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ENGR 130 Midterm 2 (2025/2026) – 100 Thermodynamics Questions with Answers | Heat Engines, Entropy, Exergy, Energy Balance

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This comprehensive midterm exam document for ENGR 130: Thermodynamics (2025/2026 academic year) contains 100 detailed questions and verified answers covering fundamental and advanced thermodynamic principles. The content spans a wide range of core topics including steady and unsteady flow processes, energy and mass balance, heat engines and heat pumps, entropy generation, exergy analysis, isentropic processes, the Carnot cycle, and second law efficiency. Each question is structured to test conceptual understanding as well as practical problem-solving abilities, with numerical and theory-based questions supported by concise and accurate explanations. This resource is highly beneficial for students enrolled in: – Mechanical Engineering – Chemical Engineering – Aerospace Engineering – Energy Systems Engineering – Industrial Engineering – Any course involving introductory or intermediate Thermodynamics It is especially relevant for those preparing for midterm exams, final exams, or engineering licensing tests, offering a reliable self-assessment tool or supplementary study guide. Whether you're aiming to strengthen your fundamentals or refine your exam strategies, this document provides a clear and complete understanding of thermodynamic laws, processes, and devices within engineering systems. Keywords: thermodynamics, steady-flow process, unsteady-flow process, mass flow rate, energy balance, heat exchangers, entropy, entropy generation, exergy, exergy destruction, Carnot cycle, isentropic process, heat engine, heat pump, compressor efficiency, Clausius inequality, Kelvin-Planck statement, coefficient of performance, reversible process, irreversibility, turbine work, throttling process, control volume analysis

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ENGR 130 MIDTERM 2 2025/2026 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100%
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Air is flowing in a pipe with 0.2 m in diameter at an average velocity of 0.1

m/s. The density of air is 1.754 kg/m3. What is the mass flow rate? -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔0.0055 kg/s


Reason:

m⋅ = ρVavgAc, Ac = πD^2/4

A nozzle is considered to be a steady flow device where a single stream

flows in and out. Steam with a density of 1.91 kg/m³ with an average

velocity of 122 m/s flows into a nozzle. Its inlet area of the nozzle is 104 ×

10^−4 m^2. Determine its mass flow rate at the nozzle outlet. - 🧠ANSWER

✔✔2.42 kg/s

,Reason:

m∙in =m∙out =ρVavgA

True or false: Flow work can be expressed in terms of other properties. -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔True


Which of the following energies are part of the total energy of a flowing

fluid? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Enthalpy


Kinetic energy

Potential energy

Which of the following statements are true? (Select all that apply.) -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔-the steady-flow process is a process during which a fluid

flows through a control volume and does not change with time-during a

steady flow process, boundary work is zero-the steady flow implies that the

fluid properties can change from point to point, but at any point, they

remain constant during the entire process

The volumetric flow rate of water flowing through a pipe is 5 L/s, and the

density of water is 1 kg/L. What is the mass flow rate? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔5

kg/s

,Reason:

Mass flow rate is equal to the product of density and volumetric flow rate.

True or false: In a single-stream, steady flow system, the mass flow rates

for the inlet and outlet must be the same. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔True


Which of the following statements are true? (Select all that apply.) -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔-The rate of change of mass within a control volume minus

the net flow rate in and plus the net flow rate out of the control surface must

equal to zero.

-In a steady flow process, the total rate of mass entering a control volume

is equal to the total rate of mass leaving it.

In an open system, when mass flows across control volume boundaries,

some work is required to push the mass into or out of the control volume,

and this is known as ______ work. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔flow


In a steady flow process, energy can be transferred by ______. -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔work, mass, and heat


True or false: The total energy for a flowing fluid consists of an additional

term when compared with the total energy for a nonflowing fluid.



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, True false question. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔True


During a steady-flow process, the fluid properties at an inlet or exit must

______. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔remain constant


Nozzle

matches

Choice, A device that increases the velocity of a fluid at the expense of

pressure

A device that increases the velocity of a fluid at the expense of pressure

Diffuser

matches

Choice, A device that increases the pressure of a fluid by slowing it down

A device that increases the pressure of a fluid by slowing it down -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔hi


In a single-stream, steady flow system, the mass flow rate can be defined

as the product of ___________, __________, and ___________. -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔Density, velocity, and area


Turbine - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔produces shaft work

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