Date:20/09/2018 Enrolment No.

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RK UNIVERSITY
B.TECH./SEM-II/REMEDIAL/N/SEPT.-2018

ME126: BASICS OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Time: 01:30 PM TO 03:00 PM Total Marks: 50

Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Programmable calculator is not permissible.

SECTION – I

Q.1 (a) Select the most appropriate option: (Each of one mark) 06
1. Which of the following components is not the component of
centrifugal pump set?
a. Piston
b. Impeller
c. Volute casing
d. Foot valve
2. The component that takes care of fluctuations of the cyclic variation
in speed is known as.
a. Governor
b. Fly wheel
c. Cam shaft
d. Fuel pump
3. Enthalpy of dry saturated vapour is
a. Equal to specific liquid enthalpy
b. Equal to the enthalpy of evaporation
c. Equal to the amount of heat required to convert 1 kg of water
from its freezing
d. None from above
4. In multistage compressor, intercoolling is done to
a. Minimize the work of compression
b. Cool the air
c. Reduce the volume of air
d. None of the above

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 5. With the increase of pressure ratio the volumetric efficiency of air
compressor
a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. Constant
d. First increases and then decrease
6. Which of the following type is used in fuel injection system of Diesel
engine?
a. Gear pump
b. Plunger pump
c. Centrifugal pump
d. None of the above

(b) Answer following questions: (Each of two mark) 10

1. Write the statement of (1) Zeroth law
(2) First law of thermodynamics.
2. Define (1) Enthalpy of Evaporation (2) Dryness Fraction
3. What is the difference between mountings and accessories of a
boiler?
4. What is priming? Why it is required in centrifugal pump but not in
reciprocating pump.
5. What are the function of : (1) Injector in Diesel Engine
(2) Carburettor in Petrol Engine.

Q.2 (a) Draw a neat sketch of Babcock and Wilcox boiler. Explain its 06
construction and working.
(b) What amount of heat would be required to produce 5 kg of steam at 05
a pressure of 5 bar (ab) and temperature of 250ºC. from water at
30ºC. Take Cps = 2.1 KJ/Kg K.
(c) State the following: 05
(1) Charle’s law and Boyle’s law
(2) Why gases have two specific heats?
OR
Q.2 (a) Explain working of four stroke petrol engine with neat sketch & P-V 06
diagram.
(b) 0.67 kg of gas at 14 bar and 290ºC is expanded to four times the 05
original volume according to the law PV1.3 = Constant. Calculate:
(1) The original and final volume of gas
(2) The final temperature of the gas.
(3) The final pressure of the gas. Take R = 287 J/KgK.
(c) Show the equivalence of Clausius and Kelvin-plank statement of 05
second law of thermodynamics.

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Q.3 (a) Develop expression for work done to compress one kg of air single 06
stage air compressor. Assume law of compression PVn = C. Neglect
clearance.
(b) The following readings were taken during the test of four stroke 06
single cylinder petrol engine: Load on the brake drum = 50 kg,
Diameter of brake drum = 1250 mm, Spring balance reading = 7 kg,
Engine speed = 450 rpm, Fuel consumption = 4 Kg/hr, Calorific
value of the fuel = 43000 KJ/Kg. Calculate: (1) Indicated thermal
efficiency (2) Brake thermal efficiency. Assume mechanical
efficiency as 70%.
(c) Explain working of single acting reciprocating pump with air 06
vessels.
OR
Q.3 (a) Classify rotary pumps and describe with neat sketch working of a 06
rotary gear pump.
(b) Compare I.C. engine and E.C. engine. 06
(c) Describe with a neat sketch: (1) Water level indicator (2) Blow - off 06
cock valve.

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