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posted by  blue21 on 9/28/2008 2:54:56 PM  |  status: Closed  

Thermodynamics steam table problem

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A rigid tank with a volume of 2.5 m^3 contains 15 kg of saturated liquid-vapor mixture of water at 75°C.  Now the water is slowly heated.  Determine the temperature a which the liquid in the tank is completely vaporized.  Also, show the process on a T-v diagram with respect to saturation lines.
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posted by EngAve on 9/29/2008 1:42:45 AM  |  status: Live
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Rigid tank implies a constant volume, constant mass problem.
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Look up the temperature saturated @ vg in Table A-4, and you get:
 T = 187.0°C
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