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TERM END EXAMINATIONS (TEE) – May 2021

Programme : B.Tech – Mechanical Engineering Semester : Winter 2020-2021
Course Name : Thermal Engineering Systems Code : MEE2004
Faculty Name : Dr. Rohit Sharma Slot/Class No. : C11+C12+C13/0170
Time : 1½ hours Max. Marks : 50

Answer ALL the Questions

Q. No. Question Description Marks

PART - A ( 30 Marks)
1 (a) What are the lubricating systems for IC engines? Describe their (any two) operations 10
with the help of neat diagrams.

OR

(b) Explain the various performance parameters of IC engines with the help of proper 10
formulas.

2 (a) In an ideal Rankine cycle, saturated steam vapours enter the turbine at 160 bar and 10
saturated liquid exits the condenser at 0.05 bar as
shown in Figure 1. The net power output of the cycle is
130 MW.
Determine for the cycle
(a) the thermal efficiency,
(b) the steam mass flow rate, and
(c) the specific steam consumption.
Figure 1
Properties from steam table are given below:

OR

(b) A gas turbine operates on a pressure ratio of 6. The inlet air temperature to the 10
compressor is 300 K and the temperature of air entering to the turbine is 580°C. If the
volume rate of air entering the compressor is 250 m3/s, calculate the net power output
of the cycle and efficiency.

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3 (a) A double-acting reciprocating compressor with a piston displacement of 0.05 m3 per 10
stroke operates at 500 rpm. The clearance is 5 per cent and it receives air at 100 kPa,
discharges it at 600 kPa. The compression is polytropic, PV1.35 = c.
Determine the power required and the air discharged in m3/s.
OR

(b) A single-stage reciprocating air compressor is required to compress 72 m3 of air per 10

minute from 15°C and 1.0 bar to 8 bar pressure. Find the temperature at the end of
compression, work done, power, and heat rejected during each of the following
processes:
(a) isothermal,
(b) adiabatic, and
(c) polytropic compression following the law PV1.25 = constant.

PART - B (20 Marks)

4 A six-cylinder, four-stroke spark-ignition engine of 10 cm × 2 cm (bore × stroke) with 10
a compression ratio of 6 is tested at 4800 rpm on a dynamometer of arm 55 cm. During
a 10 minutes test, the dynamometer reads 45 kg and the engine consumed 5 kg of petrol
of calorific value 45 MJ/kg. The carburettor receives air at 9°C and 1 bar at the rate of
10 kg /min. Calculate
a) the brake power,
b) the brake mean effective pressure,
c) the brake specific fuel consumption,
d) the brake specific air consumption,
e) the brake thermal efficiency, and
f) the air-fuel-ratio.

5 What is a vapour absorption refrigeration system? How does it differ from a vapour 10
compression refrigeration system? Explain it with the help of schematic diagrams.
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