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The document consists of a series of mechanical engineering assignment questions covering various topics such as thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and refrigeration cycles. Each question requires calculations or sketches related to real-world scenarios, including the behavior of gases, heat engines, and refrigeration systems. The assignment aims to assess the understanding and application of fundamental mechanical engineering principles.

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Total Marks: 15

Assignment (Elements of Mechanical Engineering)

Q1: During a hot summer day when the air temperature is 35°C and the relative humidity is
70 percent, you buy a supposedly “cold” canned drink from a store. The store owner claims
that the temperature of the drink is below 10°C. Yet the drink does not feel so cold and you
are skeptical since you notice no condensation forming outside the can. Can the store owner
be telling the truth?

Q2: The gage pressure of an automobile tire is measured to be 200 kPa before a trip and 220
kPa after the trip at a location where the atmospheric pressure is 90 kPa. Assuming the
volume of the tire remains constant at 0.035 m3, determine the percent increase in the
absolute temperature of the air in the tire.

Q3: Water initially at 300 kPa and 250°C is contained in a constant volume tank. The water
is allowed to cool until its pressure is 150 kPa. On the P-v and T-v diagrams sketch, with
respect to the saturation lines, the process curve passing through both the initial and final
states of the water. Label the end states on the process curve. Also, on both the P-v and T-v
diagrams, sketch the isotherms passing through both states and show their values, in °C, on
the isotherms.

Q4: Saturated water vapor at 200°C is isothermally condensed to a saturated liquid in a


piston-cylinder device. Calculate the heat transfer and the work done during this process, in
kJ/kg.

Q5: A 600-MW steam power plant, which is cooled by a nearby river, has a thermal
efficiency of 40 percent. Determine the rate of heat transfer to the river water. Will
the actual heat transfer rate be higher or lower than this value? Why?

Q6: A household refrigerator that has a power input of 450 W and a COP of 2.5 is to cool ten
watermelons, 5 kg each, to 8°C. If the watermelons are initially at 20°C, determine how long
(in hrs) it will take for the refrigerator to cool them. The watermelons can be treated as water
whose specific heat is 4.2 kJ/kg °C.

Q7: A house that was heated by electric resistance heaters consumed 600 kWh of electric
energy in a winter month. If this house were heated instead by a heat pump that has an
average COP of 2.4, determine how much money the home owner would have saved that
month. Assume a price of Rs. 8.50/kWh for electricity.

Q8: A heat engine operates between a source at 400°C and a sink at 25°C. If heat is supplied
to the heat engine at a steady rate of 65,000 kJ/min, determine the maximum efficiency and
power output of this heat engine.

Q9: In the above problem, if it is desired to double the thermal efficiency of this engine, what
should the new source temperature be? Assume the sink temperature is held constant.
Q10: A hot-water stream at 70°C enters an adiabatic mixing chamber with a mass flow rate of
3.6 kg/s, where it is mixed with a stream of cold water at 20°C. If the mixture leaves the
chamber at 42°C, determine (a) the mass flow rate of the cold water and (b) the rate of
entropy generation during this adiabatic mixing process. Assume all the streams are at a
pressure of 200 kPa. Use property table for water wherever necessary.

Q11: Water flows through a shower head steadily at a rate of 10 L/min. An electric resistance
heater placed in the water pipe heats the water from 16 to 43°C. Taking the density of water
to be 1 kg/L, determine the electric power input to the heater, in kW, and the rate of entropy
generation during this process, in kW/K. Use property table for water wherever necessary.

Q12: A simple ideal Rankine cycle which uses water as the working fluid operates its
condenser at 40°C and its boiler at 300°C. Calculate the work produced by the turbine, the
heat supplied in the boiler, and the thermal efficiency of this cycle when the steam enters the
turbine without any superheating. Use property table for steam.

Q13: An ideal vapor-compression refrigeration cycle that uses refrigerant-134a as its working
fluid maintains a condenser at 1000 kPa and the evaporator at 4°C. Determine this system’s
COP and the amount of power required to service a 400 kW cooling load. Use property table
for R-134a.

Q14: Water at 20°C is to be siphoned through a tube 1 m long and 2 mm in diameter, as in


Figure. Is there any height H for which the flow might not be laminar? What is the flow rate
if H 50 cm? Neglect the tube curvature.

Q15: A circular sign has a diameter of 50 cm and is subjected to normal winds up to 150
km/h at 10°C and 100 kPa. Determine the drag force acting on the sign. Also determine the
bending moment at the bottom of its pole whose height from the ground to the bottom of the
sign is 1.5 m. Disregard the drag on the pole.

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