BET`s

BASAVAKALYAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BASAVAKALYAN

Department of Mechanical Engineering.
First Internal Assessment Test
Applied Thermodynamics (10ME43)

Max.Marks:25 Date: 19/03/15

Note: Answer any two full questions:

Q: 1 a) What do you understand by heat balance sheet? Enumerate the importance of same. (5.0M)

b) The following observations were made during one hour test on single cylinder 4-stroke oil
engine bore = 300mm, stroke= 450mm, mass of fuel used = 8.8 kg, C.V. = 41800 kj/kg , average
speed = 200 r.p.m, Mean effective pressure = 5.8 bar, brake load = 1860N, mass of cooling water
circulated = 650kg temperature rise = 220c, diameter of the brake drum = 1.22m Calculate a)
Mechanical efficiency b) Brake thermal efficiency c) Draw heat balance sheet. (7.5M)

Q: 2 a) Derive an expression for mean effective pressure of an Otto Cycle. (6.0M)

b) An engine working on Otto Cycle has upper and lower temperature limits of T3 and T1
respectively. Show that for maximum work per kg of air is to be done the intermediate
temperature is given by T2=T4=√T1T3 (6.5M)

Q: 3 a) List out the methods used for measuring friction power of an IC engine. Explain Motoring Test
method. (5M)

b) An air standard limited Pressure cycle has a compression ratio of 15 and compression begins at
0.1 mpa, 400c.The maximum pressure is limited to 6 mpa and the heat added is 1675 kj/kg
Compute i) Heat supplied at constant volume per kg air
ii) Heat supplied at constant pressure
iii) The cycle efficiency
iv) The cut off ratio
v) Mean effective pressure of cycle. (7.5M)

*****Best of Luck******