Assignment No.

1 in ME 322(Combustion Engineering)

1. The thermal efficiency of a particular engine operating on an ideal cycle

is 35%. Calculate the heat supplied per 1200 watt-hr of work developed in KJ.

A. 12343 B. 10216 C. 14218 D. 11108

2. Consider a large furnace that can supply heat at a temperature of 2000°R at

a steady rate of 3000 Btu/s. Determine the exergy of this energy. Assume an
environment temperature of 77°F.

A. 2305.19 kW B. 2315.19 kW C. 2325.19 kW D. 2335.19 kW

3. An Otto cycle has an initial pressure of 100 kPa and has a pressure of 400
kPa after adiabatic compression. Find the cycle efficiency.

A. 32.70% B. 34.70% C. 36.70% D. 38.70%

4. An Otto cycle has a clearance of 8% and heat added of 1000 kJ. Find the
heat rejected.

A. 564 kJ B. 353 kJ C. 709 kJ D. 867 kJ

5. A Carnot cycle has a maximum temperature of 550°F and minimum temperature

of 100°F. If the heat added is 4200 Btu/min, find the horsepower output of the
engine.

A. 34.53 B. 40.56 C. 44.13 D. 65.40

6. A heat engine has a thermal efficiency of 50%. How much power does the
engine produce when heat is transferred at a rate of 109 kJ/hr?

A. 50 MW B. 75 MW C. 139 MW D. 147 MW

7. A Carnot cycle has a sink temperature of 100°F and a cycle efficiency of

70%. Find the temperature of the heat source?

A. 1306.70°F B. 1406.70°F C. 1506.70°F D. 1606.70°F

8. An Otto cycle has a heat rejected of 300 kJ and work of 700 kJ. Find the
cycle efficiency.

A. 56% B. 60% C. 70% D. 50%

9. A heat engine is operated between temperature limits of 1370oC and 260oC.

Engine supplies with 14,142 KJ per KWH. Find the Carnot cycle efficiency in
percent.

A. 70.10 B. 65.05 C. 67.56 D. 69.32

10. A Carnot cycle uses nitrogen (k = 1.399) as the working substance. The
heat supplied is 54 kJ and the adiabatic compression ratio is 10. Determine
the heat rejected.

A. 10 kJ B. 32.4 kJ C. 21.6 kJ D. 54 kJ

11. The thermal efficiency of a Carnot cycle operating between 170°C and 620°C
is closest to:

A. 44% B. 50% C. 63% D. 73%

12. An Otto cycle has clearance volume of 7%. It produces 300 kw power. What
is the amount of heat rejected in KW?

A. 170 B. 160 C. 152 D. 145

13. An ideal Otto cycle with 15% clearance operates on 0.227 kg/sec of air
with k = 1.32. Determine the efficiency of the cycle.

A. 50.65% B. 43.84% C. 41.32% D. 47.89%

14. The maximum thermal efficiency possible for a power cycle operating
between 1200 °F and 225 °F is:

A. 58% B. 58.73% C. 57.54% D. 57.40%

15. In an air standard Otto cycle, the clearance volume is 18% of the
displacement volume. Find the compression ratio and or thermal efficiency.

A. 0.52 B. 0.53 C. 0.55 D. 0.60