KULKARNIS RAC TEST

Q. 1 to Q.10 carry ONE mark Each Time Allowed: 75 Minutes

Q. 11 to Q. 25 carry TWO marks Each

SECION-I
Q.1 The power of the compressor of a refrigerator having COP of 4.5 and extracting 200 kJ/kg of evaporating
heat with 1.5 kg/min refrigerant flow rate is _______ hp (horse power).
Q.2 Hot air enters the adiabatic device at 500 C DBT and 10 % relative humidity with enthalpy of 70.2 kJ/kgda.
The air leaving the device grains 20 % moisture considering saturated vapor pressure as 12.349 kPa at
500 C DBT, the enthalpy of air leaving the device in kJ/kgda is ______.
Q.3 A refrigerator is used to maintain certain space at 100 C . It pumps 18000 kJ/hr of heat from the space to
the atmosphere at 300 C . If the power input to the refrigerator is 2 kW, the COP of this refrigerator to that
of a carnot refrigerator is _________.

Q.4 Moist air undergoes adiabatic saturation process such that the relative humidity of air increases, for this
process,
(A) Dry Bulb Temperature (DBT) increases, specific humidity () increases
(B) DBT increases,  decreases
(C) DBT decreases,  increases
(D) DBT decreases,  decreases
Q.5 The coefficient of performance (COP) of a reversible refrigerator operating between two thermal
reservoirs is 4. The efficiency (in percentage) of a reversible heat engine operating between the same
temperature limits is _______.
Q.6 For a refrigerant being used in a vapour compression refrigeration system, the Joule Thomson coefficient
should be
(A) positive (B) negative (C) zero (D) infinite

Q.7 In an ideal vapour compression refrigeration system, the process in the condenser is
(A) Heat addition at constant pressure (B) Heat removal at constant volume
(C) Heat removal at constant pressure (D) Heat addition at constant volume
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Q.8 A Carnot engine having  = 0.5 drives a Carnot refrigerator with COP = 4. The energy absorbed by the
refrigerator from the cold body for each kJ of energy absorbed from the source by Carnot engine is
(A) 2 kJ (B) 2.4 kJ (C) 3 kJ (D) 4 kJ
Q.9 The thermal efficiency of a reversible heat engine operating between two thermal reservoirs is max . The
COP of a reversible refrigeration cycle operating between the same two reservoirs is
 1 1 1 1
(A) −1 (B) +1 (C) (D) 1−
max max max max
Q.10 Ambient air at 300C DBT and 80% relative humidity was heated to a DBT of 800C in a heat exchanger
by indirect heating. The amount of moisture gain (in kgv/kg da) during the process would be ________

SECTION-II

Q.11 A cold storage takes 5 hours to bring down the temperature of 100 metric tons a substance from 350 C to
80 C . The specific heat of a substance is 3.1 kJ/kg-0 C . The coefficient of performance (COP) and the latent heat
of vaporization of the refrigerant (R-22) at an evaporation temperature of −100 C are 3.66 and 230 kJ/kg
respectively. Assuming no losses, the values of refrigerant flow rate and the power input to the compressor are
(A) 121.3 kg/min and 127.1 Kw (B) 124.7 kg/min and 121.3 kW
(C) 127.1 kg/min and 121.3 kW (D) 124.7 kg/min and 127.1 kW
Q.12 Air at 700 C and 0.015 humidity ratio is cooled adiabatically by spraying water. The final temperature of
air is 550 C . Specific heats of dry air and water vapour are 1.005 kJ/kg-K and 1.88 kJ/kg-K respectively
and latent heat of vaporization of water at 00 C is 2501.7 kJ/kg. The humidity ratio of outlet air, in
kgv/kgda is
(A) 0.017 (B) 0.019 (C) 0.021 (D) 0.023
Q.13 One thousand units of a substance, each weighing 100 g with a surface area of 0.01 m 2 are frozen from
700 C molten mass condition to −200 C frozen storage condition with in 3 hours. The specific heat values
are 3.6 kJ/kg-K and 1.97 kJ/kg-K before and after freezing points (00 C) respectively. If the latent heat is
250 kJ/kg, the cooling capacity of the refrigeration unit in tons of refrigeration is _______.
Q.14 A 1 hp motor is used for running a dual cylinder reciprocating compressor of a refrigeration system based
on R-134a refrigerant having 185 kJ/kg cooling capacity. COP of the system is 4.2 efficiency of the
compressor is 80 %. Specific volume of the refrigerant vapour at suction temperature is 0.15 m3 /kg . The
compressor with bore diameters of 40 mm each runs at 1440 rpm. The compressor stroke length in mm is
______.
Q.15 In a heating and humidification process dry air (d.a.) with relative humidity of 10 % at ambient
temperature of 100 C is mixed with superheated steam at temperature T. The resultant mixture is at 2.50 C
with relative humidity of 50 %. The total pressure before and after the process remains same at 102 kPa.
The saturated pressure of water vapour (V) at 100 C and 250 C are 1.2281 kPa and 3.1698 kPa
respectively. The quantity of steam in grams added per kg of dry air is ______.
Q.16 In a vaoour compression system refrigerant leaves the evaporator and enters the compressor in saturated
vapour condition at 00 C . The enthalpies of saturated liquid and saturated vapour at 00 C are 50 kJ/kg and
250 kJ/kg respectively. The refrigerant leaves the compressor with an enthalpy of 300 kJ/kg. From the
exit of condenser, the refrigerant is throttled to the evaporator pressure. If COP of the refrigerator is 2.8,
then the dryness fraction of the refrigerant entering the evaporator is ______.
Q.17 Moist air having 60 % relative humidity enters a steady flow air conditioning unit at 102 kPa and 300 C .
The volume flow rate of the moist air entering the unit is 0.1 m 3 /s . The moist air leaves the unit at 95 kPa
and 150 C with a relative humidity of 100 %. Liquid condensate leaves the unit at 150 C .
For water at 150 C : h f = 62.982 kJ/kg, hg = 2528.3 kJ/kg, Psat = 1.7057 kPa

At 300 C : h f = 125.74 kJ/kg, hg = 2555.6 kJ/kg, Psat = 4.2469 kPa

For air, C p = 1.004 kJ/kg-K, R = 0.287 kJ/kg-K, C pvapour = 1.88 kJ/kg-K

Neglecting leakage to the surrounding, the magnitude of heat extracted (in kW) from air stream is
_______.
Q.18 Two kg of air (dry air basis) at 400 C with 0.023 kg vapour per kg dry air is mixed with 3 kg of air (dry
air basis) at 200 C with 0.008 kg vapour per kg dry air to produce 5 kg of air (d.a.) at 60 % relative
humidity at 280 C . Assume all the streams at normal atmospheric pressure (101.325 kPa). The saturation
vapour pressure of water in kPa at 280 C is ______.
Q.19 In a cascade refrigeration system, COP5 of the cooling cycle and cascade are 3.7 and 4.2 respectively. If
tonnage (ITR = 3.52 kW) of the cooling cycle is 15 and the cascade removes 70 % of the total heat rejected
by the cooling cycle. The powers required by the cooling and cascade compressor in horse power are
_____ and _____ respectively.
(A) 67.07, 46.95 (B) 52.08, 39.35
(C) 19.13, 14.99 (D) 14.27, 11.18
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Q.20 Moist air enters a duct at a rate of 3 kg/s at 10 C , 80 % relative humidity. The air is heated as it flows
through the duct and exits at 300 C . No moisture is added or removed and the pressure of air in the duct is
constant at 1 bar. The saturation pressure of vapour at 100 C is 0.01228 bar. Specific enthalpy values of
dry air at inlet and outlet of the duct are respectively 283.1 kJ/kg and 303.2 kJ/kg. The corresponding
specific enthalpy values for water vapour are 2519.8 kJ/kg and 2556.3 kJ/kg. For steady state operation
the amount of heat added to the moist air in kW is _______.
Q.21 An air water vapour mixture with volume 100 m 3 at 100 kPa, 350 C is at 75 % relative humidity. Taking
saturation pressure of vapour at 350 C as 5.63 kPa, the mass of vapour in the mixture in kg is ______.
Q.22 A refrigerator set at 7 0C handles a load of 6000 kJ per day. The ambient temperature is 27 0C. The actual
COP of the refrigerator is equal to 0.2 times that of a Carnot refrigerator. The daily electricity consumption
in kWhr is ________

Q.23 A Carnot engine operating between the thermal reservoirs at 700 K and ambient atmosphere at 300 K
drives a Carnot refrigerator which is operating between the ambient atmosphere at 300 K and cold space
at 250 K. The ratio of the total energy rejected to the ambient atmosphere by both the devices to the energy
absorbed from the cold space by the refrigerator is ________
Q.24 An ideal vapour compression refrigerator cycle uses R-134 a as a working fluid. The condenser pressure
is 5 bar and evaporator pressure is 60 kPa. The refrigerant enters the compressor as saturated vapour and
its specific enthalpy at the compressor exit is 267.98 kJ/kg. The other relevant data regarding R-134 a are
given below
Pressure, bar h f (kJ/kg) hg (kJ/kg) S f (kJ/kgK) S g (kJ/kgK)
 0.6 3.465 224.72 0.0147 0.9520
5 71.33 256.07 0.2723 0.9117

The COP of the cycle is approximately

(A) 2.55 (B) 3.55 (C) 4.11 (D) 5.11
Q.25 Air enters the compressor of an ideal Brayton refrigeration cycle at 1.013 bar and 270 K with a volumetric
flow rate of 1.5 m 3 /s. If the pressure ratio is 3 and the temperature at the inlet of expander is 300 K. The
refrigeration capacity in kW is ________