End Semester Examinatlbn Pe-215 Thermal System-Ii: Time:3:00 Hour
End Semester Examinatlbn Pe-215 Thermal System-Ii: Time:3:00 Hour
End Semester Examinatlbn Pe-215 Thermal System-Ii: Time:3:00 Hour
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B.Tech,WE)
Fourth Semester
May-2018
END SEMESTER EXAMINATlbN
PE-215 THERMAL SYSTEM-II
Max. Marks:70
Time:3:00 Hour
Note: Attempt Any five Questions. Assume suitable data if missing. All are of equal marks.
(b).A reciprOcating comPressor receives 22 m'/min of air from the atmosphei~ at 100
·kPa, 22°C and compresses it to 1.5 MPa ..Cakulate.the power requirement for the
following compression processes; (i) isentropic, (ii) polytropic, with n=l.3, and (cl
revefSible isothermal. · ·• ·. . . · ·• · ·. •
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0,.2.(a):sketth .in air standard Otto tycie oil P-V and T S diagrams. Derive an expreSSiOii
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Q.3.(a).What arE! the four processes Which constitute a EiiCSson cycle? ShoW that the
effiCiency Of .in air standard Ericsson C'(c1e ·is less than 1:hat of a ·carnot cyclii
working between the same temperature limits.
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(b).Derive the expression of optimum pressure ratio for a Gas Turbine plant ha-ving
compressors efficiency ric and turbine efficiency 'h·
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Q.S.(a).A gas-turbine plant operates on the. Brayton cycle between 2s c and ·sso°C. It
produces 850kw of power by compressing air at l00kPa to 900kPa. Calculate the
minimum mass flux of the air.
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(b}.Show that the pressure ratio for the maximum efficiency of the air-standard
!3rayton cycle is the square root of the optimum pressure ratio for maximum net
work output from the cycle.
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Q.6.(3).Derive a general three-dimensional conduction equation in Cartesian ~o-ordinaies .
for a homogeneous material.
' lbJ.Explairi convective heat transfer ·coefficient with its sigriificance and dimension.
Differentiate between natural convection and forced c~nvection. . .· ..