VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CHENNAI CAMPUS

SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

BMEE203L- Engineering Thermodynamics

(2-1-0 = 3 Credits)

B.TECH- Mechanical Engineering,

1st Year (Winter Semester: 2022-23)

Dr. Pritam Das

Assistant Professor (Sr.), SMEC
Email Id: [email protected]
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Q1. An isolated thermodynamic system executes a process, choose the correct statement(s)
form the following

(a) No heat is transferred

(b) No work is done

(c) No mass flows across the boundary of the system

(d) No chemical reaction takes place within the system

Q2. Heat and work are

(a) intensive properties (b) extensive properties (c) point functions (d) path functions

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Q3. A frictionless piston-cylinder device contains a gas initially at 0.8 MPa and 0.015 m3. It expands
quasi-statically at constant temperature to a final volume of 0.030 m3. The work output (in kJ/kg) during
this process will be:

(a) 8.32 (b) 12.00 (c) 554.67 (d) 8320.00

Q4. Which of the following are intensive properties?

i. Kinetic Energy ii. Specific Enthalpy iii. Pressure iv. Entropy

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) i and iii (b) ii and iii (c) i, iii and iv (d) ii and iv

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Q5. Ice kept in a well insulated thermo flask is an example of which system?

(a) Closed system (b) Isolated systems (c) Open system (d) Non-flow adiabatic system

If Hot coffee is kept then ________________________________

Q6. Which of the following are intensive properties?

i. Temperature ii. Viscosity iii. Specific entropy iv. Thermal conductivity

Which of the above properties of a system is/are intensive?

(a) i only (b) ii and iii only (c) ii, iii and iv only (d) i, ii, iii and iv

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Q7. Zeroth Law of thermodynamics states that

(a) Two thermodynamic systems are always in thermal equilibrium with each other.

(b) If two systems are in thermal equilibrium, then the third system will also be in thermal equilibrium
with each other.

(c) Two systems not in thermal equilibrium with a third system are also not in thermal equilibrium with
each other.

(d) When two systems are in thermal equilibrium with a third system, they are in thermal equilibrium
with each other.

Q8. Work done in a free expansion process is:

(a) Positive (b) Negative (c) Zero (d) Maximum

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Q9. Thermodynamic work is the product of

(a) Two intensive properties

(b) Two extensive properties

(c) An intensive property and change in an extensive property

(d) An extensive property and change in an intensive property

Q10. Assertion (A): The change in heat and work cannot be expressed as difference between the end
states.

Reason (R): Heat and work are both exact differentials.

(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

(c) A is true but R is false

(d) A is false but R is true

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Answer Key :

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Q1. A 30 m high vertical column of a fluid of density 1878 kg/m3 exists in a place where g = 9.65 m/s2.
What is the pressure at the base of the column.

Q2. A vacuum gauge mounted on a condenser reads 0.66 mHg. What is the absolute pressure in the
condenser in kPa when the atmospheric pressure is 101.3 kPa?

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Q3. The pressure of steam flowing in a pipeline is measured with a mercury manometer, shown in
Figure. Some steam condenses into water. Estimate the steam pressure in kPa. Take the density of
mercury as13.6 ×103 kg/m3 , density of water as 103 kg/m3, the barometer reading as 76.1 cmHg, and
g as 9.806 m/s2.

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Q4. The piston of an oil engine, of area 0.0045 m2, moves downwards 75 mm, drawing in 0.00028 m3 of
fresh air from the atmosphere. The pressure in the cylinder is uniform during the process at 80 kPa,
while the atmospheric pressure is 101.325 kPa, the difference being due to the flow resistance in the
induction pipe and the inlet valve. Estimate the displacement work done by the air finally in the cylinder.

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Q5. An engine cylinder has a piston of area 0.12 m2 and contains gas at a pressure of 1.5 MPa. The
gas expands according to a process which is represented by a straight line on a pressure-volume
diagram. The final pressure is 0.15 MPa. Calculate the work done by the gas on the piston if the stroke
is 0.30 m.

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Q5. An engine cylinder has a piston of area 0.12 m2 and contains gas at a pressure of 1.5 MPa. The
gas expands according to a process which is represented by a straight line on a pressure-volume
diagram. The final pressure is 0.15 MPa. Calculate the work done by the gas on the piston if the stroke
is 0.30 m.

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Q6. A piston and cylinder machine containing a fluid system has a stirring device in the cylinder. The
piston is frictionless, and it is held down against the fluid due to the atmospheric pressure of 101.325
kPa. The stirring device is turned 10,000 revolutions with an average torque against the fluid of 1.275
Nm. Meanwhile the piston of 0.6 m diameter moves out 0.8 m. Find the net work transfer for the system.
0.8 m

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Q7. A mass of 1.5 kg of air is compressed in a quasi-static process from 0.1 MPa to 0.7 MPa for which
pv = constant. The initial density of air is 1.16 kg/m3. Find the work done by the piston to compress the
air.

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Q8. If a gas of volume 6000 cm3 and at pressure of 100 kPa is compressed quasi-statically according to
pV2 = constant until the volume becomes 2000 cm3, determine the final pressure and the work transfer.

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Q9. A mass of gas is compressed in a quasi-static process from 80 kPa, 0.1 m3 to 0.4 MPa, 0.03 m3.
Assuming that the pressure and volume are related by pvn = constant, find the work done by the gas
system.

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Q10. A closed cylinder of 0.25 m diameter is fitted with a light frictionless piston. The piston is retained
in position by a catch in the cylinder wall and the volume on one side of the piston contains air at a
pressure of 750 kN/m2. The volume on the other side of the piston is evacuated. A helical spring is
mounted coaxially with the cylinder in this evacuated space to give a force of 120 N on the piston in
this position. The catch is released and the piston travels along the cylinder until it comes to rest after
a stroke of 1.2 m. The piston is then held in its position of maximum travel by a ratchet mechanism.
The spring force increases linearly with the piston displacement to a final value of 5 kN. Calculate the
work done by the compressed air on the piston.

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Alternate solution
for Q10

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Q11. A milk chilling unit can remove heat from the milk at the rate of 41.87 MJ/h. Heat leaks into the
milk from the surroundings at an average rate of 4.187 MJ/h. Find the time required for cooling a batch
of 500 kg of milk from 45°C to 5°C. Take the cp of milk to be 4.187 kJ/kg K.

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Q12. 680 kg of fish at 5°C are to be frozen and stored at – 12°C. The specific heat of fish above freezing
point is 3.182, and below freezing point is 1.717 kJ/kg K. The freezing point is – 2°C, and the latent heat
of fusion is 234.5 kJ/kg. How much heat must be removed to cool the fish, and what percent of this is
latent heat? (ANS: 186.28 MJ and 85.6 %)

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Sample Problem - 1
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Problem - 2
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Solution - 3