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DAYANANDA SAGAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

(An Autonomous Institute Affiliated to VTU, Belagavi)
Shavige Malleshwara Hills, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bengaluru-560078

UG Semester End Examination, Nov/Dec 2019

Course: Aero Thermodynamics
Course Code: 18AE3DCATD Maximum marks: 100
Semester: 3 Duration: 3 hours
Maximum of 4 sub questions are allowed
Marks
1 1. In an open system, for maximum work, the process must be entirely 1 x 20
a) irreversible b) reversible c) adiabatic d) none of the mentioned
2. Which of the following is true for a closed system?
a) mass entering = mass leaving b) mass does not enter or leave the system
c) mass entering can be more or less than the mass leaving d) none of the
mentioned
3. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of the unit mass of gas
through one degree at constant volume, is called
a) specific heat at constant volume b) specific heat at constant pressure
c) kilo Joule d) none of these
4. An adiabatic process is one in which
a) no heat enters or leaves the gas b) the temperature of the gas changes
b) the change in internal energy is equal to the mechanical workdone
c) all of the above
5. Workdone in a free expansion process is
a) Zero b) Minimum c) Maximum d) Positive
6. In the polytropic process pvn = Constant if n = 1 the process is termed as
a) Constant volume b) Constant pressure c) Constant temperature d) Adiabatic
7. A law which is applicable only to ideal vapours and liquids, that equates the
equilibrium partial pressures of a solution component in the coexisting phases, is
known as
a) Henry's law b) Roult's law c) Joule's law d) Maxwell's equation
8. An open system
a) Is a specified region where transfers of energy and/or mass take place
b) Is a region of constant mass and only energy is allowed to cross the
boundaries
c) Cannot transfer either energy or mass to or from the surroundings
d) Has a mass transfer across its boundaries, and the mass within the system is
not necessarily
9. The processes or systems that do not involve heat are called
a) Isothermal processes b) Equilibrium processes c) Thermal processes d) Steady
processes
10. According to kinetic theory of heat
a) Temperature should rise during boiling b) Temperature should fall during
freezing
b) At low temperatures all bodies are in solid state
c) At absolute zero there is absolute no vibration of molecules
11. The relation of the vapour pressure to the enthalpy of vaporization is expressed in
a) Energy equation b) Van der Waal's equation c) Gas equation d) Maxwell's

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12. If a process can be stopped at any stage and reversed so that the system and
surroundings are exactly restored to their initial states, it is known as
a) Adiabatic process b) Isothermal process c) Reversible process d)
Thermodynamic process
e) Ideal process
13. The cycle generally used for gas turbines is
a) Otto cycle b) Carnot cycle c) Rankine cycle d) Brayton cycle
14. At critical point the latent enthalpy of vaporisation is
a) Only depends on temperature b) Zero c) Maximum d) Minimum
15. For an ideal gas the value of Joule Kelvin coefficient is
a) Zero b) 0.5 c) Unity d) Infinite
16. Kelvin's law deals with
a) conservation of heat b) conservation of work
b) conversion of heat into work d) conversion of work into heat
17. All of the following cycles consist of two isentropic processes EXCEPT
a) Otto cycle b) Carnot cycle c) Stirling cycle d) Diesel cycle
18. Which of the following introduces irreversibility in the actual Carnot engine
operation?
a) Friction between moving parts b) Higher operating speeds
b) Losses from working fluid in transit d) Changes in pressure and temperature
during the cycle
19. In case of real gases, Cp will be equal to Cv
a) at critical temperature b) above critical temperature
b) at triple point d) at absolute zero
20. For a pure substance at its triple point, the number of degrees of
freedom is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) None of these

2 a. Explain Zeroth Law of thermodynamics for a closed system 8

b. Discuss different forms of work transfer and deduce PdV equations for the
same. 8
3 a. Through the cyclic process prove that energy is a property of the system. 8
b. Discuss the concept of first law for a closed system and joule’s experiment.
Also prove that heat is equivalent to work. 8
4 a. Air flows through an adiabatic compressor at 3 kg/s the inlet conditions are 2 10
bar and 310k and exit conditions are 20 bar and 560 k. compute the net rate of
availability transfer and irreversibility.
b. Establish the inequality of Clausius and express Entropy change in irreversible
process 6
5 Give short notes on following (a) Specific humidity (b) Relative humidity (c) Dew 16
point temperature (d) Wet bulb depression
(OR)
6 Explain sensible heating process, sensible cooling, and humidification process 16
7 Analyse carnot cycle and derive an expression for thermal efficiency. 16
(OR)
8 Derive an expression for mean effective pressure in otto cycle with explanation of 16
processes.

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