Chapter 7, Problem 7.3P

Using image below Evaluate the exergy X1 of the initial state 1 and answer the following question: • Is the useful work in the process 1 → 2 → DS smaller, equal, or greater than exergy X1? • Discuss your result

Determine the specific exergy of saturated water vapor at 137 °C, where To = 313K, Po = 101.3kPa. Assume the velocity and elevation is zero with reference to the environment. You must use following tables to solve this problem. (answer to 2 decimal) Saturated water temperature table Sat Liq. Temp., Sat Liq. Sat Liq. Sat Liq. vf uf hf sf °C m3/kg kJ/kg kJ/kg kJ/kg.K 30 0.001004 125.73 125.74 0.4368 35 0.001006 146.63 146.64 0.5051 40 0.001008 167.53 167.53 0.5724 45 0.00101 188.43 188.44 0.6386 Saturated water temperature table Temp., Sat. Vap. Sat. Vap. Sat. Vap. Sat. Vap. hg kJ/kg vg ug sg °C m3/kg kJ/kg kJ/kg.K 125 0.7508 2534.5 2713.5 7.0745 126 0.7358 2535.5 2714.8 7.0649 127 0.7208 2536.5 2716.1 7.0553 128 0.7058 2537.5 2717.4 7.0457 129 0.6908 2538.5 2718.7 7.0361 130 0.6758 2539.5 2720.0 7.0265 131 0.6608 2540.5 2721.4 7.0169 132 0.6458 2541.4 2722.7 7.0073 133 0.6308 2542.4 2724.0 6.9977 134 0.6158 2543.4 2725.3 6.9881 6.9785 135 0.6008 2544.4 2726.6 136 0.5858 2545.4 2727.9…

3.1 For discussion: (a) Is it possible for exergy to be negative? Discuss. (b) Consider an evacuated space with volume V as the system. Eval- uate its exergy and discuss. PH associated with (c) Is it possible for the specific physical exergy e' a stream of matter to be negative? Discuss.