Chemical Engineering

Thermodynamics
Recollection and Enhancement
through Examples
1. If value of n is infinitely large in a polytropic process
pVn = C, then the process is known as constant

a. Volume
b. Pressure
c. Temperature
d. enthalpy
2. Zeroth law of thermodynamics

a. deals with conversion of mass and energy

b. deals with reversibility and irreversibility of process

c.states that if two systems are both in equilibrium with a third

system, they are in thermal equilibrium with each other

d. deals with heat engines

3.In an isothermal process, the internal energy of gas
molecules

a. increases
b.decreases
c. remains constant
d.may increase/decrease depending on the properties of gas
4.If a certain amount of dry ice is mixed with same amount of
water at 80°C, the final temperature of mixture will be

a. 80 C
o

b.0oC
c. 40oC
d.20oC
5.One watt is equal to

a. 1 kg∙m /s
2 3

b.
c.

d. None of these
6. In a non-flow reversible process for which
p = (- 3V+ 15) x 10 N/m ,V changes from 1 m to 2 m . The
5 2 3

work done will be about

a. 100x105 J
b. 1x10 J
5

c. 10x105 J
d. None of these
7.For which of the following substances, the internal energy and
enthalpy are the functions of temperature only

a. any gas
b.saturated steam
c. superheated steam.
d.perfect gas
8.Isochoric process is one in which

a. free expansion takes place

b.very little mechanical work is done by the system

c. no mechanical work is done by the system

d.mass and energy transfer do not take place

9.First law of thermodynamics furnishes the relationship
between

a. heat and work

b.heat, work and properties of the system

c. various properties of the system

d.heat and internal energy

10. First law of thermodynamics

a. enable to determine change in entropy

b.cannot determine change in internal energy of the system

c. provides relationship between heat, work only.

d.None of these
11. Addition of heat at constant pressure to a gas results in

a. raising its temperature

b.doing external work

c. raising its temperature and doing external work

d.none of these
12. Which of the following represents the perpetual motion
of the first kind

a. engine with 100% thermal efficiency

b.a fully reversible engine

c. a machine that continuously creates its own energy

d.all of these
13. The door of a running refrigerator inside a room was left
open. Which of the following statements is correct?

a. The room will be cooled to the temperature inside the

refrigerator.
b.The room will be gradually warmed up

c. The room will be cooled very slightly

d.None of these
14. Calorie is a measure of

a. specific heat
b.quantity of heat

c. thermal capacity
d.all of these
15. One barometric pressure or 1 atmospheric pressure is
equal to

a. 1kgf/cm2
b.1.033 kgf/cm2
c. 1.0197 kgf/cm2

d.100 kgf/cm2
16. A perpetual motion machine is

a. a thermodynamic machine

b.an inefficient machine

c. a hypothetical machine

d.a hypothetical machine whose operation would violate the

laws of thermodynamics
17. When the gas is heated at constant volume, the heat
supplied increases the internal energy of the gas.

a. True

b.False
18. The amount of heat absorbed when CO2 gas reacts with a
solid CaO to form solid CaCO3 is measured in a bomb
calorimeter. The data obtained give a direct measure of

a.

b.

c.

d. Cp
19. During Adiabatic expansion of an ideal gas, work done
____ the system and its internal energy _____.

a. On, decreases

b.By, decreases

c. On, increases

d.By, remains constant

20. A system in which both mass and energy are not allowed
to cross the boundary is called

a. Closed system

b.Exclusive system

c. Isolated system

d.Special system
21. The variation of fluid pressure with height is described by the
differential equation:

Modeling the atmosphere as an isothermal column of ideal air at

10oC, estimate the ambient pressure (in atm) at a place located 1 mile
above the sea level. At sea level, z = 0, P = 1 atm.

a.0.8845 bar c. 0.9804 atm

b.1.0132 bar d. 0.8242 atm

22. A tank containing 20 kg of water at 20oC is fitted with a stirrer that
delivers work to the water at the rate of 0.25kW. If no heat is lost from
the water, the time required to increase the temperature of water to
30oC is equal to

a.209 s

b.10041 s

c.1356 s

d.3344 s
23. Ideal air enters a reversible adiabatic compressor at 300K.
Find the exit temperature if the compression ratio is 3

a. 410.62 K

b. 579.95 K

c. 480.40 K

d. 657.54 K
24. Find the enthalpy of water at 212 oF and 14.7 psi if the
dryness factor is 30%. Use approximate enthalpy formula of
liquid.

a. 461 Btu/lb

b. 471 Btu/lb

c. 481 Btu/lb

d. 491 Btu/lb
25. When a sample of unknown gas is expanded from 15 psi to
1 psi, the temperature changes from 80 oF to
-211 F (without reaching its critical point). The gas is
o

a. Monoatomic

b. Diatomic

c. Polyatomic

d. crystalline
26. What is the entropy (in cal/K) change at equilibrium when 50
grams of ice at -10 C is placed in a cup (322ml) of water at 30 C?
o o

a. 2.532

b. 0.7241

c. 1.225

d. 2.093
27. What amount of work is obtained from a Carnot engine
operating between -40oF and 133oF if it rejects 70,000 cal of
heat?

a. 73,667

b. 23,451

c. 28,834

d. 95,621
28. A Carnot refrigerator is hooked with Carnot engine by using
its work transmitted by an 80% efficient turbine. The engine
boiler extracts 35MJ of energy at 600oC while rejecting at 40oC.
The refrigerator rejects 86MJ at 22oC.
Compute the work provided on the refrigerator by the turbine.

a. 18MJ

b. 12MJ

c. 21MJ

d. 15MJ
29. A Carnot refrigerator is hooked with Carnot engine by
using its work transmitted by an 80% efficient turbine. The
engine boiler extracts 35MJ of energy at 600 oC while rejecting
at 40oC. The refrigerator rejects 86MJ at 22oC.
The temperature inside the refrigerator is nearly

a. -10oC

b. -30oC

c. -5 C
o

d. -40oC
30. Air enters an adiabatic nozzle at 300kPa, 500K with a
velocity of 10m/s. It leaves the nozzle at 100kPa with a
velocity of 180 m/s. The inlet area is 80cm 2. the specific heat of
air is 1008 J/kg-K.
The exit temperature of air is

a. 516K

b. 532K

c. 484K

d. 468K
31. Air enters an adiabatic nozzle at 300kPa, 500K with a
velocity of 10m/s. It leaves the nozzle at 100kPa with a
velocity of 180 m/s. The inlet area is 80cm . the specific heat
2

of air is 1008 J/kg-K.

The exit area of the nozzle (in cm2) is

a. 90.1

b. 4.4

c. 56.3

d. 12.9
32.An ideal Brayton cycle operating between the pressure
limits of 1 bar and 6 bar has a minimum and maximum
temperatures of 300K and 1500K. The ratio of the specific
heats of the working fluid is 1.4. The approximate final
temperatures in Kelvin at the end of the compression and
expansion processes respectively are

a. 500 and 900

b. 900 and 500

c. 500 and 500

d. 900 and 900

33. Consider a steam power plant operating on a simple ideal
Rankine cycle. Steam enters the turbine at 3MPa and 350 C o

and is condensed in the condenser at a pressure of 75kPa.

Sg Sl hg hl
Single phase at 6.745 3116.1
350MPa and
350oC
Double phase 7.456 1.213 2662.4 384.4
at 75kPa

Determine the quality of steam

a. 0.934 b. 0.845 c.0.886 d.0.810

33. Consider a steam power plant operating on a simple ideal
Rankine cycle. Steam enters the turbine at 3MPa and 350 C o

and is condensed in the condenser at a pressure of 75kPa.

Sg Sl hg hl
Single phase at 6.745 3116.1
350MPa and
350oC
Double phase 7.456 1.213 2662.4 384.4
at 75kPa

Determine the thermal efficiency of the process

a. 26% b. 34% c.11% d.64%