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    This document is a question paper for an engineering thermodynamics examination containing multiple choice and numerical problems. It includes 15 multi-part questions testing concepts such as thermodynamic processes on gases, heat transfer, availability, equations of state, steam cycles, and psychrometrics. Students are instructed to show all work, include proper units, and can use standard tables and diagrams. The questions cover topics like open and closed systems, ideal gases, heat engines, refrigeration, and thermodynamic cycles.

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    This document is a question paper for an engineering thermodynamics examination containing multiple choice and numerical problems. It includes 15 multi-part questions testing concepts such as thermodynamic processes on gases, heat transfer, availability, equations of state, steam cycles, and psychrometrics. Students are instructed to show all work, include proper units, and can use standard tables and diagrams. The questions cover topics like open and closed systems, ideal gases, heat engines, refrigeration, and thermodynamic cycles.

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    Reg. No.

    Question Paper Code : 97113

    B.E.lB.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION. NOVEMBERIDECEMBER 2014.


    Third Semester
    Mechanical Engineering
    ME 6301 - ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS
    (Common to Automobile Engineering and Mechanical and Automation Engineering)
    (Regulation 2013)
    Time : Three hours

    Maximum : 100 marks

    Instruction:

    1.

    Answer ALL questions.

    2.

    Symbols used should be explained a t least once in each solution.

    3.

    Sketches should be drawn neatly.

    4.

    Answers without units and with wrong units will carry less marks.

    5.

    Use of standard thermodynamic tables, Mollier diagram and refrigerant


    property tables are permitted.

    PART A - (10

    2 = 20 marks)

    1.

    Define thermodynamic equilibrium.

    2.

    Enlist the similarities between work and heat.

    3.

    An inventor claims to have developed a n engine which absorbs 100 kW of heat


    from a reservoir a t 1000 K produces 60 kW of work and rejects heat to a
    reservoir a t 500 K. Will you advise investment in its development?

    4.

    A turbine gets a supply of 5 kgls of steam a t 7 bar, 250C and discharges it a t 1


    bar. Calculate the availability.

    5.

    Draw the p-T diagram for water and label all salient points.

    6.

    State the advantages of using super heated steam in turbines.

    7.

    What is known as equation of state and when it can be used for engineering
    calculations?

    8;

    What are known as thermodynamic gradients?

    9.

    Define molar mass.

    10.

    Define sensible heat factor.

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    PART B - (5 x 16 = 80 marks)
    11.

    12.

    13.

    (a)

    Three grams of nitrogen gas a t 6 atm and 160C in a frictionless piston


    cylinder device is expanded adiabatically to double its initial volume,
    then compressed a t constant pressure to its initial volume and then
    comp essed again a t constant volume to its initial state. Calculate the
    r done on the gas. Draw the P-V diagram for the processes. (16)
    net work

    (b)

    90 k J of heat is supplied to a system a t a constant volume. The system


    rejects 95 k J of heat a t constant pressure and 18 k J of work is done on it.
    The system is brought to original state by adiabatic process. Determine
    (8)

    (i)

    The adiabatic work

    (ii)

    The values of internal energy a t all states if initial value is 105 kJ.
    (8)

    (a)

    Two heat engines operating in series are giving out equal amount of
    work. The total work is 50 kJIcycle. If the reservoirs are a t lOOOK and
    250K, find the intermediate temperature and the efficiency of each
    engine. Also, find the heat extracted from the source.
    (16)

    (b)

    5 kg of air at 550 K and 4 bar is enclosed in a closed vessel

    (a)

    (i)

    Determine the availability of the system if the surrounding


    pressure and temperature are 1 bar and 290 K.
    (8)

    (ii)

    If the air is cooled a t constant pressure to the atmospheric


    temperature, determine the availability and effectiveness.
    (8)

    (i)

    State the conditions under which the equation of state will hold
    (4)
    good for a gas.

    (ii) State the main reasons for the deviation of behavior of real gases
    &om ideal gases.
    (4)
    (iii) Explain irreversibility with respect to flow and non flow processes.
    (4)
    (iv)

    Explain the effectiveness of a system.


    Or

    (b)

    Derive Maxwell relations.

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    (4)

    14.

    (a)

    Explain steam formation with relevant sketch and lable all salient points
    and explain every point in detail.
    (16)
    Or

    (b)

    In a Rankine cycle, the steam a t inlet to turbine is saturated a t a


    pressure of 35 bar and the exhaust pressure is 0.2 bar. Determine
    (i)

    The pump work

    (ii)

    The turbine work

    (4)

    (iu) The rankine efficiency


    (iv) The condenser heat flow
    (v)
    15.

    (a)

    A mixture of hydrogen (Hz) and Oxygen (02) is to be made so t h a t the


    ratio of Hz to Oz is 2: 1 by volume. If the pressure and temperature are
    1 bar and 25'C respectively, Calculate:
    (i)
    (ii)

    L,

    (b)

    The dryness a t the end of expansion. Assume flow rate of 9.5 kgls.
    (3)

    The mass of Oz required

    (8)

    The volume bf the container.

    (8)

    120 m3 of air per minute a t 35'C DBT and 50% relative humihty is
    cooled to 20C DBT by passing through a cooling coil. Determine the
    following
    (i)

    Relative humidity of out coming air and its wet bulb temperature(6)

    (ii)

    Capacity of cooling coil in tones of refrigeration

    (iii) Amount of water vapour removed per hour.

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