APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS (ME 301)

TIME: 1HOUR 30MINUTES UNIT TEST 1 FULL MARKS :30

 Steam table and mollier chart to be supplied to the exam centre.

 Your answer should be brief. please avoid Unnecessary & irrelevant discussions
 Give diagrams whenever necessary

Group- A

(Answer any six) 2.5×6=15

1. Prove that energy is a property of the system.

2. What is “quasi-static process”?
3. What do you mean by path function and point function. Give examples of both.
4. What is state’s postulate?
5. Define : open system , closed system and isolated system.
6. State zeroth law.
7. DH=dE +d(PV) ,then in an isothermal reversible process dE=0 and d(PV) =Work done= -nRT2.303log (final
volume/initial volume) therefore dH is not equal to 0, then why it is said that change of enthalpy in an
isothermal reversible process is 0?
8. We find the cop of refrigerator and not efficiency. Why?
9. An automobile engine produces 136 hp on the on the output shaft with a thermal efficiency of 30%.the
fuel it burns gives35000 kj/kg energy release. Find out the rate of fuel consumption.
10. What do you understand by the mean temperature of heat addition in vapour power cycle?

Group –B

(Long answer type questions; answer any 3) 5×3=15

11. Prove that if kelvin plank system is violated clausius statement will also be violated.
12. State and prove carnot theorem.
13. Find out : steady flow energy equation with suitable noations.
14. .A 25 kg cast iron wood burning stove, contains 5 kg of soft pine wood and 1kg of air. All the masses are at
room temperature 200 C and pressure 101 kPa. The wood now burns and heats all the mass uniformly,
releasing 1500 W. neglect any air flow and changes in mass of wood and heat losses. Find the rate of
change of temperature (dT/dt) and estimate the time it will take to temperature 750 C.
15. .i> Isentropic process doesn't always imply that it's reversible adiabatic process.- do you support the
statement. Please mention.
ii> “PMM 2 is possible”.- do you support the statement. Justify your answer.
16. 16. Steam at 20 bar, 360°C is expanded in a steam turbine to 0.08 bar. It then enters a condenser, where
it is condensed to saturated liquid water. The pump feeds back the water into the boiler.
(i) Assuming ideal processes, find per kg of steam the net work and the cycle efficiency
(ii) If the turbine and the pump have each 80% efficiency, find the percentage reduction in the net work
and cycle efficiency.
17. 17.An engine working on the Otto cycle is supplied with air at 0.1 MPa ,350 C. The compression ratio is 8.
Heat supplied is 2100 KJ/Kg. Calculate the maximum pressure and temperature of the cycle, the cycle
efficiency and the mean effective pressure. (For air, cp= 1.005, cv= 0.718, and R= 0.287 KJ/Kg.