) Use array variables to hold all property values. Create a P-h diagram for R134a and superimpose on this diagram the four experimental states. State 1 2 3 4 T [C] 5 60 44 ? P [kPa] 320 1160 1155 323 Location compressor inlet compressor outlet condenser outlet evaporator inlet

vii. The table below presents vapor pressure versus temperature data for an unknown refrigerant. Create a Lookup table that contains these data. Label the columns and enter the units. Use the Lookup table commands in EES (Lookup, Interpolate, Differentiate) to answer the following questions. P [kPa] 110.1 177.4 273.4 405.7 582.6 813.2 1107 1475 1928 2478 3141 T [C] -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50

a. What is the vapor pressure at 44 C? b. What is the temperature at 634 kPa? c. What is the derivative of P with respect to T at 10 C?

2. A throttling calorimeter shown below is used to determine the quality of a two-phase mixture of R-134a refrigerant that is flowing in a tube. The calorimeter operates by bleeding off a small fraction of the flow stream and throttling it to a lower pressure. The device is based upon the fact that over a wide range of temperatures and qualities, the twophase refrigerant can be throttled to a superheated vapor state. In this case, it is possible to estimate the stream quality through the use of an energy balance and measurements of the temperature inside the tube and pressure exiting the throttling valve. Assuming that the two-phase refrigerant is at a temperature of 50 F and the stream is throttled to 4 psia, then do the following: a. Determine the minimum and maximum possible exit temperatures from the throttle that will allow determination of quality. b. What is the minimum quality that this device would be capable of measuring? c. Use EES to plot the process line for the throttling process on a P-h diagram for an inlet quality of 0.9. d. Use EES to plot the variation in quality as a function of measured exit temperature for the range determined in part a.

Your solution to this special problem must show the analysis, including basic equations and assumptions, and an EES printout that contains the equation worksheet, the parametric table, and plot.

state 1

two-phase R-134a T = 50 F =?

superheated R-134a P = 4 psia T=?

R-134a Throttling Calorimeter