2nd Year 1st Semester Examination 2020

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology

Course Code: MEE 231 Full Marks: 60

Course Title: Basic Thermodynamics Time: 10 hours.
(USE SEPARATE ANSWER SCRIPT FOR EACH PART)

PART A
(There are THREE Questions in this Part. Answer any TWO.)

1 a) Define ‘System’, ‘Boundary’ and ‘Surrounding’ in the context of thermodynamics. Discuss

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different types of system.
b) How does a ‘macroscopic approach’ differ from ‘ microscopic approach’? 04
c) Draw p-v and t-v property diagrams for pure substance and identify different regions on the 05
diagram.

2 a) Air at 0.1 MPa, 30°C and 80% RH is compressed isothermally to 1.0 MPa. Estimate the
psychometric condition of the compressed air.
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b) Describe two stage cascade refrigeration systems using block diagram and T-S diagram. 06
c) Compare between vapor compression and absorption refrigeration systems. 03

3 a) Describe p-v-t behavior of ideal and non-ideal gas mixtures. Also, mention the properties of
gas mixtures. 10
b) A room contains air at 25°C and 98KPa at a relative humidity of 75%. Calculate 05
i ) partial pressure of dry air
ii) specific humidity
iii) enthalpy per unit mass of dry air

PART B
(There are THREE Questions in this Part. Answer any TWO.)

4 a) State Kelvin-Plank’s second law of thermodynamics and discuss how it is equivalent to the
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clausius statement.
b) What are the factors that cause a process irreversible? 03
c) What are the Carnot’s principles? A Carnot heat engine, receives 500 kJ of heat per cycles 07
from a high temperature source at 652°C and rejects heat to a low temperature sink at 30°C.
Determine
i ) the thermal efficiency of the Carnot’s engine and ii) the amount of heat rejected to the sink
per cycle.

5 a) What are the assumptions that are commonly employed in the analysis of gas-power cycle and
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air standard cycles?
b) Draw the actual and the ideal cycles of spark-ignition engines in p-v diagram . Explain how 08
they differ.
c) SI engine differs from Cl engine in many ways- Justify the statement. 04

6 a ) With the help of T-S diagram, show how we can improve the efficiency of the Rankine cycle. 05
b) Define “Cut of Ratio” for diesel cycle.- Why is the heat addition part of diesel engine 05
characterized as a constant pressure process?
c) One kilo-mole of octane (CsHis) is burned with air that contains 20 kilo-mole of O2. Assuming 05
the combustion product’s contain only CO2, H2O, O2, and N2, determine the mole number of
each gas in the products and the air-fuel ratio for this combustion process.

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