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KINGS
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ACADEMIC YEAR 2011- 2012 / ODD SEMESTER

QUESTION BANK

SUBJECT CODE & NAME : ME 1201- ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS
YEAR / SEMESTER : II / III

QUESTION BANK

UNIT-I:
Basic concept & First law
PART A (2 marks)

1. Define the term thermal engineering.
2. What is meant by thermodynamics system? How do you classify it?
3. What is meant by closed system? Give an example.
4. Define an open system Give an example.
5. Distingusih between Open and Closed system
6. Define an isolated system:
7. Define specific heat capacity at constant pressure.
8. Define specific heat capacity at constant volume.
9. What is meant by surroundings?
10. What is boundary?
11. What is meant by thermodynamic property
12. How do you classify the property?
13. Define Intensive and Extensive properties.
14. What do you understand by equilibrium of a system?
15. Differentiate Intensive and Extensive properties

PART B (16 marks)

1. one kg of gas expands at CO&11stant pressure from 0.085 m
3
to 0.13 Ill).if the initial temperature
of the gas is 22.5 c.find the final. Temperatures, net heat transfer, change in internal energy,
pressure of gas. (16)
2. A certain quantity of gas is head at constant pressure from 35 0 to 185c. Estimate the amount of
heat transferred, ideal work done, change in internal energy,when the initial volume of the gas is
0.6 m
3
. (16)
3. Explain and derive Isothermal process (16)
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4. Explain and derive Isobaric process. (16)

5. 2kg of gas at a pressure of 1.5 bar. Occupies a volume of 2.5 m
3
. If this gas compresses
isothermally to 1/3 times the initial volume. Find initial. Final temperature, work done, heat
transfer. (16)
6. one kg of air is compressed polytropically (n=1.3) from 1 bar and 27 deg Celsius to 3 bar.
Find I. work transfer
2. Heat transfer
3. Change in internal energy. (16)

UNlT-2:
Second Law
PART-A (2 marks)
1. State the Kelvin - Planck statement of second law of thermodynamics.
2. State Clausius statement of second law of thermodynamics.
3. Write the two statements of the Second law of thermodynamics.
4. State Carnot's theorem.
5. What are the Corollaries of Carnot theorems?
6. Define - PMM of second kind.
7. What is difference between a heat pump and refrigerator?
8.What is mean by heat engine?
9. Define the term COP.
10. Why Carnot cycle cannot be realized in practice?
11. Name two alternative methods by which the efficiency of a Carnot cycle can be increased.
12. Why a heat engine cannot have 100% efficiency
13. When the Carnot cycle efficiency will be maximum?
14. What are the processes involved in Carnot cycle
PART-B (16 marks)

1. Air flows through an adiabatic compressor at 3 kg/s the inlet conditions are 2 bar and 310k and exit
conditions are 20 bar and 560 k. compute the net rate of availability transfer and irreversibility. (16)
2. Air in a closed vessel of fixed volume of 0.15 m
3
, exerts pressure of 12 bar at 250 c ,if the vessel is
cooled so that the pressure falls to 3.5 bar, determine the final temperature, heat transfer and change of
entropy. (16)
3. Explain Carnot engine cycle and its efficiency. (16)
4. Explain the term availability and unavailability. (16)
5. A heat engine operates between a source a 600 c and a sink at 60 c Determine the least rate
of heat rejection per KW net output of the engine. (16)

6) 0.2 kg of air at 1.5 bar and 27 "c is compressed to a pressure of 15 bar according to the law
pv (l.25) =c. determine work done heat flow to or from the air, increase or decrease in entropy (16)

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UNIT- 3:
PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBTANCE & STEAM POWER CYCLE
PART-A(2 marks)
1.Define latent heat of ice.
2. What is pure substance?
3. What is saturation temperature and saturation pressure?
4. Define latent Heat of vaporization.
5. Find the saturation temp and latent heat of vaporization of steam at 1 Mpa.
6. Define the terms 'Boiling point' and 'Melting point .
7. What is meant by super heated steam? and indicate its use.
8. Define: sensible heat of water.
9. Define the term "Super heat enthalpy".
10. What are wet and dry steam?
11 State phase rule of pure substances.
12. Define dryness fraction of steam (or) What is quality of steam?
13. Explain the terms: Degree of super heat, Degree of sub cooling.
Degree of super heat:
14. Define triple point and critical point for pure substance.

PART-B (16 marks)

1. Find the specific volume and enthalpy of steam at 9 bar when the condition of steam is a) Wet
with dryness fraction 0.95 b) dry saturated c) super heated temperature of 240 (16)
2. Steam initially at 400 Kpa and 0.6 dry is heated in a rigid vessel of 0.1m3 volume. The final
condition is 600 Kpa. Find the amount of heat added and mass of steam. (16)
3. Explain P-V diagram and P-V-T surface. (16)
4. 2 kg of steam initially at 5 bar and 0.6 dry is heated at constant pressure until the temperature
becomes 350 c.find the change in entropy and internal energy. (16)
5.A steam plant working on a simple rankine cycle operated between the temperature of 260c and
95c .the steam is dry and saturated when it enters the turbine and expanded isentropic ally. Find
rankine efficiency. (16)
6) 2.5 kg of steam is heated at constant pressure of 250 kpa and 100c, until temperature is 250c.
Find the amount of heat added and change in entropy (16)
(Use mollier chart)
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UNIT 4:
IDEAL AND REAL GASES AND THERMODYNAMIC RELATION
PART-A (2 marks)
1. Determine the molecular volume of any perfect gas at 600N/m
2
and 30
0
C. Universal gas
constant may be taken as 8314J /kg mole-K.
2. State Boyle's law.
3. State Charle's law.
4. State J oule's law.
5. State Regnault's law.
6. State Avogadro's law.
7. State Dalton's law of partial pressure
8. How does the Vander Waals equation differ from the ideal gas equation of state?
9. What is meant by virtual expansion?
10. Distinguish between ideal and real gas.
11. Define J oule-Thomson Co-efficient.
12. Define Co-efficient of volume expansion and Isothermal compressibility.
13. What is compressibility factor?
14. What is compressibility factor? What does it signify? What is its value for an ideal gas at
critical point?
PART-B (16 marks)
1. Derive Daltons law of partial pressure. Define amagats law of partial volume. (16)
2. Derive vandar Waals equation. (16)
Derive Maxwells equation (16)
4. Derive clausius-clapeyron equation. (16)
5. Derive J oule-Thomson coefficient equation. (16)
6. A mixture of gases contains 50%nitrogen,40% oxygen and 10% carbon di oxide by mass. 2 kg
of mixture is compressed from 200 kpa and 293k to 400 kpa polytropically which follows the
PV(I.25)=C. Determine the work done,heat transferred and change in entropy
(Take (cp)n2=1.04 (cp)o2=0.918 kj / kg k, (cp)co2=O.846 k/kg k) (16)
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UNIT 5
PSYCHOMETRY
PART-A (2 marks)
1. What is the difference between air conditioning and refrigeration?
2. Define psychrometry.
3. Define dry bulb temperature (DBT).
4. Define wet bulb temperature.
5. Define dew point temperature.
6. Define Relative Humidity (RH) and Specific humidity'.
7. Differentiate between absolute and relative Humidity.
8. Define DPT and degree of saturation.
9. What is dew point temperature? How is it related to dry bulb and wet bulb temperature at the
saturation condition?
10. State Dalton's law of partial pressure.
11. Define Apparatus Dew Point (ADP) of cooling coil.
12. List down the psychrometirc processes.
13. Define bypass factor (BPF) of a coil.
14. State the effects of very high and a very low bypass factor.
15. What are the assumptions made while mixing two air streams?

PART-B (16 marks)

I. Dry bulb and wet temperatures of 1 atmospheric air stream are 400 and 30c respectively.
Determine
(a)Humidity (b) Relative humidity (c) Specific humidity. (16)

2. Atmospheric air with barometric pressure of 1.013 bar has 38c dry bulb temperature and 28c
wet bulb temperature. Determine (a) Humidity ratio (b) Relative humidity (c) dew point
temperature. (16)
3. Atmospheric air at 760 mm of Hg has 45c DBT and 30c WBT, using psychometric chart
calculate R.H, Humidity ratio, DPT, enthalpy, specific volume of air. (16)
4.Atmospheric air at 1 bar pressure has 2.50 DBT and 75% RH using psychometric chart,
calculate DBT, enthalpy, vapour pressure. (16)
5. Explain sensible heating process, sensible cooling, and humidification process. (16)
6. An air water vapour mixture at 0.1 Mpa, 300, 80% RH. Has a volume of 50 m
3
Calculate the
specific humidity, dew point, wet bulb temperature, mass of dry air and mass of water vapour.
(16)

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