Steam at 700 bar and 600 oC is withdrawn from a steam line and adiabatically expanded to 10 bar at a rate of 2 kg/min. What is the temperature of the steam that was expanded, and what is the rate of entropy generation in this process

Final temperature of the steam = 304.29 K = 31.14°C

Rate Entropy generation of the process should be 0 because no heat is transferred into or out of the system. And ΔS = Q/T = 0 J/K.

But 0.01 J/k.s was obtained though, which is approximately 0.

Explanation:

For an adiabatic system, the Pressure and temperature are related thus

P¹⁻ʸ Tʸ = constant

where γ = ratio of specific heats. For steam, γ = 1.33

P₁¹⁻ʸ T₁ʸ = P₂¹⁻ʸ T₂ʸ

P₁ = 700 bar

P₂ = 10 bar

T₁ = 600°C = 873.15 K

T₂ = ?

(700⁻⁰•³³)(873.15¹•³³) = (10⁻⁰•³³)(T₂¹•³³)

T₂ = 304.29 K = 31.14°C

b) Rate Entropy generation of the process should be 0 because no heat is transferred into or out of the system. And ΔS = Q/T

To prove this

Entropy of the process

dQ - dW = dU

dQ = dU + dW

dU = mCv dT

dW = PdV

dQ = TdS

TdS = mCv dT + PdV

dS = (mCv dT/T) + (PdV/T) =

PV = mRT; P/T = mR/V

dS = (mCv dT/T) + (mRdV/V)

On integrating, we obtain

ΔS = mCv In (T₂/T₁) + mR In (V₂/V₁)

To obtain V₁ and V₂, we use PV = mRT

V/m = specific volume

Pv = RT

R for steam = 461.52 J/kg.K

For V₁

P = 700 bar = 700 × 10⁵ Pa, T = 873.15 K

v₁ = (461.52 × 873.15)/(700 × 10⁵) = 0.00570 m³/kg

For V₂

P = 10 bar = 10 × 10⁵ Pa, T = 304.29 K

v₂ = (461.52 × 304.29)/(10 × 10⁵) = 0.143 m³/kg

ΔS = mCv In (T₂/T₁) + mR In (V₂/V₁)

m = 2 kg/min = 0.0333 kg/s, Cv = 1410.8 J/kg.K

ΔS = [0.03333 × 1410.8 × In (304.29/873.15)] + (0.03333 × 461.52 × In (0.143/0.00570)

ΔS = - 49.56 + 49.57 = 0.01 J/K.s ≈ 0 J/K.s

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