ACADEMIC YEAR: 2024 – 25 (ODD / EVEN SEMESTER)
CONTINUOUS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT II (SET I)
Branch / Year / Semester: Mech/II/III Max. Marks : 100
Course Code & Name: ME3391 & Engineering Thermodynamics Duration : 3 hours
Faculty Name & Designation: A.J.Infant Jegan Rakesh & AP/Mech Date of Exam: 20.11.2024
(Steam Tables and Mollier chart can be permitted)
COs Course Outcome Knowledge
Level
Apply the second law of thermodynamics in evaluating the various properties of
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steam through steam tables and Mollier chart
Apply the properties of pure substance in computing the macroscopic properties
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of ideal and real gases using gas laws and appropriate thermodynamic relations.
Apply the properties of gas mixtures in calculating the properties of gas mixtures
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and applying various thermodynamic relations to calculate property changes.
Knowle
PART A
S.No. dge COs Marks
Level Answer all the Questions (10 × 2 = 20 Marks)
1. K1 What is the principle of increase of entropy? CO3 2
2. K1 Comment the term “Available energy” with respect to thermodynamics. CO3 2
3. K2 Outline the condition of steam of 2 bar whose entropy is 6.27kJ/kg. CO4 2
4. K1 Define Dryness Fraction. CO4 2
5. K2 Show latent heat of evaporization. CO4 2
6. K2 Explain the terms Degree of super heat, Degree of sub cooling. CO4 2
7. K1 What is the importance of Joule Thomson’s Coefficient? CO5 2
8. K1 Recall Avogadro’s law and state its significance. CO5 2
9. K2 Extend Joules Law. CO5 2
10. K1 What do you mean by equation of state? CO5 2
Knowle
PART B
S.No. dge COs Marks
Level Answer all the Questions (5 × 13 = 65 Marks)
A 50-kg block of iron casting at 500 K is thrown into a large lake that is
at a temperature of 285 K. The iron block eventually reaches thermal
equilibrium with the lake water. Assuming an average specific heat of
11a i K3 0.45 kJ/kg K for the iron, Solve CO3
(i)The entropy change of the iron block, 5
(ii)The entropy change of the lake water, and 4
(iii)The entropy generated during this process. 4
(OR)
11b i K3 In a passenger car, a lead storage battery is able to deliver 5.2 MJ of CO3 13
electrical energy. This energy available is used to start the car. Suppose
we wish to use compressed air for doing an equivalent amount of work
in starting the car. The compressed air is stored at 7MPa, 25°C. Solve
the mass of the air and volume of the tank required to have the
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compressed air having the same availability of 5.2 MJ. Take 101325 Pa
and 298 K as atmospheric condition.
A closed vessel of 0.2 m3 contains at 1 MPa and temperature 250°C. If
12a i K3 the vessel is cooled so that pressure falls to 350 kPa. Solve the final CO4 13
temperature, heat transfer, and change of entropy during process.
(OR)
Utilize the condition of steam whether it is wet, dry or superheated for
the following cases by using steam table only. Solve
i. Steam has a pressure of 10 bar and specific volume 0.22 m 3 /
4
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3
ii. Steam has a pressure of 15 bar and temperature 225°C
3
iii. Steam at a temperature 200°C and enthalpy 2790.9 kJ/kg
3
iv. Steam at a temperature 120°C and entropy 7 kJ/kgK.
Steam at 4 bar and 0.7 dry expands at constant volume until 5.5 bar.
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Identify the final condition of steam and heat absorbed by 1 kg of steam.
(OR)
Steam enters the turbine at 3 MPa and 400°C and is condensed at 10
KPa. Some quantity of steam leaves the turbine at 0.6 MPa and enters
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open feed water heater. Compute the fraction of the steam extracted per
kg of steam and cycle thermal efficiency.
14a i K3 Develop the relation for entropy to prove Tds = Cp dT + Cv dT. CO5 13
(OR)
14b i K3 Develop the relation for difference in Specific Heat Capacities. CO5 13
A Mixture of ideal gases consists of 5 kg of nitrogen and 10 kg of
carbon dioxide at a pressure 250 kPa and temperature of 25°C. Solve the
15a i K2 (i) Mole Fraction of each constituent (ii) equivalent molecular weight of CO5 13
the mixture (iii) equivalent gas constant of the mixture (iv) volume and
density of the mixture and (v) Cp and Cv of the mixture.
(OR)
A rigid tank contains 2 kmol of N2, 6 kmol of CO2 gases at 300 K and 15
MPa. Identify the volume of the tank on the basis of (i) The ideal-gas
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equation of state (ii) Compressibility factor and Amagat’s law and (iii)
Compressibility factor and Dalton’s law
Knowled
PART C
S.No. ge COs Marks
Level Answer all the Questions (1 × 15= 15 Marks )
Consider an ideal gas at 303 K and 0.86 m3/kg. As a result of some
disturbance the state of the gas changes to 304 K and 0.87 m3/kg.
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Identify the change in pressure of the gas as the result of this
disturbance.
(OR)
A mass of 0.25 kg of an ideal gas has a pressure of 300 kPa, a
temperature of 80°C and a volume of 0.07 m3. The gas undergoes an
16b i K3 irreversible adiabatic process to a final pressure of 300 kPa and final CO5 15
volume of 0.10 m3, during which work done on the gas is 25 kJ. Solve
cp and cv of the gas the increase in entropy of the gas.
Knowledge Level (Blooms Taxonomy)
K1 Remember K2 Understand K3 Apply
K4 Analyze K5 Evaluate K6 Create
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