Unit 1 TD
Unit 1 TD
Thermodynamics
(ME 22301-as per Autonomous R2022)
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Question Bank
Subject:ME22301 - Engineering Thermodynamics
Unit-All
Course Outcomes (COs)
List the fundamental concepts in Thermodynamics and classify the thermodynamic processes around
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them.
CO 2 Apply the Laws of Thermodynamics in practical situations when called for.
CO 3 Apply mathematical fundamentals to analyse the properties of steam, gas and gas mixtures.
CO 4 Apply various thermodynamic relations, tables and charts for problem solving.
Apply different psychometric process and adapt the same for computing the properties of air-vapour
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mixture
CL-Cognitive Level; Re-Remember;Un-Understand;Ap-Apply;An-Analyze;Ev-Evaluate;Cr-Create;
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Question Marks CL CO
No.
Unit-1
Part-A
1. What is meant by intensive property in thermodynamics? Give two examples. 2 Re CO1
2. Differentiate closed system and open system 2 Re CO1
3. Write down the equation for the first law for a steady flow process. 2 Re CO1
4. Define thermodynamic equilibrium. 2 Re CO1
5. Distinguish between intensive and extensive properties. 2 Re CO1
6. State the significance of Zeroth law of thermodynamics. 2 Re CO1
7. List down the different types of system with example. 2 Re CO1
8. Define Zeroth law of Thermodynamics. 2 Re CO1
9. Define first law of thermodynamics. 2 Re CO1
10. What is a steady flow process? 2 Re CO1
11. What are the practical application of steady flow energy equation? 2 Re CO1
12. Write down the expression for displacement work. 2 Re CO1
13. What are the limitations of first law of thermodynamics? 2 Re CO1
14. Define PMM1 2 Re CO1
15. Differentiate reversible process and irreversible process? 2 Re CO1
16. Apply steady flow energy equation for a nozzle and State the assumption made. 2 Re CO1
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17. A liquid of mass 18 kg is heated from 25oC to 85oC. How much heat transfer is
required? Assume Cp for water is 4.2 kJ/kg-K. 2 Un CO1
18. Indicate the practical application of steady flow energy equation. 2 Un CO1
19. List down the various irreversibilities in a process. 2 Re CO1
20. Prove that for an isolated system, there is no change in internal energy. 2 Un CO1
Part-B
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1. A certain gas of volume 0.4 m , pressure of 4.5 bar and temperature of 130oC is heated 16 Un CO1
in a cylinder to 9 bar when the volume remains constant. Calculate (i) temperature at the
end of the process, (ii) the heat transfer, (iii) change in internal energy, (iv) work done
by the gas, (v) change in enthalpy, (iv) mass of the gas. Assume Cp = 1.005 kJ/kg-K and
Cv = 0.71 kJ/kg-K.
2. A piston cylinder device contains 0.15 kg of air initially at 2 MPa and 350oC. The air is
first expanded isothermally to 500 kPa, then compressed polytopically with a polytropic
exponent of 1.2 to the initial pressure and finally compressed at the constant pressure to
the initial state. Determine the boundary work for each process and the net work of the 16 Un CO1
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0.15 m3 of an ideal gas at a pressure of 15 bar and 550 K is expanded isothermally to four
times the initial volume. It is then cooled to 290 K at constant volume and then 16 Un CO1
compressed back polytropically to its initial state. Calculate the net work done and heat
transferred during the cycle.
6. A fluid is confined in a cylinder by a spring-loaded, frictionless piston so that the pressure
in the fluid is a linear function of the volume (p = a + bV). The internal energy of the
fluid is given by the following equation U = 34 + 3.15pV where, U is in kJ, p in kPa, and
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V in cubic meter. If the fluid changes from an initial state of 170kPa, 0.03m3 to a final
state of 400kPa, 0.06m3, with no work other than that done on the piston, find the
direction and magnitude of the work and heat transfer
7. In an air compressor air flows steadily at the rate of 0.5 kg/s through an air compressor.
It enters the compressor at 6 m/s with a pressure of 1 bar and a specific volume of 0.85
m3/kg and leaves at 5 m/s with a pressure of 7 bar and specific volume of 0.16 m3/kg.
The internal energy of the air leaving is 90 kJ/kg greater than that of the air entering.
Cooling water in a jacket surrounding the cylinder absorbs heat from the air at the rate of 16 Un CO1
60 kJ/s. Calculate (i) the power required to drive the compressor, (ii) the inlet and output
pipe cross sectional areas.
8. Derive the steady flow energy equation along with the assumption made in the system
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9. Air is compressed by an adiabatic compressor from 100 kPa and 12°C to a pressure of 16 Un CO1
800 kPa at a steady rate of 0.2 kg/s. If the isentropic efficiency of the compressor is 80
%, determine the exit temperature of air and required power input to the compressor.
10. In a gas turbine installation, air is heated inside heat exchanger up to 750°C from
ambient temperature of 27°C. Hot air then enters into gas turbine with the velocity of
50m/s and leaves at 600°C. Air leaving turbine enters a nozzle at 60m/s velocity and
leaves nozzle and leaves the nozzle at temperature of 500°C. for unit mass flow rate of
air, determine the following, assuming adiabatic expansion in turbine and nozzle,
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a. Heat transfer to air in the heat exchanger.
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1. Define Clausius statement. 2 Re CO2
2. What is Perpetual motion machine of the second kind? 2 Re CO2
3. Define Kelvin Planck Statement. 2 Re CO2
4. Define the terms heat engine and heat pump. 2 Re CO2
5. Why the performance of refrigerator and heat pump are given in terms of C.O.P and not
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in terms of efficiency?
6. What are the assumptions made on heat engine? 2 Re CO2
7. State Carnot theorem. 2 Re CO2
8. What is meant by entropy? 2 Re CO2
9. A Carnot heat engine receives 650 kJ of heat form a source of unknown temperature and
rejects 250 kJ of it to a sink as 297 K. Determine thermal efficiency of the heat engine.
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19. Why the performance of refrigerator and heat pump are given in terms of C.O.P and not
in terms of efficiency? 2 Re CO2
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2. A Carnot engine operates between source temperature of 250°C & sink temperature of –
15°C. If the heat supplied is 80 kJ, find: (i) Efficiency of the system, (ii) The net work 16 Un CO2
transfer, (iii) Heat rejected to the sink
3. Air at a pressure of 1.032 bar & temperature of 30°C is present inside a cylinder of 0.255
volume & is confined by a frictionless weightless piston. The air is heated at constant
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pressure to a temperature of 300°C. Calculate the final volume, work transfer, heat
transfer, change in enthalpy & change in entropy.
4. A reciprocating compressor containing air is pressurized isothermally from a pressure of
1 bar & 300 K to 10 bar. Calculate the final volume, work transfer, heat transfer and 16 Ap CO2
change in internal energy, enthalpy & entropy.
5. A closed vessel of volume 0.02 m3 contains air at 1 bar & 290 K. The air first undergoes
a constant volume heat addition process till the pressure rises to 3 bar. It then undergoes
a constant pressure cooling process & finally undergoes an isothermal heating process to 16 Ap CO2
reach the initial state thus forming a cycle. Represent the cycle in P-V & T–S plots & find
out the entropy change of each process.
6. A heat pump working on the Carnot cycle takes in heat from a reservoir at 5 oC and
delivers heat to a reservoir at 60oC. A heat engine is driven by a source at 840oC & rejects
heat to a reservoir at 60°C. The heat engine in addition to driving the heat pump, also
drives the machine that absorbs 30 kW. If the heat pump extracts 17 kJ/s of heat from the
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reservoir at 5oC. Determine (i) The rate of heat supply from the source at 840°C, (ii) The
rate of rejection of the heat to the sink at 60°C.
8. An ice plant working a reversed Carnot cycle heat pump produces 15 tons of ice per day.
The ice is formed from water at 0oC and the formed ice is maintained at 0oC. The heat is
rejected to the atmosphere at 25oC. The heat pump used to run the ice plant is coupled to
a Carnot engine which absorbs heat from a source which is maintained at 220oC by 16 Ap CO2
burning liquid fuel of 44,500 kJ/kg calorific value and rejects the heat to the atmosphere.
Determine (i) power developed by the engine, (ii) fuel consumed per hour.
Take enthalpy of fusion of ice as 334.5 kJ/kg.
9. A reversible heat engine operating between reservoirs at 900 K and 300 K drives a
reversible refrigerator operating between reservoirs at 300 K and 250 K. The heat engine
receives 1800 kJ heat from 900 K reservoir. The net output from the combined engine 16 Ap CO2
refrigerator is 360 kJ. Find the heat transferred to the refrigerator and the net heat rejected
to the reservoir at 300 K.
10. Two reversible heat engines A and B are arranged in series. A rejecting heat directly to
B. Engine receives 200 kJ at a temperature of 421oC from a hot source while engine B is
in communication with a cold sink at a temperature of 4.4 oC if the work output of A is 16 Ap CO2
twice that of B. Find (i) the intermediate temperature between A and B, (ii) the efficiency
of each engine and (iii) the heat rejected to the cold sink.
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Unit-3
Part-A
1. Define dryness fraction. 2 Re CO3
2. What is pure substance? Give an example. 2 Re CO3
3. Calculate the dryness fraction of steam which has 1.5 kg of water in suspension with 50
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kg of steam.
4. Draw P-T diagram for a pure substance. 2 Re CO3
5. What is meant by superheated steam and state its uses? 2 Re CO3
6. What is the quality of steam? 2 Re CO3
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5. 3 kg of steam at 18 bar occupy a volume of 0.2250 m3. During a constant volume process,
the heat rejected is 1320 kJ. Determine final internal energy and final initial dryness and 16 Un CO3
work done.
6. Steam flows in a pipeline at 1.5 MPa. After expanding to 0.1 MPa in a throttling
calorimeter, the temperature is found to be 120°C. Find the quality of steam in the
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pipeline. What is the maximum moisture at 1.5 MPa that can be determined with this
setup if at least 5°C of superheat is required after throttling for accurate readings?
7. Steam at 30 bar and 350 °C is expanded in a non-flow isothermal process to a pressure of
1 bar. The temperature and pressure of the surroundings are 25 °C and 100 kPa
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respectively. Determine the maximum work that can be obtained from this process per kg
of steam. Also find the maximum useful work.
8. A vessel of volume 0.04 m3 contains a mixture of saturated water and saturated steam at
a temperature of 250°C. The mass of the liquid present is 9 kg. Find the pressure, the 16 Ap CO3
mass, the specific volume, the enthalpy, the entropy and the internal energy.
9. Ten kg of water at 45°C is heated at a constant pressure of 10 bar until it becomes
superheated vapour at 300°C. Find the change in volume, enthalpy, internal energy and 16 Un CO3
entropy.
10. Steam initially at 0.3 MPa, 250°C is cooled at constant volume. (a) At what temperature
will the steam become saturated vapor? (b) What is the quality at 80°C? What is the heat 16 Un CO3
transferred per kg of steam in cooling from 250°C to 80°C?
Unit-4
Part-A
1. State Amagat’s law. 2 Re CO4
2. What is the difference between the real and ideal gases? 2 Re CO4
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13. Define Dalton’s law of partial pressure. 2 Re CO4
14. How does the Vander Waal’s equation differ from the ideal gas equation of state? 2 Re CO4
15. State law of corresponding states. 2 Re CO4
16. List out the various equations of state used for real gas. 2 Re CO4
17. Write the maxwell equation and its significance. 2 Re CO4
18. Describe in what way the Clausius Chaperon equation is useful. 2 Un CO4
19. Define Joule-Thomson coefficient. What is its value for an ideal gas? 2 Re CO4
20. What are the limitations of Vander Waal’s equation? 2 Re CO4
Part-B
1. Determine the pressure of water vapour at 350oC and 0.035262 m3/kg using (a) the steam
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table, (b) the ideal gas equation and (c) the generalized compressibility chart.
2. Using the cycle relation and first Maxwell relation, drive the other three Maxwell
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relations for a pure simple compressible substance. Also, give its significance.
3. Derive TdS relation in terms of change in T and V. 16 Un CO4
4. Derive an expression for Clausius-Clapeyron equation along with the P-T curve and state
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the assumption made in Clausius-Clapeyron equation.
5. Using P-V-T date for saturated water, calculate at 100 oC (a) hfg, (b) ufg and (c) sfg.
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Compare the result with respective steam table values.
6. A vessel having a capacity of 0.05 m3 contains a mixture of saturated water and saturated
steam at a temperature of 245°C. The mass of the liquid present is 10 kg. Find the 16 Ap CO4
following, (i) The pressure, (ii) The mass, (iii) The specific volume, (iv) The specific
enthalpy, (v) The specific entropy, and (vi) The specific internal energy.
7. Predict the pressure of N2 gas at T = 175 K and v = 0.00375 m3/kg on the basis of (i) the
ideal gas equation of state, (ii) the Van-der Waal’s equation of state, (iii) the
BeattieBridgman equation of state. Compare the values obtained to the experimentally
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determined value of 10,000 kPa. Take critical temperature and pressure of N2 gas as 126.2
K & 3.39 MPa and Beattie-Bridgman constants as A0 = 136.2315, B0 = 0.05046, a =
0.02617, b = -0.00691, c = 4.20 X 104.
8. A closed vessel has a capacity of 0.5 m3. It contains 20 % of N2, 20 % of O2 and 60 % of
CO2 by volume at 20oC and 1 MPa. Calculate the molecular mass, gas constant, mass 16 Ap CO4
percentages and the mass of the mixture.
9. Explain Joule Thompson effect with the help of T-P diagram and derive the expression
for Joule Thompson coefficient. Show that the value of this co efficient for an ideal gas 16 Un CO4
is zero.
10. A perfect gas mixture consists of 4 kg of N2 and 6 Kg of CO2 at a pressure of 4 bar and 16 Ap CO4
a temperature of 25oC. For N2 : Cv = 0.745 kJ/kg K and Cp= 1.041 kJ/kgK. For CO2:
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Cv = 0.653 kJ/kgK and Cp = 0.842 kJ/kgK. Find Cp, Cv and R of the mixture. If the
mixture is heated at constant volume to 50oC, find the changes in internal energy, enthalpy
and entrolpy of the mixture.
Unit-5
Part-A
1. Explain the working principle of air cycle 2 Re CO5
2. Estimate the effect of super heat and sub cooling on .the vapour compression cycle 2 Re CO5
3. Define Sensible Cooling 2 Re CO5
4. Compare RSHF, GSHF and ESHF 2 Re CO5
5. Point out the various sources of heat gain of an air-conditioned space. 2 Re CO5
6. What is meant by Dehumidification 2 Re CO5
7. Define Dry air 2 Re CO5
8. Define Saturated air 2 Re CO5
9. Define Dry-bulb temperature (DBT). 2 Re CO5
10. Define Wet-bulb temperature (WBT). 2 Re CO5
11. Define Adiabatic saturation temperature. 2 Re CO5
12. Define Wet bulb depression. 2 Re CO5
13. Define Dew point temperature (DPT). 2 Re CO5
14. Define Dew point depression. 2 Re CO5
15. Define Specific humidity (Humidity ratio). 2 Re CO5
16. Define Relative humidity (RH), (φ). 2 Re CO5
17. Define Sensible heat and Latent heat. 2 Re CO5
18. Describe Enthalpy of moist air. 2 Un CO5
19. What is meant by Psychrometers 2 Re CO5
20. Draw the psychrometric chart. 2 Re CO5
Part-B
1. The atmospheric conditions are ; 20°C and specific humidity of 0.0095 kg/kg of dry air.
Calculate the following : (i) Partial pressure of vapour (ii) Relative humidity (iii) Dew 16 Un CO5
point temperature.
2. The air supplied to a room of a building in winter is to be at 17°C and have a relative
humidity of 60%. If the barometric pressure is 1.01325 bar, find : (i) The specific 16 Ap CO5
humidity; (ii) The dew point under these conditions.
3. 0.004 kg of water vapour per kg of atmospheric air is removed and temperature of air
after removing the water vapour becomes 20°C. Determine : (i) Relative humidity (ii)
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Dew point temperature. Assume that condition of atmospheric air is 30°C and 55% R.H.
and pressure is 1.0132 bar.
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4. The sling psychrometer in a laboratory test recorded the following readings : Dry bulb
temperature = 35°C, Wet bulb temperature = 25°C. Calculate the following : (i) Specific
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humidity (ii) Relative humidity (iii) Vapour density in air (iv) Dew point temperature (v)
Enthalpy of mixture per kg of dry air. Take atmospheric pressure = 1.0132 bar.
5. One kg of air at 35°C DBT and 60% R.H. is mixed with 2 kg of air at 20°C DBT and
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13°C dew point temperature. Calculate the specific humidity of the mixture.
6. 40 m3 of air at 35°C DBT and 50% R.H. is cooled to 25°C DBT maintaining its specific
humidity constant. Determine : (i) Relative humidity (R.H.) of cooled air ; (ii) Heat 16 Un CO5
removed from air.
7. 120 m3 of air per minute at 35°C DBT and 50% relative humidity is cooled to 20°C
DBT by passing through a cooling coil. Determine the following : (i) Relative humidity 16 Ap CO5
of out coming air and its wet bulb temperature. (ii) Capacity of cooling coil in tonnes of
refrigeration. (iii) Amount of water vapour removed per hour.
8. 150 m3 of air per minute is passed through the adiabatic humidifier. The condition of air 16 Ap CO5
at inlet is 35°C DBT and 20 per cent relative humidity and the outlet condition is 20°C
DBT and 15°C WBT. Determine the following : (i) Dew point temperature (ii) Relative
humidity of the exit air (iii) Amount of water vapour added to the air per minute.
9. An air-water vapour mixture enters an adiabatic saturation chamber at 28°C and leaves at
18°C, which is the adiabatic saturation temperature. The pressure remains constant at 1.0 16 Ap CO5
bar. Determine the relative humidity and humidity ratio of the inlet mixture.
10. Atmospheric air at 38ºC and 25% relative humidity passes through an evaporator cooler.
If the final temperature of air is 18ºC, how much water is added per kg of dry air and what 16 Un CO5
is the final relative humidity ?
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References
Text Books Prescribed by the College (T):
T1. Nag.P.K., “Engineering Thermodynamics”, 6th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill (2017), New
Delhi.
T2. Cengel, Y and M. Boles, Thermodynamics - An Engineering Approach, Tata McGraw Hill,8th
Edition, 2015
R1. Natarajan, E., “Engineering Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and Applications”, 2nd Edition
(2014), Anuragam Publications, Chennai Borgnakke & Sonnatag, “Fundamental of
Thermodynamics”, 8th Edition, 2016.
R2. Chattopadhyay, P, "Engineering Thermodynamics", Oxford University Press, 2016.
R4. Claus Borgnakke and Richard E. Sonntag, “Fundamentals of Thermodynamics”, 7th Edition,
Wiley Eastern, 2009.
AT1. Rayner Joel, “Basic Engineering Thermodynamics” 5th Edition, Pearson India Education
Services Pvt. Ltd., 2008
AT2. Natarajan E., "Engineering Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and Applications", Anuragam
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Additional References
AR1. Holman.J.P., "Thermodynamics", 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1995.
AR2. Rathakrishnan. E., "Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics", 2nd Edition,
prentice- Hall of India Pvt. Ltd, 2006
Journals/Magazines (J):
J1. Journal of Thermodynamics, Hindawi publications.
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W1.https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch03/preview
W2. https://www.livescience.com/50776-thermodynamics.html
W3. https://www.edx.org/course/thermodynamics-iitbombayx-me209-1x-1
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