b' An insulated cvlindel of volume capacity 4m3 contains 20 kg of nitrogen.

paddle
work is
done on the gas by stirring it tiil the pr"rr*e in the vessel g"t"Lo.*"d-from + u*to s uur.
Determine
(i) Change in intemal eners/ B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2018
(ii) Workdone 3'd to 7ft Semester
(iir)
(iv)
Heat transferred and
Change in the entopy
15ME2OI _ TI{ERMODYNAMICS
@or the candidates admitted during the academic year 2015 2016 to 20lz-201 8)
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(Use of steam tables and mollier chart may be permitted)
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Take for nitrogen Co
-l.04kl / kg and Cn _0.7432k1 / kC!{ Note:
(i) Part - A should be answered in oMR sheet within fnst 45 urinutes and
30' a' A steam power plant operates on a theoretical reheat cycle. Steam in the boiler
is at 150 bar, over to hall invigilator at the end of 45m minute.
oMR sheet should be handed
550oC expands tbrough the high pressure turbine. It is ieheated
at constant pressure of40 bm (ir) Part. B and Part - C should be answered in answer booklet.
-0.
to 550oC and expands through the low presslre turbine to a condenser Time: Three Hours
at t bar. Draw the Max. Marks: 100
T-s and h-s diagrams. Find
(i) PART-A(20x1=20MarksJ
Qualrty of steam at turbine exhaust AnswerALL euestions
(ii) Cycle efliciency 1. Which of the following is an extensive property?
(iii)Steam rare in kg/kWhr (A) Total momentum pressure
@)
(C) Temperature @) Density
b' Explain with a neat diagram tlr. ,hr"ofil?t]orimerer for measuring the
dryness fraction of 2. SIow compression of a gas in a piston and cylinder arrangement is
an example for
steam. A throttling calorimeter is used to measure the dryness fraction
of stiam in the steam ({) equilibrium
Qrusi (B) Chemiil equiliLJum
main which has steam flowing at pressure of 8 bar. TLe steam after passing
tfrr"rgt tlr" (C) equilibrium
Mechanical @) ffrerrna
calorimeter is at, 1 bar pressure and 115oC. Calculate the dryness fraction
of *re steam in t1re 3' when two bodies a1e thermal equilibrium with a third "q,iifiUdu*
main. Take Cp*eam = 2.tkJ/r$. I
equilibrium with each other, this statement is called
body they are also in themral

31'a' Percentage volumetric analysis of a (A) Zeroth law of thermodynamics @) First law of tlermodynamics
of flue gas of a coal fired boiler gave
sample
(C) Second law ofthermodynamics 6O) fetvin pt*"t,s taw
Cor-19.4yo, CO=O.2Yo, Oz-7.tyo and N2=gl:6
Oy difference). Gravimetric 4.
percentage analysis of coal was C :78%; H2=6%o, Oz=3%o Absolute zero temperature is taken as
and incombustible: l3%.
Estimate (A) -273"c (B) 273"C
(i) Weight of dry flue gas/kg of tuel (c) 237"c (D) -373"C
(ii) Weight of excess airikg of tuel 5. Second law of thermodynamics defines
(A) Enthalpy @) Entropy
(C) Heat (D) Work
b' Explain the bomb calorimeter with a nt"oulL*u,o for determining the
calorific value of 6. The efficiency of an Ideal carnot engine depends on
fuels.
(A) working substance (B) Temperature of the source onry
32. a' Derive the clausius clapeyron equation for the evaporation of riquids.
(C) Temperahne of the sink only p) remperatures oi both the source and the
sink
7- A frictionless heat engine can be 100% efficient only if its exhaust temperature
is
b' A vessel of 0.35223^capacity.conrains J?il of carbon monoxide (molecutar weight 28) : !Q Bqra to its input temperature (B) Less than input temperature
and 1 fu of air at 20oC. Calculate the
(il Partial pressure for each constituent 8.Kelvin-planck's law deals with
(ii) Total pressure in the vessel when the gravimetrio analysis of air is to
be taken as
(A) Conservation of enerry (B) Conservation ofheat
:
23.3% o2 (Morecular weight 32) and 7 6.7% Nz (Morecular :
weight ig).
(C) Conversion of heat into work (D) Conversion of work into heat
9. Rankine cycle efficiency of a good steam power plant is in the range of
(A) lsto20% (B) 35 to 4s%
**:t!B* (C) 70to80% @) 90 to95%
10. Regenerative cycle thermal efficiency
(A) ! always crealgr ttran simple (B) Is greater than simple Rankine cycle
Rankine themral efficiency tfrermA efficiency only when steam is bled

(c) rs sarne Rankine cvcre @) ii'"i*?lTJ:"ii[ri-pr" Rankine cycle

-as.simpre
thennal efficiency
Pagc 4 of4 thermal efficiency
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 20. What is the effect on the temperature of an ideal gas? When it undergoes a Joule-Kelvin
1 1. With the increase in Pressure expansion?
(A) Boiling point of water increases and @) Boling point of water increase and enthalpy (A) Temperature increases @) TemPerature decreases
enthalpy of evaporation increases of evaporation decreases (D) No change in temperahne
(C) Temperature first increases and then
Boiling point of water decreases and @) Boiling point of water decreases
and
(C) decreases isenthalPicallY
enthalpy of evaporation increases enthalpy of evbporation decreases

12. Dryness fraction of steam is defined as PART -B (5 x 4:20 Marks)

(A) Mass of WatervuPo* i"S"tP"ffi Answer ANY FM Questions
Mass of WaterVapourinSuspension *Mass of Drysteam and
21. Define a thermodynamic system. Differentiate between open system, closed system
(B) Mass ofDrySteam isolates system with examPles.
Mass of Water VaPour in SusPension n", At the inlet to a certain rlozzle the enthalpy of fluid passing is 2800 N I kg and the velocity
and there
(c) Mass ofDrySteam is 50 m/s. At the discharge end the enthatpy is 2600 kJ/kg. The nozzle is horizontal
Mass of DrySteam*Massof WaterVapour inSuspension is negligible heat loss from it. Find the velocity at the exit of the nozzle.
23. Write the Clausius statement and Kelvin-planck statement of second law of thermodynamics'
Mass of DrySteam
24. Find the coefficient of perfonnance of a refrigerator in
and heat transfer rate in the condenser
for complete combustion of
13. For each mole of oxygen, number of moles of nikogen required kJ/hr which has a refrigeration capacrty of 12000 kJ/tr, when the power input
is 0'75 kW'
cmbon me
(A) 20 z (B) 25. State the methods of increasing the thermal efficiency of a Rankine cycle.
2l oxygen
2t 26. A coal sample gave the following analysis by weighf Carbon 8-5%, hydrogen 6Yo,
(D) per kg of
(c) 77 7e 6Yo, ther"ri u.irrg incombustible. Determine the minimum weight of air required
23 2l coal for chemically correct composition
27. DeIiDe JoulsThmsm coc-fici€at mdvdte ib iduc for atr id€sl gas.
f
f4. -rior;"iiil."r*i.gives
The ORSAT alpd.atus
ay !-4""t" rgt GE{idctio of drv @$ of
iJ "r
apslvsis
r*r
e 6 x rr - g0 Mr.,'")

a Hml%rr* of produ.ts of f,, fft'ffi3irJffi

*' oJ p,oducts of ensner"er'r' Queoons
"' 'nsl-,sis rro
-- 28. a- D€rivc rhe steady flow en€rEr €quatiotr staiinS its a$umption simpfry
6c €qu$ion for
. . combustioa ioruar* rr#*-
""o.it* phase, the hc.tiry value of lhe stesE utbiDc c'nfifi4El pumP'
'od
.' 15. Meo the flrel is bumt and the flatef q,pesrs in the v4our
tuetis caled
(A) Edbalw offormdi@ @) Low€I hedirg vatrc b. I oyliodo 0.45 mr ofa gas d 1x105lv/r"2 ed 80PC The gss is comprcssedto s

ici niel;iod"g rrt* ioi rntrapv orreecion "orr"i*

vohoe of 0.132'3 , the find Fcss|re beiu 5 x 105,v/ n2. Det€mine
16. Bomb calorimeter is used to find the calorific value of fuels' (i) The mass of the gas
(A) Solid (B) Gaseous (ii) The value of index'n' for compression
(C) Solid and gaseous (D) Liquid (iii) The increases inthe internal enerry of the gas
r'"lTheheatreceived(or)rejectedbythegasduringcompression
17. Maxwell's equation consists of equation Take Y = 1.4, R =294'2 J I kg"C
(A)4 (B)3
The
to)l Areversible heat engine operates between 2 reservoirs at temperatures 700oC and 50"C.
iciz 29. a.
engine drives a revJrsiblirefrigerator which operates between reservoirs at temperature
of
18. Maxwell?s thermodynamic relations are valid for of the
(B) All processes 50iC and -ZsoC. The heat tansfer to the engine is 2500 kJ and the net work output
(A) Closed system combined engine refrigerator plant is 400 kJ
(C) (D) A therrnodynamic system in equilibrium
Reversible Process onlY
(i) Deiennine Ir. t.ui transfer to the refrigerant -and the net heat transfer to the
pressure of a mixture of ideal
19. According to the Dalton's law of paxtial pressures' the total reservoir at 50oC
the
gases is equal to (ii) Reconsider
(B) Product of the partial pressures of the (1) Given that the effrciency of the heat engine and the COP of the refrigerator
[,q.) Oifzu"n"e of the highest and lowest
pressure of the individual individual components are each45Yo of their maximum possible values'
. components (oR)
(C) Sum' of the partial pressures of the (D) Atmospheric pressure
individual components
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