ME214 BTD Tutorial Questions

ME214 – BASIC THERMODYNAMICS
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UNIT - I
1. The pressure in a constant gas thermometer is measured as 32 mm of Hg above atmospheric
pressure at triple point. Determine the temperature in oC, when the pressure is 76 mm of Hg
above atmospheric pressure. The barometer reads 752 mm of Hg.
2. The resistance of the windings in a certain motor is found to be 100 ohms at a room
temperature of 27 oC. When operating at full load under steady conditions, the motor is
switched off and the resistance of the winding is found to be 120 ohms. The windings are
made of copper wire, whose resistance at toC is given by
Rt = Ro(1+0.004 t)
o
where Ro is the resistance at 0 C. Find the temperature attained by the coil during full load.
3. In a reversible non-flow process, the work is done by a substance in accordance with
2.80
𝑉 = m3, where p is the pressure in bar. Find the work done on or by system as pressure
𝑃
increases from 0.7 bar to 7 bar.
4. A gas is compressed from an initial volume of 0.38 m 3 to a final volume of 0.1 m3. During the
quasi-equilibrium process, the pressure changes with volume according to the relation,
p= a V + b, where, a = —1200 kPa/m3 and b = 600 kPa. Calculate the work done during this
process.
UNIT - II
1. 1 kg of nitrogen at a temperature of 1500C occupies a volume of 0.2 m3. The gas undergoes a
fully restricted constant-pressure expansion without friction to a final volume of 0.36 m3.
Calculate the final temperature, work done, heat transferred and change in entropy. Take
Cv=743 J/kgK, R =0.297 kJ/kg.K.
2. A mass of 0.8 kg of air at 1 bar and 25 oC is contained in a gas—tight frictionless piston—
cylinder device. The air is now compressed to a final pressure of 5 bar. During the process, the
heat is transferred from air such that the temperature inside the cylinder remains constant.
Calculate the heat transferred and work done during the process and direction of each in the
process.
3. 75 kg/min air enters the control volume of a steady—flow system at 2 bar and 1OO OC, at an
elevation of 1OO m above the datum. The same mass leaves the control volume at 150 m
elevation from datum with pressure of 10 bar and at a temperature of 300 0C. The entrance
velocity is 40 m/s and exit velocity is 20 m/s. During the process 54,000 kJ/h of heat is
transferred to control volume and rise in enthalpy is 8 kJ/kg. Calculate the power developed.
4. At the inlet to a convergent—divergent nozzle the enthalpy of the fluid passing is 3000 kJ/kg
and the velocity is 60 m/s. At the discharge end, the enthalpy is 2757 kJ/kg. The nozzle is
horizontal and the heat loss during flow is negligible. Find velocity of the fluid at the exit of
the nozzle, (b) if the inlet area is 0.1 m2 and the specific volume at the inlet is 0.187 m3/kg,
find the mass flow rate of the fluid, and (c) if the specific volume at the outlet is 0.498 m3/kg.
find the area at the exit of the nozzle.
UNIT - III
1. Two Carnot engines are working in series between a source and a sink. The first engine
receives heatfrom a reservoir at a temperature of 1000 K and rejects the waste heat to
another reservoir at the temperature T2. The second heat engine receives the heat energy
rejected by the first engine. It converts some of energy into useful work and rejects the rest
to a reservoir at temperature of 300 K.
(a) If both engines deliver equal power, determine the efficiency of each engine.
(b) If thermal efficiency of both engines are same, determine the intermediate temperature.
2. A reversible heat engine operates between two reservoirs at 600 0C and 40 0C. The engine
drives a reversible refrigerator which operates between the same 40 0C reservoir and a
reservoir at —18 0C. The heat transfer to the heat engine is 2100 kJ and there is a net work
output of 370 kJ from the combined plant. Evaluate the heat transfer to the refrigerator and
the net heat transfer to the 40 0C reservoir.
3. 4 kg of air is compressed from 40 0C and 125 kPa to 250 0C and 875 kPa. It is then throttled to
257 kPa. Finally, it is cooled to a pressure of 125 kPa and 180 0C. Calculate the overall change
in entropy and also for each process. Take Cp=1.005 kJ/kg.K and Cv=O.717 kJ/kg.K
4. (a) 1 kg water at O OC is brought into contact with a heat reservoir at 90 0C. When water has
reached 90 0C, find
(i) Entropy change of water,
(ii) Entropy change of the reservoir,
(iii) Entropy change of the universe.
(b) If water is heated from O OC to 90 0C by first bringing it in contact with the reservoir at
40 0C and then with a reservoir at 90 0C, what will be the entropy change of the universe?
(c) Explain how water might be heated from O OC to 90 0C with almost no change in entropy
of the universe?
UNIT - IV
1. Air enters a compressor in steady flow manner at 140 kPa, 17 0C and 70 m/s and leaves it at
350 kPa, 127 0C and 110 m/s. The environment is at 100 kPa and 7 0C. Calculate per kg of air:
(a) Actual amount of work required, (b) The minimum work required, and
(c) The irreversibility of the process.
2. The steam at 1000 kPa, 275 0C enters a steady flow system with negligible velocity and leaves
at 100 kPa, 120 0C with a velocity of 160 m/s. The steam flow rate is 9500 kg/h. Heat is
exchanged with only surroundings at 15 0C. Determine the maximum possible power output.
3. The pressure and temperature of air at the beginning of compression in an Otto cycle is
103 kPa and 27 0C, respectively. The heat added per kg of air is 1850 kJ. The compression ratio
is 8. Determine maximum temperature, maximum pressure, thermal efficiency.
4. An air-standard Diesel cycle has a compression ratio of 14. The pressure at the beginning of
the compression stroke is 1 bar and the temperature is 300 K. The maximum cycle
temperature is 2500 K. Determine the cut-off ratio and thermal efficiency.

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