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A piston-cylinder device contains 5 kg of refrigerant-134a at 0.7 MPa and 60°C. The refrigerant is now cooled at constant pressure until it exists as a liquid at 24°C. If the surroundings are at 100 kPa and-24°C, determine:
(a) the exergy of the refrigerant at the initial and the final states and
(b) the exergy destroyed during this process.


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A) The exergy of the refrigerant at the initial and final states are :

  • Initial state =  - 135.5285 kJ
  • Final state =  -51.96 kJ

B) The exergy destroyed during this process is : - 1048.4397 kJ

Given data :

Mass ( M )  = 5 kg

P1 = 0.7 Mpa = P2

T1 = 60°C = 333 k

To = 24°C = 297 k

P2 = 100 kPa

A) Determine the exergy at initial and final states

At initial state :

U = 274.01 kJ/Kg , V = 0.034875 m³/kg , S = 1.0256 KJ/kg.k

exergy ( Ф ) at initial state = M ( U + P₂V - T₀S )

                                           = 5 ( 274.01 + 100* 10³ * 0.034875 - 297 * 1.0256)

                                           ≈ - 135.5285 kJ

At final state  :

U = 84.44 kJ / kg , V = 0.0008261 m³/kg,  S = 0.31958 kJ/kg.k

exergy ( ( Ф ) at final state = M ( U + P₂V - T₀S )

                                             = -51.96 kJ

B) Determine the exergy destroyed

  exergy destroyed = To * M ( S2 - S1 )

                                 = 297 * 5 ( 0.31958 - 1.0256 )

                                 = - 1048.4397 KJ

Hence we can conclude that A) The exergy of the refrigerant at the initial and final states are : Initial state =  - 135.5285 kJ, Final state =  -51.96 kJ  and The exergy destroyed during this process is : - 1048.4397 kJ

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