COIMBATORE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEEIRNG AND TECHNOLOGY

ASSIGNMENT-I
Year : II Yr Semester: III Sem
Branch : B.E.,Mechanical Engineering-A & B Section
Subject Name: Engineering Thermodynamics
1. At the inlet to a certain nozzle the enthalpy of fluid passing is 2800 kJ/kg, and the velocity is
50 m/s. At the discharge end the enthalpy is 2600 kJ/kg. The nozzle is horizontal and there is
negligible heat loss from it.
a. Find the velocity at exit of the nozzle.
b. If the inlet area is 900 cm2 and the specific volume at inlet is 0.187 m3/kg, find the mass flow
rate.
c. If the specific volume at the nozzle exit is 0.498 m3/kg, find the exit area of nozzle.
[Ans: 634.4 m/s, 24.06 kg/s, 188.87 cm2] [3.42, R. K. Rajput]

2. In a gas turbine unit, the gases flow through the turbine is 15 kg/s and the power developed
by the turbine is 12000 kW. The enthalpies of gases at the inlet and outlet are 1260 kJ/kg and
400 kJ/kg respectively, and the velocity of gases at the inlet and outlet are50 m/s and 110 m/s
respectively. Calculate:
a. The rate at which heat is rejected to the turbine, and
b. The area of the inlet pipe given that the specific volume of the gases at the inlet is 0.45 m 3/kg.
[Ans: 828 kW, 0.135 m2] [3.33, R. K. Rajput]

3. In an air compressor air flows steadily at the rate of 0.5 kg/s through an air compressor. It
enters the compressor at 6 m/s with a pressure of 1 bar and a specific volume of 0.85 m 3/kg and
leaves at 5 m/s with a pressure of 7 bar and a specific volume of 0.16 m3/kg. The internal energy
of the air leaving is 90 kJ/kg greater than that of the air entering. Cooling water in a jacket
surrounding the cylinder absorbs heat from the air at the rate of 60 kJ/s. Calculate:
a. The power required to drive the compressor;
b. The inlet and output pipe cross-sectional area.
[Ans: 118.5 kW, 0.016 m2] [3.34, R. K. Rajput]

4. A centrifugal pump delivers 50 kg of water per second. The inlet and outlet pressures are 1
bar and 4.2 bar respectively. The suction is 2.2 m below the centre of the pump and delivery is
8.5 m above the centre of the pump. The suction and delivery pipe diameters are 20 cm and 10
cm respectively. Determine the capacity of the electric motor to run the pump.

5. Air at a temperature of 20C passes through a heat exchanger at a velocity of 40 m/s where its
temperature is raised to 820C. It then enters a turbine with same velocity of 40 m/s and
expands till the temperature falls to 620C. On leaving the turbine, the air is taken at a velocity of
55 m/s to a nozzle where it expands until the temperature has fallen to 510C. If the air flow rate
is 2.5 kg/s, calculate:
a. Rate of heat transfer to the air in the heat exchanger;
b. The power output from the turbine, assuming no heat loss;
c. The velocity at exit from the nozzle, assuming no heat loss.
(Take the enthalpy of air as h = cpt, where cp is the specific heat equal to 1.005 kJ/kg-C and t is
the temperature.) [Ans: 2010 kJ/s, 504.3 kW, 473.4 m/s] [3.47, R. K. Rajput]
6. In a steady flow process, the fluid flows through a machine at the rate of 15 kg/min. Between
the entrance and exit of the machine, the relevant data regarding the working fluid is

Parameter Inlet Outlet

Velocity 5 m/s 8 m/s
Pressure 100 kPa 700 kPa
Specific volume 0.45 m3/kg 0.125 m3/kg
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ASSIGNMENT-II
Year : II Yr Semester: III Sem
Branch : B.E.,Mechanical Engineering-A & B Section
Subject Name: Engineering Thermodynamics

1) Two Carnot refrigerators operate in series between two reservoirs maintained at 20C and 200 C,
respectively. The energy output by the first refrigerator is used as the heat energy input to the second
refrigerator. If the COPs of the two refrigerators are the same, what should the intermediate
temperature be?

2) A steam turbine accepts 2 kg/s of steam at 6 MPa and 600 C and exhausts saturated steam at 20
kPa while producing 2000 kW of work. If the surroundings are at 30C and the flow is steady,
calculate the rate of entropy production.

3) The entropy change in a certain expansion process is 5.2 kJ/K. The gas, initially at 80 kPa, 27C,
and 4 m3 achieves a final temperature of 127C. Calculate the final volume if the gas is (a) air, (b)
Carbon Dioxide, (c) Nitrogen, and (d) Hydrogen.

4) Methane gas at 800 K and 3 MPa is contained in a piston-cylinder system. The system is allowed to
expand to 0.1 MPa in a polytropic process with n = 2.3. What is the second-law efficiency of the
process?

5) A direct contact heat exchanger serves as the condenser for a steam power plant. Steam with quality
of 50% at 100 kPa flows into the mixing tank at 2 kg/s. Ground water at 10C and 100 kPa is
available to produce saturated liquid flowing out of the mixing tank. The mixing tank is well-
insulated. Determine (a) the mass flow rate of groundwater required and (b) the irreversibility rate.

6) The evaporator for an air-conditioning system is a heat exchanger. Freon 12 enters at 0.05 kg/s and
-20 0C as saturated liquid and leaves as saturated vapor. Air enters at 34 0C and leaves at 18 0C. ( a )
What is the mass flow rate of air? (6) What is the irreversibility rate of the evaporator?

7) Air enters a compressor at 100 kPa and 295 K and exits at 700 kPa and 530 K with 40 kJ/kg of heat
transfer to the surroundings. Determine (a) reversible work, (b) irreversibility, and (c) second-law
efficiency for the compressor.
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ASSIGNMENT-III
Year : II Yr Semester: III Sem
Branch : B.E.,Mechanical Engineering-A & B Section
Subject Name: Engineering Thermodynamics
1) For the ideal Rankine cycle shown in Fig. Qn. 8 determine the mass flow rate of steam and the
cycle efficiency

2) An ideal reheat Rankine cycle operates between 8 MPa and 4 kPa with a maximum temperature of
600C (Fig. Qn. 9). Two reheat stages, each with a maximum temperature of 600C, are to be added at
1 MPa and 100 kPa. Calculate the resulting cycle efficiency

3) The turbine of a Rankine cycle operating between 4 MPa and 10 kPa is 84 % efficient. If the steam
is reheated at 400 kPa to 400 C, determine the cycle efficiency. The maximum temperature is 600C.
Also, calculate the mass flux of condenser cooling water if it increases 10C as it passes through the
condenser when the cycle mass flux of steam is 10 kg/s.

4) For the ideal reheat cycle shown in Fig. Qn. 11, find (a) the thermal efficiency and (b) the mass flux
of steam.

Fig. Qn. 11(a)

Fig. Qn. 11(b)

5) For the simple Rankine cycle shown in Fig. Qn. 12 the turbine efficiency is 85%. Determine (a) the
thermal efficiency, (b) the mass flux of steam, (c) the diameter of the inlet pipe to the turbine if a
maximum velocity of 100 m/s is allowed, and (d) the mass flux of condenser cooling water.

Fig. Qn. 12
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ASSIGNMENT-IV
Year : II Yr Semester: III Sem
Branch : B.E., Mechanical Engineering-A & B Section
Subject Name: Engineering Thermodynamics
1. A mixture of 2kg oxygen and 2kg Argon is in an insulated piston cylinder
arrangement at 100kPa, 300K. The piston now compresses the mixture of half its
initial volume. Molecular weight of oxygen is 32 and for argon is 40. Ratio of specific
heats for oxygen is 1.39 and for argon is 1.667.
2. A mixture of ideal f=gases consists of 3kg of nitrogen and 5kg of carbon dioxide at a
pressure of 30kPa and a temperature of 200C, find:
i. The mole fraction of each constituent
ii. The equivalent molecular weight of the mixture
iii. The equivalent gas constant of the mixture
iv. The partial pressures and the partial volumes.
3. 0.45 kg of CO and 1kg of air is contained in a vessel of volume 0.4m3 at 15 0C. Air
has 23.3% of O2 and 76.6% of N2 mass. Calculate the partial of each constitution and
total pressure in the vessel. Molar masses of CO, CO 2 and N2 are 28,32 and
28kg/kmol.

4. Find the value of co-efficient of volume expansion and isothermal compressibility K

for a Van der Waals gas obeying
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ASSIGNMENT-V
Year : II Yr Semester: III Sem
Branch : B.E.,Mechanical Engineering-A & B Section
Subject Name: Engineering Thermodynamics

1. The atmospheric conditions are 30C and specific humidity of 0.0215 kg/kg of air.
Determine :
(i) Partial pressure of air
(ii) Relative humidity
(iii) Dew point temperature.
Atmospheric pressure = 756 mm Hg.

2. 1 kg of air at 24C and a relative humidity of 70% is to be mixed adiabatically in a

steady state, steady flow device with 1 kg of air at 16C and a relative humidity of
10%. Assuming that the mixing is to be carried out at a constant pressure of 1.0 atm,
determine the temperature and relative humidity of the stream leaving the device.

3. In a laboratory test, a psychrometer recorded 36C DBT and 30C WBT. Calculate :
(i) Vapour pressure
(ii) Relative humidity
(iii) Specific humidity
(iv) Degree of saturation
(v) Dew point temperature
(vi) Enthalpy of the mixture.

4. An air-water vapour mixture enters an adiabatic saturator at 30C and leaves at 20C,
which is the adiabatic saturation temperature. The pressure remains constant at 1 bar.
Determine the relative humidity and the humidity ratio of the inlet mixture.

5. The following observation were made during a testing of moist air

Dry bulb temperature Tdb = 29oC
Dew point temperature Tdb = 15oC
Total pressure = 1 bar
Determine the relative humidity and degree of saturation

6. In a combined heating and humidification process, moist air enters heating coil with the
dry bulb temperature 20oC and 30% R.M. After the process the drug bulb temperature
and the RH of Air were found to be 40oC and 55% RH. The air passes through the
heating at the rate of 350 kg/min

7. In an air conditioning plant, fresh air is used to mix up with returned air from
conditioned space. The fresh air drawn from atmosphere has the drug bulb temperature
32oC and we bulb temperature 25oC. The fresh air is drawn at the rate of 100m3/min. The
returned air from conditioned space has the drug bulb temperature 23oC and relative
humidity 50%. The volume flow rate of it 540 m3/min. Determine the (i) dry bulb and
web bulb temperature (ii) specific humidity of mixture.
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TUTORIAL I
Year : II Yr Semester: III Sem
Branch : B.E.,Mechanical Engineering-A & B Section
Subject Name: Engineering Thermodynamics

1. During the working stroke of an engine the heat transferred out of the system was
150 kJ/kg of the working substance. Determine the work done, when the internal
energy is decreased by 400kJ/kg. Also state whether the work done on or by the
engine.
2. A piston and cylinder machine contains a fluid system which passes through a
complete cycle of four processes. During the cycle , the sum of all heat transfers is
170kj. The system completes 100 cycles per minute. Complete the following
table showing the method for each item, and compute the net rate of work output
in kW.
3. Five kg of air is compressed polytropically (n=1.3)from 1bar and 27 0C to 3 bar.
Find (i) work transfer (ii) heat transfer (iii) change in internal energy.
4. 5kg of air at 400C and 1bar is heated in a reversible non-flow constant pressure
until the volume is doubled. Find (a) change in volume (b) work done (c) change
in internal energy (d) change in enthalpy.
5. A gas whose original pressure, volume and temperature e=were 140 kN/m 3 and
250C respectively. It is compressed such that new pressure is 700 kNm 2 and its
new temperature is 600C. Determine the new volume of the gas.
6. 0.25kg of air at a pressure of 1 bar occupies a Volume of 0.3m3. If this air expands
isothermally to a volume of 0.9m3. Find (i) The initial temperature, (ii) The final
temperature (iii) External work done, (iv) Heat absorbed by the air, (v) Change in
internal energy. Assume R=0.29 kJ/K.
7. A turbine operates under steady flow conditions receiving steam at the following
state: Pressure =1.2MPa,temperature=1880C. Enthalpy=2785kJ/kg,
Velocity=33.3m/s and elevation=3m. The steam leaves the turbine at the following
state :Pressure=20 kpa,Enthalpy=2512kJ/kg, Velocity=100m/s and elevation =0m.
Heat is lost to the surroundings at the rate of 0.29kJ/s. If the rate of steam flow
through the turbine is 0.42kg/s, what is the power output of the turbine in kW?
8. Air flows steadily at the rate of 0.5kg/s through an air compressor, entering at
7m/s velocity, 100 kPa pressure and 0.95m 3/kg, volume and leaving at
5m/s,700kPa and 0.19m3/kg. The internal energy of the air leaving is 90 kJ/kg
greater than that of the air entering. Cooling water in the compressor jackets
absorbs heat from the air at the rate of 58nkW (a) Compute the rate of shaft work
input to the air in kW. (b) Find the ratio of the inlet pipe diameter to the outlet pipe
diameter.
9. In a steady flow system, a working substance flows at a rate of 4kg/s enters a
pressure of 620 kN/m2 at a velocity of 300m/s. The internal energy is 2100 kJ/kg
and specific volume 0.37m3/kg. It leaves the system at a pressure of 130 kN/m 2, a
velocity of 1.2m3/kg. During its passage in the system, the substance has a heat
transfer of loss of 30kJ/kg to its surroundings. Determine the power or the system.
State that it it from (or)to the system. (R-92).
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TUTORIAL II
Year : II Yr Semester: III Sem
Branch : B.E.,Mechanical Engineering-A & B Section
Subject Name: Engineering Thermodynamics

1. A carnot heat engine takes heat from an infinite reservoir at 5500C and rejects it to a
sink a 2750C. Half of the work delivered by the engine is used to run generation and
the other half is used to run heat pump which taken heat at 2750C and rejects it at
4490C. Express the heat rejected at 4400Cby the heat pump as % of heat supplied to
the engine at 5500C. If the operation of the generation is 500kW, find the heat rejected
per hour by the heat pump at 4400C. R-92
2. A heat engine operates between a source at 6000C and a sink at 600C. Determine the
least rate of heat rejection per kW net output of the engine.
3. 5 kg of air at 2 bar and 300C is compressed to 24 bar pressure according to the law
pV1.2= Constant. After compression air is cooled at constant volume to 300C.
Determine, (i) Volume and temperature at the end of compression,(ii) Change of
entropy during compression,(iii) Change in entropy during constant volume cooling.
Take Cp=1.005kJ/kg K, Cv=0.718kJ/kg K.
4. A domestic food freezer maintains a temperature of -150C. The ambient air is at
300C. If heat leaks into the freezer at a condition rate of 1.75kJ/s, what is the least
power necessary to pump the heat out continuously?
5. Find the change in entropy of 1 kg of ice which is heated from mk -50C to 00C. It
melts into water at 00C. Cpice=2.093kJ/kgK.The pressure during heating is maintained
at 1 atm constant. Latent heat of fusion of ice=334.96kJ/kg.
6. Three identical bodies of A,B and C constant heat capacity are at temperature of
300,300 and 100K.A heat engine is operated between. A and B and a heat pump
working as refrigerate is operated between B and C. The heat pump is operated by the
output of heat engine. If no work or heat supplied from outside, find the highest
temperature to which any one of the body can be raised by the operation of hour
engine or refrigeration.
7. A reversible heat engine operates between a source at 8000C and a sink at 300c. what
is the least rate of heat rejection per kW net work output of the engine?
8. One kg of ice at -50C is exposed to the atmosphere which is at 200c. The ice melts and
comes into thermal equilibrium with the atmosphere (i) Determine the entropy
increase of the turbine. (ii) What is the maximum amount of work necessary to
convert the water back to ice at -50C? assume Cd for ice as 2.093mkJ/kg k and the
latent heat of fusion of ice as 333.3kJ/kg.
9. A reversible heat engine operates between a source at 8000C and a sink at 300C. What
is the least rate of heat rejection per kW net work output of the engine?(Nov04)
10. 1 kg of ice melts at constant atmosphere pressure and at 00C to from liquid water. If
the latent heat of fusion ice is 333.3kJ/kg. Calculate the entropy change during
process.
11. A closed system constants of 1 kg of air which is initially at 1.5 bar and 670C. The
volume doubles the system undergoes a process according to the law pV1.2=C. Find
the work done, heat transfer and change in entropy.
12. Air in a closed vessel of fixed volume 0.15m3, exerts pressure of 12bar at 2500C. If
the vessel is cooled so that the pressure falls to 3.5br , determine the final temperature,
heat transfer and change of entropy.
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TUTORIAL III
Year : II Yr Semester: III Sem
Branch : B.E.,Mechanical Engineering-A & B Section
Subject Name: Engineering Thermodynamics
1. In a steam power plant operating on an ideal reheat Rankine cycle, the steam enters the
high-pressure turbine at 3MPa and 4000C. After expansion to 0.6MPa, the steam is reheated
to 4000C and then expanded the low -pressure turbine to the condenser presser of kPa.
Determine the thermal efficiency of the cycle and the quality of the steam at the outlet of
the low-pressure turbine.
2. A reheat cycle operating between 30 and 0.04bar has a superheat and reheat temperature
of 4500C. The first expansion takes place till the steam is dry saturated and then reheat is
given. Neglecting feed pump work determine the ideal cycle efficiency.
3. In a regenerative cycle, the system pressure at turbine inlet is 30bar and the exhaust is at
0.04bar. The steam is initially saturated. Enough steam is bled off the optimum pressure of
3bar to heat the feed water. Determine the cycle efficiency. Neglect pump work.
4. A steam power plant uses steam at boiler pressure of 150bar and temperature 550 0C with
reheat at 40bar and 5500C at condenser pressure of 0.1bar. Find the quality of steam at
steam at turbine exhaust, cycle efficiency and the steam rate.
5. In a single heater regenerative cycle the steam enters the turbine at 30bar and 400 0C and
the turbine exhaust pressure is 0.01bar. The condensate is heated is heated in a direct
contact type heater which operates at 5bar. Find the efficiency and the steam rate of the
cycle and the increase in mean temperature of heat addition, efficiency and steam rate as
compared to the Rankine cycle. Neglect pump work
6. A steam boiler generates steam at 30bar , 3000C at the rate of a 2kg/s. This steam is
expanded isentropically in a turbine to a condenser pressure of 0.05bar, condensered at
constant pressure and pumped back to boiler.
a. Draw the schematic arrangement of the above plant and T-s diagram of Rankine
Cycle.
b. Find heat supplied in the boiler per hour.
c. Determine the quality of steam after expansion.
d. What is the power generated by the turbine?
e. Estimate the Rankine efficiency considering pump work
7.A vessel of volume 0.04cu.m contains a mixture of saturated water and steam at a
Temperature of 250C.The mass of the liquid present is 9kg.Find the pressure,mass,specific
volume,enthalpy,entropy and internal energy
8. In a steam generator compressed water at 10MPa, 30C enters a 30mm diameter
tubes at the rate of 3 litres/sec.Steam at 9MPa, 400C exit the tube. Find the rate of
heat transfer
9. Steam at 0.8MPa,250C and flowing at the rate of 1 kg/sec passes into a pipe carrying Wet
steam at 0.8MPa,0.95 dry. After adiabatic mixing the flow rate is 2.3 kg/sec.Determine the
properties of the steam after mixing
10.10 kg of water of 45C is heated at a constant pressure of 10bar until it becomes
superheated vapour at 300C.Find the changes in volume,enthalpy,Internal energy and
entropy.
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TUTORIAL IV
Year : II Yr Semester: III Sem
Branch : B.E.,Mechanical Engineering-A & B Section
Subject Name: Engineering Thermodynamics

1. A rigid tank contains 2 kmol of N2 and 6 kmol of CO2 gases at 300 K and 15 MPa.
Estimate the volume of the tank on the basis of(a) the ideal-gas equation of state, (b) Kays
rule, (c) compressibility factors and Amagats law, and (d ) compressibility factors and
Daltons law.

2. An insulated rigid tank is divided into two compartments by a partition. One compartment
contains 7 kg of oxygen gas at 40C and 100 kPa, and the other compartment contains 4
kg of nitrogen gas at 20C and 150 kPa. Now the partition is removed, and the two gases
are allowed to mix. Determine (a) the mixture temperature and (b) the mixture pressure
after equilibrium has been established.

3. An insulated rigid tank is divided into two compartments by a partition. One compartment
contains 3 kmol of O2, and the other compartment contains 5 kmol of CO2. Both gases are
initially at 25C and 200 kPa. Now the partition is removed, and the two gases are allowed
to mix. Assuming the surroundings are at 25C and both gases behave as ideal gases,
determine the entropy change and exergy destruction associated with this process.

4. Air is a mixture of N2, O2, and small amounts of other gases, and it can be approximated
as 79 percent N2 and 21 percent O2 on mole basis. During a steady-flow process, air is
cooled from 220 to 160 K at a constant pressure of 10 MPa (Fig. 1317). Determine the
heat transfer during this process per kmol of air, using (a) the ideal-gas approximation, (b)
Kays rule, and (c) Amagats law.

5. Fresh water is to be obtained from seawater at 15C with a salinity of 3.48 percent on mass
basis (or TDS _ 34,800 ppm). Determine (a) the mole fractions of the water and the salts
in the seawater, (b) the minimum work input required to separate 1 kg of seawater
completely into pure water and pure salts, (c) the minimum work input required to obtain
1 kg of fresh water from the sea, and (d ) the minimum gauge pressure that the seawater
must be raised if fresh water is to be obtained by reverse osmosis using semipermeable
membranes.
6. A gas mixture consists of 5 kg of O2, 8 kg of N2, and 10 kg of CO2. Determine (a) the
mass fraction of each component, (b) the mole fraction of each component, and (c) the
average molar mass and gas constant of the mixture.
7. Determine the mole fractions of a gas mixture that consists of 75 percent CH4 and 25
percent CO2 by mass.Also, determine the gas constant of the mixture.
8. A gas mixture consists of 8 kmol of H2 and 2 kmol of N2. Determine the mass of each gas
and the apparent gas constant of the mixture.
9. A gas mixture consists of 5 lbmol of H2 and 4 lbmol of N2. Determine the mass of each
gas and the apparent gas constant of the mixture.
10. A gas mixture consists of 20 percent O2, 30 percent N2, and 50 percent CO2 on mass
basis. Determine the volumetric analysis of the mixture and the apparent gas constant.
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TUTORIAL V
Year : II Yr Semester: III Sem
Branch : B.E.,Mechanical Engineering-A & B Section
Subject Name: Engineering Thermodynamics
1. Air at 20 C, 40% RH is mixed adiabatically with air at 40 0C ,40% RH in the ratio of 1
0

kg of the former with 2kg of the latter (on dry basis).Find the final condition of air.
2. An air water vapour mixture of 0.1MPa, 300C,80% RH has a volume of 50m3.
Calculate the specific humidity, dew point, wet bulb temperature, mass of dry air and
mass of water vapour.
3. Air at 160 C and 25% relative humidity passes through a heater and then through a
heater and then through a humidifier to reach final dry bulb temperature of 30 0C and
59% relative humidity. Calculate the heat moisture added to the air. What is the
sensible heat factor?
4. Saturated air at 200C at a rate of 1.16m3/sec is mixed adiabatically with the outside air
at 350C and 50% relative humidity at a rate of 0.5m3/sec . Assuming adiabatic mixing
condition at 1 atm, determine specific humidity, dry bulb temperature and volume
flow rate of the mixture.
5. The dry- and the wet-bulb temperatures of atmospheric air at 1 atm (101.325 kPa)
pressure are measured with a sling psychrometer and determined to be 25 and 15C,
respectively. Determine (a) the specific humidity, (b) the relative humidity, and (c) the
enthalpy of the air.
6. Air enters a window air conditioner at 1 atm, 30C, and 80 percent relative humidity
at a rate of 10 m3/min, and it leaves as saturated air at 14C. Part of the moisture in
the air that condenses during the process is also removed at 14C. Determine the rates
of heat and moisture removal from the air.
7. Air enters an evaporative (or swamp) cooler at 14.7 psi, 95F, and 20 percent relative
humidity, and it exits at 80 percent relative humidity. Determine (a) the exit
temperature of the air and (b) the lowest temperature to which the air can be cooled by
this evaporative cooler.
8. Saturated air leaving the cooling section of an air-conditioning system at 14C at a
rate of 50 m3/min is mixed adiabatically with the outside air at 32C and 60 percent
relative humidity at a rate of 20 m3/min. Assuming that the mixing process occurs at a
pressure of 1 atm, determine the specific humidity, the relative humidity, the dry-bulb
temperature, and the volume flow rate of the mixture.
9. Cooling water leaves the condenser of a power plant and enters a wet cooling tower at
35C at a rate of 100 kg/s. Water is cooled to 22C in the cooling tower by air that
enters the tower at 1 atm, 20C, and 60 percent relative humidity and leaves saturated
at 30C. Neglecting the power input to the fan, determine (a) the volume flow rate of
air into the cooling tower and (b) the mass flow rate of the required makeup water.

10.An average person produces 0.25 kg of moisture while taking a shower and 0.05 kg
while bathing in a tub. Consider a family of four who each shower once a day in a
bathroom that is not ventilated. Taking the heat of vaporization of water to be 2450
kJ/kg, determine the contribution of showers to the latent heat load of the air
conditioner per day in summer.
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ME2306 THERMAL ENGINEERING LAB I LTPC0032

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

I.C ENGINE LAB AND FUELS LAB 30

Valve Timing and Port Timing Diagrams.
Performance Test on 4-stroke Diesel Engine.
Heat Balance Test on 4-stroke Diesel Engine.
Morse Test on Multicylinder Petrol Engine.
Retardation Test to find Frictional Power of a Diesel Engine.
Determination of Viscosity Red Wood Viscometer.
Determination of Flash Point and Fire Point.

STEAM LAB 15
Study of Steam Generators and Turbines.
Performance and Energy Balance Test on a Steam Generator.
Performance and Energy Balance Test on Steam Turbine.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

LIST OF EQUIPMENT (for a batch of 30 students)

I.C Engine 2 stroke and 4 stroke model 1 set
Red Wood Viscometer 1 No.
Apparatus for Flash and Fire Point 1 No.
4-stroke Diesel Engine with mechanical loading. 1 No.
4-stroke Diesel Engine with hydraulic loading. 1 No.
4-stroke Diesel Engine with electrical loading. 1 No.
Multi-cylinder Petrol Engine 1 No.
Single cylinder Petrol Engine 1 No.
Data Acquisition system with any one of the above engines 1 No.
Steam Boiler with turbine setup 1 No.