Assignment

FSBE I Mech (PTD)

Thermal Engineering - I
Marks 25 (S M Patel sir)

Q1. A closed system contains air at a pressure 1 bar, temperature 300 K and volume 0.018 m3. This
system undergoes a thermodynamic cycle consisting of the following three processes in series: (i)
Constant volume heat addition till pressure becomes 5 bar, (ii) Constant pressure cooling, and (iii)
Isothermal heating to initial state. Represent the cycle on T-S and p-V plots and evaluate the change in
entropy for each process. Take cp = 0.718 kJ/kg K and R = 0.287 kJ/kg K. (7)

Q2 An insulated vessel of 0.5 m3 capacity is divided by a rigid conducting diaphragm into two
chambers A and B, each having a capacity of 0.25 m3. Chamber A contains air at 1.4 bar pressure and
290 K temperature and the corresponding parameters for air in chamber B are 4.2 bar and 440 K.
Calculate: (i) Final equilibrium temperature, (ii) Final pressure on each side of the diaphragm, and
(iii) Entropy changes of system. For air take cv = 0.715 kJ/kg K and R = 0.287 kJ/kg K. (7)

Q3 A heat pump operates between two identical bodies which are at temperature T1 and cools
one of the bodies to a temperature T2 (T2 < T1). Prove that for this operation the minimum work
𝑇𝑇12
required by the heat pump is given by 𝑤𝑤 = 𝐶𝐶𝑃𝑃 � + 𝑇𝑇2 − 2𝑇𝑇1 �
𝑇𝑇22
where cp is the specific heat which is same for both the bodies. (7)

Q4 Derive Maxwell relations with the help of fundamental thermodynamic relations (4)

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