COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

PUTRAJAYA CAMPUS
Test 1

SEMESTER 1 2021 / 2022

PROGRAMME : Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering

SUBJECT CODE : MEHB312 / MEHB3013
SUBJECT : Thermodynamics II

DATE : 18 October 2021

TIME : 75 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

1. This paper contains TWO (2) questions.

2. Answer all questions.

Name : __________________________________________

SID : __________________________________________

THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 2 PRINTED PAGES INCLUDING

THIS COVER PAGE.

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 MEHB312/MEHB3013, Semester 1 2021/2022

QUESTION 1 [20 MARKS]

In an ideal Diesel cycle with a compression ratio of 13, compressed air is heated from
565°C to 927°C during the combustion process. Utilizing the cold-air standard
assumption and take the constant specific heats of air at 300 K, determine for this cycle:
a) the cutoff ratio, [4 marks]
b) the amount of heat addition, [3 marks]
c) the amount of heat rejection, [10 marks]
d) the thermal efficiency. [3 marks]

QUESTION 2 [30 MARKS]

A gas-turbine engine operates on an air standard Brayton cycle with pressure ratio of
1X. Air enters the compressor at 27ºC and the turbine at 1327ºC. The isentropic
efficiency of the compressor is 85% while the isentropic efficiency of the turbine is
80%. Taking into account variable specific heats, determine:
a) the net work output, [16 marks]
b) the thermal efficiency, [4 marks]
c) if the above engine is modified to operate on Brayton cycle with regeneration
where the regenerator effectiveness is 0.8X, evaluate the percentage of
increment to the thermal efficiency of the engine. [10 marks]

Note: For QUESTION 2, the value of X = the last digit of own student ID.
For example: X = 4 for SID of ME0101234

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