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ME8391 ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS
Unit-I
1. A cylinder of 8 cm inside diameter having a piston loaded with a spring (stiffness = 150N/cm of compression). The
initial pressure, volume and temperature of air in the cylinder are 3 × 105 N/m2, 0.000045 m3 and 20°C
respectively. Determine the amount of heat added to system so that piston moves by 3.5 cm.Assume cv = 0.71 kJ/kg
K and R= 0.287 kJ/kg K.
2.A gas of mass 1.5 kg undergoes a quasi-static expansion, which follows a relationship p=a+bV,
where ‘a’ and ‘b’ are constants. The initial and final pressures are 1000 kPa and 200 kPa respectively and the
corresponding volumes are 0.2 m3 and 1.2 m3 . The specific internal energy of the gas is given by the relation U =
(1.5pV – 85) kJ/kg, where p is in kPa and V is in m3. Calculate the net heat transfer and the maximum internal
energy of the gas attained during expansion.
3.Two tanks A and B are connected through a pipe with valve in between. Initially valve is closed ; tanks A and B
contain 0.6 kg of air at 90°C, 1 bar and 1 kg of air at 45°C, 2 bar respectively. Subsequently valve is opened and air is
allowed to mix until equilibrium. Considering the complete system to be insulated determine the final temperature,
final pressure and entropy change.
4.Determine the heat transfer and its direction for a system in which a perfect gas having molecular weight of 16 is
compressed from 101.3 kPa,20ºC to a pressure of 600 kPa following the law PV1.3= constant. Take specific heat at
constant pressure of gas as 1.7 kJ/kgK.
5.Three grams of nitrogen gas at 6atm and 160c in a frictionless piston cylinder device is expanded adiabatically to
double its initial volume then compressed at constant pressure to initial volume and then compressed again at
constant volume to its initial state .calculate the net work done on the gas. Draw the p-v diagram for the processes.
6. Discuss the following steady flow engineering devices with SFEE equations (a)Nozzle and diffusers (b)Compressor
and Turbines
Unit-II
1. A heat engine is used to drive a heat pump. The heat transfer from the heat engine and from the heat pump is
used to heat the water circulating through the radiators of building. The efficiency of the heat engine is 27% and
COP of the heat pump is 4. (i) Draw the heat diagram of the arrangement and (ii) evaluate the ratio of heat transfer
to the circulating water to the heat transfer to the heat engine.
2.Two kg of air at 500kPa, 80°C expands adiabatically in a closed system until its volume is doubled and its
temperature becomes equal to that of the surroundings which is at 100kPa and 5°C. For this process, determine 1)
the maximum work 2)
the change in a availability and 3) The irreversibility. Take, Cv = 0.718 KJ/kg K, R = 0.287 KJ/kg K.
3.Air in a closed vessel of fixed volume 0.15 m3 exerts pressure of 12 bar at 250 °C. If the vessel is cooled so that the
pressure falls to 3.5 bar, determine the final pressure, heat transfer and change of entropy.
4.Two reversible heat engines A and B are arranged in series. A rejecting heat directly to B. engine receive 200 kJ at
a temperature of 421°c from a hot source while engine B is in communication with a cold sink at a temperature of
4.4°c if the work output of A is twice that of B, find.1. The intermediate temperature b/w (A) & (B), 2.The efficiency
of
each engine, and 3.The heat rejected to the cold sink.
5.Describe the the carnot cycle and examine the carnot principle, idealized carnot heat engines, refreration and
heat pump
6. Prove Carnot theorem

Unit -III
1. A vessel of volume 0.04 m3 contains a mixture of saturated water and steam at a temperature of 250°C. The mass
of the liquid present is 9 kg. Find the pressure, mass, specific volume, enthalpy, entropy and internal energy
2. In a steam generator compressed water at 10 Mpa, 30oC enters a 30mm diameter tube at the rate of 3 litres1sec.
Steam at 9 Mpa, 400oC exist the tube. Find the rate of heat transfer.

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3.Steam at 0.8mpa, 250oC and flowing the rate of 1 Kg / s passes into a pipe carrying wet steam at 0.8mpa, 0.95 dry,
After adiabatic mixing the flow rate is 2.3 kgs /s. Determine the properties of the steam after mixing.
4.In a generative cycle, The steam pressure at Turbine inlet is 30 bar and the exhaust is at 0.04 bar. The steam is
initially saturated. Enough steam is bled off at the optimum pressure of 3 bar toheat the feed water. Determine The
cycle efficiency. Neglet pump work
5.A Steam Power plant uses steam at boiler pressure of 150 bar and temperature 550o with reheat at 40 bar and
500oC at condenser pressure of 0.1 bar. Find the quality of steam at Furbine exhaust, cycle efficiency and steam
rate
6.Explain mercury water vapour cycle.
Unit - IV
1. Derive maxwell’s equations.
2. Derive the entropy relations
3. Derive clapeyron equation
4. A mixture of 2 kg Oxygen and 2 kg Argon is in an insulated piston cylinder arrangement at 100Kpa, 300k. the
piston now compresses the mixture to half its initial volume. Molecular weight of oxygen is 32 and for organ is 40.
Ratio of specific
heats for oxygen is1.39 and for argon is 1.667.Find the work input to the piston.
5. Explain joule kelvin effect. What is inversion temperature
6. Derive Clausius-Clapeyron Equation
Unit V
1. Air at 20oC, 40% RH is mixed adiabatically with air at 40oC, 40% RH in the ratio of 1 Kg of the forces with 2kg of
the Latter (on dry basic) find the final condition of air
2.An air water vapour mixure at 0.1 mpa, 30oC 80% RH has a volume of 50m3, calculate the specific humidity, dew
point, wet bulb temp, mass of dry air andmass of water vapour
3.Explain the Psychometric properties and processes with neat sketch.
4.Explain the following air contioning process (a) Sensible cooling and sensible heating process
(b) Cooling and dehumidification process. (c) Evaporating cooling process.
5.An insulated rigid tank is divided into two compartments by a partition. One compartment contains 7kg of oxygen
gas at 40OC and 100 kPa and the other compartment contains 4kg of nitrogen gas at 20OC and 150kPa. CV,
N2=0.743 kJ/kgK and CV, O2=0.658 kJ/kgK. If the partition is removed and the two gases are allowed to mix,
determine (i) The mixture temperature (ii) The mixture pressure after equilibrium has been established.
6.A rigid tank that contains 2kg of N2 at 250C and 550 kPa is connected to another rigid tank that contains 4kg of O2
at 250C and 150 kPa. The valve connecting the two tanks is opened, and the two gases are allowed to mix. If the
final mixture temperature is 250C, determine the volume of each tank and the final mixture pressure.

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