In: Mechanical Engineering
A well-insulated rigid tank contains 3kg of saturated liquid vapour-mixture of water at 250kpa. Initially, three quarters of the mass is in the liquid phase. An electric resistance heater placed in the tank is turned on and kept on until all the liquid in the tank is vaporizer. Assuming the surroundings to be 25 degrees Celsius and 100kpa
Determine:
a) The exergy destruction and
b) The second law efficiency for the process.