Downloaded From www.rejinpaul.com Reg.No.:| | Question Paper Code : 77218 B.E/B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2015. Fourth Semester Mechenical Engineering ME 6404 — THERMAL ENGINEERING, (Regulation 2013) yy Time : Three hours he £100 marks y Use of approved Thermodynamics Tables, Mollier diagram, Psychrometric chart and Refrigerant property tables permittedin the Examinations) { Answer ALL guéstiqns PART A aha marks) sky . 1. What are assumptions made ityir mesures egelaer’ 2, . Draw the Brayton eye Ge Ts diagrams. a 3, What are the fonctieMyot a flywheel? Ciclg 4. What are“the, advantages of four stroke cycle engine over two stroke cycle engines, 5. Whatis supersaturated flow? ~~ . What is pressure compounding? Define the terms : Free-air delivery and volumetric efficiency compression. 8& What are the advantages of multistage compression? 9. Define tonne of refrigeration? 10. Define the terms gross seasible heat factor and effective sensible heat factor. - Oo (Grow With UsIL. 12. 13. =, through the turbine per hour is 1000 kg. Calculate : (a) ) (a) ) (a) Downleaded From www.rejinpaul.com PARTB— (6x1 80 marks) ‘An engine with 200 min eylinder diameter and 300 mm stroke works on theoretical Diesel eycle. The initial pressure and temperature of air used are 1 bar and 27°C. The cut-offis 8% of the stroke. Determine : (@ Prossuzes and temporaturos at sll salient points (i) Theoretical air standerd efficiency Gi) Mean effective pressure (iv) Power of the engine if the working cycles per minute are > ‘Assume that compression ratio is 15 and working — Or WS Air enters the compressor of a ges turbine plant Dyeratiyg on Brayton cycle at 1 bar, 27°C. The pressure ratio in the cygle 18g. If W, = 2.5 W. where W, and W, are the turbine and compresséyywork xespectively, calculate she maximum temperature and the cydleefficieney. Disenss the difference between choo) Rnd actual valve timing diagrams of a diesel engine. / Oe Explain the phenomenf of ccs in diesel engines. What are the different factors whish int ie knocking? A Dry saturated ste: aba pressure of 11 bar enters a convergent— divergent nozzle ghd Teqvapiat a pressure of 2 bar. If the flow is adiabatic and frictionless, degermtine = @ Thee: id of steam (a) Ratio of erbse-section of exit and that at throat, = or ©) ¢ tt ‘De Laval turbine steam issues from the nozzle with a velocity of \1200-m/s. The nozzle angle is 20°, the moan blade velocity is 400 m/s and “Sesthe inlet and outlet angles of blades are equal. The mass of steam flowing @ Blade angles (i) Relative velocity of steam entering the blades (iii) Tangential force on the blades (iv) Power developed () Blade efficiency. ‘Take blade velocity co-efficient as 0.8 2 QB rejimprassl.com Grow With UsDownloaded From www.rejinpaul.com 14. (a) A single-stage single-acting air compressor delivers 0.6 kg of air per minute at 6 bar. The temperature and pressure at the end of suction stroke are 30°C and 1 bar. The bore and stroke of the compressor are 100 mm and 150 mm respectively. The clearance is 3% of the swept, volume. Assuming the index of compression and expansion to he 1.3, find : (Volumetric efficiency of the compressor, ‘ (@) Power required if the mechanical efficiency is 85%, and (4a) Speed of the compressor (z.p.m.). O : Or (b) Ina single ~ ecting two — stage reciprocating air get of air per min. are compressed from 1.013 bar and 15%®ythrough a pressure ratio of 9 to 1. Both stags have the same pressurg ratig, and the law of compression and expansion in both stages is pV Qaloulaite : @) The indicated power NS r Gi) The cylinder swept volumes required oN Assume that the clearance vol obvoen stages are 5% of their respective swept volumes jat the compressor runs at 300 x.p.mm 15. (a) An ammonia oe “i in eee evaporating and condensing temperatures of — 16:C fO°C respectively. The vapour is dry saturated at the compressor iflet, the compression process is isentropic and there is no undefepolingiof the condensate. Calculate : @) The reir fect per kg. (i) The maf& flow and power input per kW of refrigeration and. (ii) The C. = or ® atirated air leaving the cooling section of an air — conditioning system ‘at 14°C at a rato of 50 m/min ia mixod adiabatically with the outside air at 32°C and 60 percent relative humidity at a rate of 20 m/min. “Assuming that the mixing process occurs at a pressure of 1 atm, 4 determine the specific humidity, the relative humidity, the dry-bulb ex) temperature and the volume flow rate of the mixture : : ra S giammaama (Grow With Us