Multiple Choice Question Bank : Exergy

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Question Bank : Exergy

1. Which of the following states can be considered dead states ?

a. Water substance at 32 bar 380 C

b. Water substance at 12 bar 200 C

c. Water substance at 1 bar 25 C

2. Select the correct statement/s

a. Availability is not a property as it is nothing but work transfer which is not a property

b. Availability is a property as it is the maximum work transfer which only depends on initial

state and dead state

c. Availability is a property as it is the maximum work transfer is not a path function since the

path for getting maximum work must be reversible by default

3. Dead State for calculating exergy of Kinetic Energy is

a. The state of object with zero velocity

b. The state of object at atmospheric temperature

c. The state of object with zero kinetic energy

d. The state of object at datum level

4. Select the correct statement/s

a. Exergy of an object having K.E. is the same as that of the magnitude of K.E. itself

b. Exergy of Kinetic Energy is magnitude of K.E. minus K.E. lost in friction

c. No part of Kinetic Energy is wasteful, Kinetic Energy is totally available

d. Exergy of Kinetic Energy cannot be 100% as it violates the second law

5. Dead State for calculating exergy of Potential energy is ….

a. The state of object with zero velocity

b. The state of object at zero height from the datum

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c. The state of object at atmospheric temperature

d. The state of object at the datum

6. Select the correct statement/s

a. Exergy of Potential Energy is the magnitude of P.E. minus P.E. lost in friction

b. Exergy of an object having some P.E. is the same as that of the magnitude of P.E. itself

c. No part of Potential Energy is wasteful, Potential Energy is totally available

d. Exergy of Potential Energy cannot be 100% as it violates the second law

7. Select the incorrect statement

a. Exergy of a constant temperature source depends on source temperature, dead state

temperature and entropy change of source

b. Exergy of a constant temperature source is directly proportional to source temperature

c. Heat supplied from constant temperature source is completely available

d. Exergy of a constant temperature source is inversely proportional to dead state temperature

e. Exergy of a constant temperature source is directly proportional to entropy change of source

8. Select the incorrect statement

a. The More the source temperature the more is the unavailable part of heat supplied by a

constant temperature source

b. Heat supplied from constant temperature source = available part of heat supplied -

unavailable part of heat supplied

c. The More the dead state temperature the more is the unavailable part of heat supplied by a

constant temperature source

9. Which of the following assumption/s can be made when calculating the availability of a source at

constant temperature ?

a. The temperature of source and that of the heat absorption are considered to be same
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b. Sink is assumed to be at dead state

c. Sink is assumed to be at any temperature lower than source temperature

d. Heat transfer from the source is assumed to be through zero temperature difference

e. Heat transfer from the source is assumed to be through some positive temperature

difference

10. In the following diagram heat supplied from the source is represented by …

a. Area ( 1-2-3-4)

b. Area ( 1-2-6-5)

c. Area ( 3-4-5-6)
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11. In the following diagram heat rejected by the cycle is represented by …

a. Area ( 1-2-3-4)

b. Area ( 1-2-6-5)

c. Area ( 3-4-5-6)

12. Select incorrect statement/s based on the following diagram ….

a. Area ( 1-2-3-4) represents Availabilty of source at constant temperature

b. Area ( 1-2-6-5) represents heat supplied by the source at constant temperature

c. Area ( 1-2-6-5) represents Availabilty of source at constant temperature

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d. Area (3-4-5-6) represents unavailable part of heat supplied form source at constant

temperature

e. Area (3-4-5-6) represents heat rejected by Carnot cycle operating between a constant

temperature source and a sink at dead state

13. In the following diagram loss of exergy of a constant temperature source due heat transfer through

finite temperature difference (T-T’) is represented by …

a. Area (1’-2’-3’-4)

b. Area (3’-4 -5 -6’)

c. Area (3- 4 -5 -6)

d. Area (3 - 3’-6’-6)

14. A heat engine receives heat from a source at 1500 K at a rate of 600 kJ/s and rejects the waste heat

to a sink at 300 K. If the power output of the engine is 400 kW, the second-law efficiency of this heat

engine is

(a) 42% (b) 53% (c) 83% (d) 67%

15. A car is moving with a velocity of 60kmph. What is the exergy of the car ?
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a. 1800 kJ/kg

b. 1.8 kJ/kg

c. 0.139 kJ/kg

d. 139 kJ/kg

16. Level of the water stored in a dam is measured to be 50m. What is the availability of water per unit

mass?

a. 490.5 kJ/kg

b. 0.49 kJ/kg

c. 4.9 J/kg

d. 125kJ/kg

17. The level of water in a dam drops by 7m in a month. How much exergy is lost ?

a. 68.67 kJ/kg

b. .6867 J/kg

c. 6.867 kJ/kg

d. 0.06867 kJ/kg

18. The initial and final velocities of an object are measured to be 60 m/s and 35 m/s. What is the loss in

availability ?

a. 1187.5 J/kg

b. 1.1875 J/kg

c. 1187.5 kJ/kg

d. 11.875 kJ/kg

19. A water reservoir contains 100 tons of water at an average elevation of 60 m. The maximum amount

of electric power that can be generated from this water is

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(a) 8 kWh (b) 16 kWh (c) 1630 kWh (d) 16,300 kWh (e) 58,800 kWh

20. A house is maintained at 21°C in winter by electric resistance heaters. If the outdoor temperature is

3°C, the second- law efficiency of the resistance heaters is

(a) 0% (b) 4.1% (c) 6.1% (d) 8.6% (e) 16.3%

21. Keeping the limitations imposed by the second law of thermodynamics in mind, choose the wrong

statement below:

a. A heat engine cannot have a thermal efficiency of 100 percent.

b. For all reversible processes, the second-law efficiency is 100 percent.

c. The second-law efficiency of a process is 100 percent if no entropy is generated during that

process.

d. The second-law efficiency of a heat engine cannot be greater than its thermal efficiency.

e. The coefficient of performance of a refrigerator can be greater than 1.

22. A furnace can supply heat steadily at 1300 K at a rate of 500 kJ/s. The maximum amount of power

that can be produced by using the heat supplied by this furnace in an environment at 300 K is...

(a) 115 kW (b) 192 kW (c) 385 kW (d) 500 kW (e) 650 kW

23. A furnace can supply 600 kJ of heat steadily at 1200 K to a Boiler in an environment at 300 K . The

unavailable part of the heat supplied is ….

a. 0 kJ (no loss of availability)

b. 450 kJ

c. 150 kJ

d. 300 kJ
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24. A furnace at 1200 K supplies 650 kJ of heat steadily to a Boiler which receives it at 600 K. What is

the loss of availability ? (Environment is at 300 K)

a. 488 kJ

b. 325 kJ

c. 0 kJ (no loss of availability)

d. 163 kJ

25. A heat engine receives heat from a source at 1200 K at a rate of 500kW and rejects the waste heat

to a sink at 300 K. If the power output of the engine is 180 kW, the rate of irreversibility of the engine

is ..

a. 375 kW

b. 48 kW

c. 195 kW

d. 36 kW

26. Select the correct statement

a. Exergy of the system can never be destroyed

b. Exergy of the universe always remains constant

c. Entropy of the universe never increases

d. Exergy of the universe never increases

Answer Key
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Q. No. Answer Q. No. Answer

1 a 14 c

2 b,c 15 c

3 a,c 16 b

4 a,c 17 d

5 b,d 18 a

6 b,c 19 b

7 c 20 c

8 a 21 d

9 a,b,d 22 c

10 b 23 c

11 c 24 d

12 c 25 c

13 d 26 d
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