An air-conditioning system is to be filled from a rigid container that initially contains 5 kg of liquid R-134a at 24°C. The val
ve connecting this container to the air-conditioning system is now opened until the mass in the container is 0.25 kg, at which time the valve is closed. During this time, only liquid R-134a flows from the container. Presuming that the process is isothermal while the valve is open, determine the final quality of the R-134a in the container and the total heat transfer. Use data from the tables.
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(a) 5.66 m/s
The flow rate of the water in the pipe is given by
where
Q is the flow rate
A is the cross-sectional area of the pipe
v is the speed of the water
Here we have
the radius of the pipe is
r = 0.260 m
So the cross-sectional area is
So we can re-arrange the equation to find the speed of the water:
(b) 0.326 m
The flow rate along the pipe is conserved, so we can write:
where we have
and where is the cross-sectional area of the pipe at the second point.
Solving for A2,
And finally we can find the radius of the pipe at that point: