
a)
The average temperature of the room after 30 min.
a)

Explanation of Solution
Given:
The dimension of room
The temperature of the room
The volume of the radiator is 15 L.
The pressure of the super-heated vapor
The temperature of the superheated vapor
The pressure of the steam
The time duration
The pressure of the room
Calculation:
Refer the Table A-6, “Superheated water table”, obtain the following properties of steam at temperature of
Refer the Table A-6, “Saturated water-Pressure table”, obtain the following properties of steam at pressure of
Here, Saturated liquid specific volume is
Calculate the final vapor quality.
Refer the Table A-6, “Saturated water-Pressure table”, obtain the following properties of steam at pressure of
Calculate the final internal energy of the system.
Refer the Table A-6, “Saturated water-Pressure table”, obtain the following properties of steam at pressure of
Calculate the final entropy of the system.
Calculate the mass of the steam.
Write the expression for the energy balance equation for closed system without air in the room.
Here, energy transfer into the control volume is
Substitute
Refer the Table A-1, “the molar mass, gas constant and critical point properties table”, select the gas constant of air as
Calculate the mass of the air using the ideal gas equation.
Write the expression to calculate the total work done by the fan.
Refer the Table A-2, “the ideal–gas equation specific heats of various common gases table”, select the specific heat at constant pressure for air as
Substitute
Thus, the average temperature of the room after 30 min is
b)
The entropy change of the steam.
b)

Explanation of Solution
Write the expression to calculate the change of entropy of the steam.
Thus, the entropy change of the steam is
c)
The entropy change of the air.
c)

Explanation of Solution
Write the expression to calculate the entropy change of air.
Since,
Thus, the entropy change of the air is
d)
The entropy generation in the turbine.
d)

Explanation of Solution
Write the expression for the entropy balance equation of the system.
Here, rate of net entropy in is
Substitute
Thus, the total entropy generated during the process is
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