Questions from Thermal Fluid Science


Q: Oxygen enters an insulated 12-cm-diameter pipe with a

Oxygen enters an insulated 12-cm-diameter pipe with a velocity of 70 m/s. At the pipe entrance, the oxygen is at 240 kPa and 20°C, and at the exit it is at 200 kPa and 18°C. Calculate the rate at whic...

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Q: Water at 20 psia and 50°F enters a mixing chamber

Water at 20 psia and 50°F enters a mixing chamber at a rate of 300 lbm/min where it is mixed steadily with steam entering at 20 psia and 240°F. The mixture leaves the chamber at...

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Q: Cold water (cp = 4.18 kJ/kg⋅°

Cold water (cp = 4.18 kJ/kg⋅°C) leading to a shower enters a well-insulated, thin-walled, double pipe, counterflow heat exchanger at 10°C at a rate of 0.95 kg/s...

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Q: Air (cp = 1.005 kJ/kg·°C

Air (cp = 1.005 kJ/kg·°C) is to be preheated by hot exhaust gases in a crossflow heat exchanger before it enters the furnace. Air enters the heat exchanger at 95 kPa and 20°C at a rate of 1.6 m3/s. Th...

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Q: In a dairy plant, milk at 4°C is pasteurized

In a dairy plant, milk at 4°C is pasteurized continuously at 72°C at a rate of 12 L/s for 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. The milk is heated to the pasteurizing temperature b...

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Q: A glass tube is attached to a water pipe, as shown

A glass tube is attached to a water pipe, as shown in Fig. P2–78. If the water pressure at the bottom of the tube is 107 kPa and the local atmospheric pressure is 99 kPa, determine h...

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Q: Steam is to be condensed in the condenser of a steam power

Steam is to be condensed in the condenser of a steam power plant at a temperature of 60°C with cooling water from a nearby lake, which enters the tubes of the condenser at 18°C at a rate of 75 kg/s an...

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Q: An ordinary egg can be approximated as a 5.5-

An ordinary egg can be approximated as a 5.5-cm-diameter sphere. The egg is initially at a uniform temperature of 8°C and is dropped into boiling water at 97°C. Taking the proper...

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Q: During a heat transfer process, the entropy of a system (

During a heat transfer process, the entropy of a system (always, sometimes, never) increases.

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Q: Chickens with an average mass of 2.2 kg and average

Chickens with an average mass of 2.2 kg and average specific heat of 3.54 kJ/kg·°C are to be cooled by chilled water that enters a continuous-flow-type immersion chiller at 0.5°C and leaves at 2.5°C....

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