ME 467- Cryogenic Engineering

Assignment-1
Submission date: 01.10.2020
Instructions:
1. Answer all questions and upload in Google classroom before the deadline.
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1. Explain about cascaded system. List out its advantages and demerits.
2. Explain the Ortho-para conversion of Hydrogen in cryogenic gas liquefaction systems.
3. Why simple Linde-Hampson system cannot be used for liquefaction of gases like He, H
and Ne?
4. Determine the thermal conductivity of air at 250 K and 101.3 kPa if the mean free path of
air at this condition is 49 nm, the gas constant for air is 287 J/kgK, the specific heat ratio
is 1.4 and the specific heat at constant volume is 716.5 J/kgK
5. A Claude system using Nitrogen as the working fluid operates between 101.3 kPa and 300
K and 5.066 MPa. The expander flow ratio is 0.6 and the expander work is utilized to aid
compressor work. Working fluid conditions at inlet of the expander is 270 K and
5.066MPa.
Determine the liquid yield, the total work per unit mass of gas compressed and the work to
liquefy a unit mass of gas in the system.
6. Define FOM and its significance
7. Discuss the significance of heat exchanger effectiveness in a gas liquefaction system
8. Explain the effect of compressor and expander efficiency on the system performance