A 10 kg steam initially at 2 MPa saturated vapor is inside an insulated piston cylinder....

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A 10 kg steam initially at 2 MPa saturated vapor is inside aninsulated piston cylinder. The cylinder has a bottom valve. As thisvalve opens, steam at 800 kPa and 200C exits while the steam insidethe tank has 400kPa saturated vapor. Find the exit mass of steamfrom the cylinder in kg.

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Ans Initial mass in the cylinder m1 10 kgLet the exit mass be me and final mass into the cylinder bem2Then from the first law of thermodynamics for unsteady flow    See Answer
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