AR13 ME 2404

B.Tech – 3rd Semester

Semester End Supplementary Examinations, March 2020
Engineering Thermodynamics
(Common to Mechanical and Power Engg)

Time: Three hours Maximum: 70 marks

Section I : Answer all questions.
Section II : Answer all questions.

SECTION I (5x2M=10M)

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a Define work and heat. 2M
b State Vander Waals Equation. 2M
c Find the characteristic gas constant of Nitrogen. 2M
d Define critical state properties of water during change of phase 2M
A petrol engine is operating with a compression ratio 14.5. Estimate the thermal 2M
e
efficiency.

SECTION II (4x15M=60M)
a Explain the Boyle’s law, Charle’s law and Avagadro’s law. 9M
Gas from a cylinder of compressed hydrogen is used to inflate an inelastic flexible
2 balloon, originally folded completely flat, to a volume 0.6 m 3. If the barometer
b 6M
reads 760mm Hg, what is the amount of work done upon the atmosphere by the
balloon? Sketch the system before and after the process.
(OR)
Derive the relation between the two principle specific heats and characteristic gas
a 6M
constant for a perfect Gas.
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Determine the value of compressibility factor at critical point for the Vander-Waals
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gas.

One kg of fluid enters a nozzle with a velocity of 300 m/min and enthalpy of
2990kJ/kg. The enthalpy of the fluid at the exit of the nozzle is 2760 kJ/kg. The
nozzle Is place horizontally and neglects the heat loss from the nozzle. Determine
a (a) The velocity of the fluid at the exit of the nozzle, 10M
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(b) The mass flow rate if the area at the inlet is 0.095 m and the specific volume at
the inlet is 0.19 m3/kg and
(c) The exit area of the nozzle if the specific volume at the exit is 0.5 m 3/kg .
b Derive the SFEE. 5M
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Two reversible heat engines A and B are arranged in series with A rejecting heat
directly to B through an intermediate reservoir. A receives 200kJ of heat from a
reservoir at 421˚C and engine B is in thermal communication with a sink at 4.4 ˚C.
a If the work output of the A is twice that of B find. 10M
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(i) Intermediate temperature between A and B,
(ii) The efficiency of each engine and
(iii) The heat rejected to the cold sink.
b Explain different processes in Carnot’s cycle. 5M

Show by second law that the dissipation of electrical work into internal energy
a 7M
6 or heat is irreversible
b Energy is a point function. Explain and prove. 8M
(OR)
a Prove the Avogadro’s law of additive volume. 5M
Two kg mole CO at a pressure of 1.9 bar, 70˚C is mixed in thermally insulated
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b vessel with 3 kg-mole of Nitrogen is at equilibrium. Determine the final 10M
temperature and pressure and change in entropy of the mixture.

A vessel of 0.4 m3 capacity contains 2 kg of wet steam at 6 bar. Calculate

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8 (i). The volume and mass of water and (ii). Volume and mass of steam.
b What is pure substance? Draw a p-T diagram for a pure substance. 6M
(OR)
Find the air standard efficiencies for Otto cycles with a compression ratio of 6
a using ideal gases having specific heat ratios 1.35, 1.43 and 1.62. What are the 10M
9 advantages and disadvantages of using helium as the working fluid?
What do you mean by air-standard cycle? What are the assumptions for
b 5M
air-standard cycle?
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