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1) A four stroke engine has piston diameter of 80 mm, stroke length 200 mm and Indicated
mean effective pressure 4.5 bar. Engine produces 420 explosions per minute. Determine the
mechanical efficiency of the engine if power available at the shaft of engine is 1.8 kW.
2) Trial on a single cylinder 4 stroke oil engine, the following observations are
made Bore – 30 cm; Stroke = 45 cm, duration of trial = 1 hour; Total fuel
consumption = 7.6 kg; Calorific value of fuel = 45,000 kJ/kg, total revolutions
made = 12,000 rpm; Mean effective pressure = 6 bar, net brake load = 1.47
kN; Brake drum diameter = 1.8 m, rope diameter = 3 cm; mass of jacket water
circulated = 550 kg, water enters at 15C and leaves at 60C; total air
consumption = 360Kg; room temperature = 20C; Exhaust gas temperature =
300C; specific heat for gas = 1.25 kJ/KgK & for water = 4.186 kJ/KgK.
Determine
(i) Indicated & Brake power
(ii) Mechanical efficiency
(iii) Draw the heat balance sheet on minute basis.
#) A four stroke engine has piston diameter of 90 mm, stroke length 200 mm and
indicated mean effective pressure 4.5 bar. Engine produces 420 explosions per
minute. Determine the mechanical efficiency of the engine if power available
at the shaft of engine is 1.8 kW.
#) A petrol engine uses 0.272 kg of fuel per kW of brake power per hour, with
calorific value as 43961 kJ/kg. The mechanical efficiency is 80% and
compression ratio is 5.6. Calculate
(i) Brake thermal efficiency
(ii) Indicated thermal efficiency
(iii) Air standard efficiency
#) In a test of a four cylinder four stroke engine 75 mm bore and 100 mm stroke
the following results were obtained at full throttle at a particular constant
speed and with fixed setting of fuel supply of 6.0 kg/hr.
B.P. with all cylinder working = 15.6 kW
B.P. with cylinder No. 1 cutout = 11.1 kW
If C.V. of fuel is 83600 kJ/kg, calculate :
(1) Mechanical efficiency
(2) Indicated thermal efficiency
#) Following observations are recorded during a trial on four stroke diesel engine :
Fuel supplied = 0.1 kg/min.
Calorific value of fuel : 41,840 kJ/kg
Engine speed : 400 rpm
Effective diameter of brake drum = 1 m
Net load on the brake drum = 1000 N
Mass flow rate of cooling water = 10 kg/min
Rise in cooling water temperature = 25 ºC
Air supplied : 6 kg/min
Exhaust gas temperature : 200 ºC
Specific heat of water : 4.186 kJ/kg ºk
Specific heat of exhaust gas : 1 kJ/kg ºk
Room temperature = 30 ºC
Prepare heat balance sheet on minute basis.
#) single cylinder four stroke diesel engine gave the following results :
Speed of the engine : 400 rpm
Load on the brake : 370 N
Diameter of the brake Drum : 1.2 m
Fuel consumption : 2.8 kg/hr
Calorific value of fuel : 41,800 kJ/kg
Cylinder diameter : 160 mm
Piston stroke : 200 mm
Calculate : (i) Brake Power (ii) bsfc (iii) Brake thermal efficiency
#) A single stage air compressor delivers air at 5 bar. Suction temperature is
20 ºC. Suction pressure is 1 bar. The volume of air entering into compressor is
3 m3/min. The index of compression is 1.2. Calculate power required and
isothermal efficiency.
#It is desired to compress 16 m3

of air per minute from 1 bar to 10.5 bar.
Calculate minimum power required to drive the compressor with two stage
compression and compare it with power required for single stage compressor.
Assume the value of index of compression 1.35 in both cases. Also, assume
the condition for maximum efficiency.
#) A single stage air compressor deliver air at 5 bar. The suction temperature and
pressure is 20C and 1 bar, respectively, volume of air entering the
compressor is 2 m3/min. The index of compression is 1.2. Calculate
Isothermal efficiency of the compressor.
3) A single stage single acting air compressor cylinder diameter 38 cm and

stroke 20 cm the clearance volume is 3.4% of the swept volume. The
compression and expansion carried out according to law pv1.3 = constant, the
pressure and temperature of air during suction stroke are 9.6 N/cm2 & 21C
and delivery pressure is 28.84 N/cm2. Speed of compressor is 150 rpm.
Determine :
(i) Volumetric efficiency
(ii) FAD m3/min
(iii) Indicated Power
4) A single stage single acting air compressor delivers air at 7 bar. The amount
of FAD is 1m3/min and 300 rpm. The pressure and temperature at the end of
suction stroke are 1 bar & 27 C. The clearance volume is 5% of the stroke
volume. Determine
(i) Brake Power – required to run the compressor for mechanical efficiency
of 80%.
(ii) Diameter and stroke of the cylinder if diameter and stroke both
are equal and assume the compression & expansion follow the law
PV1.3 = constant.
5) In an electrically heated chamber, 300 m3 of moist air is heated to 313K. The

initial conditions of the air are as follows :
Dry bulb temperature = 303K
Wet bulb temperature = 298K
Pressure = 101.325 KPa
Determine the
(i) Amount of Sensible heat added
(ii) Final relative humidity
(iii) Final Wet bulb temperature
(Use Psychrometric chart)
6) Moist air at the rate of 30,000 m3/h (on a dry air basis) is blown through an
adiabatic humidifier.
Inlet conditions : DBT 40C & RH 15%
Exit Conditions : DBT 25C & WBT 20C
Determine the
(i) Dew point
(ii) Rate of moisture addition to air stream.
(Use Psychrometric chart)
#) 400 kg of fruits are supplied to a cold storage at 19 C. The cold storage is

maintained to the storage temperature of –5 C in 10 hours. The latent heat of
freezing is 105 kJ/kg and specific heat of fruit is 1.256 kJ/kg K. Find the
refrigeration capacity of the plant.
#) Moist air at the rate of 20,000 m3/h (on a dry air basis) is blown through an
adiabatic humidifier,
Inlet conditions : DBT 30 C & RH 15%.
Exit conditions : DBT 25 C & WBT 20 C.
Determine the :
(i) Dew point
(ii) Rate of moisture addition to air stream.
#) A refrigeration system works on vapour compression cycle. Enthalpies at

various points are given below :
Compressor inlet : 1460 kJ/kg
Compressor outlet : 1796 kJ/kg.
Inlet to expansion valve : 322 kJ/kg.
Calculate : (i) COP (ii) Power required for one kg of refrigerant circulated per
min. The refrigerant is superheated by 15 ºC before it enters the compressor and
subcooled by 3 ºC before expansion. Sketch the cycle on P-H and T-S
diagrams.

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1) A four stroke engine has piston diameter of 80 mm, stroke length 200 mm and Indicated

#It is desired to compress 16 m3

3) A single stage single acting air compressor cylinder diameter 38 cm and

5) In an electrically heated chamber, 300 m3 of moist air is heated to 313K. The

#) 400 kg of fruits are supplied to a cold storage at 19 C. The cold storage is

#) A refrigeration system works on vapour compression cycle. Enthalpies at

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