Thermal Test

|ME| Thermal science
EET-7
1 Mark
1. Air at a velocity of 60m/sec and at a temperature of 650ºC enters the nozzle, where it expands
until the temperature falls to 500ºC. What will be the exit velocity of nozzle?
(A) 330m/s (B) 552m/s (C) 612m/s (D) 770m/s
2. Consider a sealed container containing water. It is then heated using an external source. What
kind of system does it represent? How can it be made an isolated system?
(A) Open system, by using an adiabatic boundary

(B) Closed system, by using an adiabatic boundary
(C) Closed system, by using an diathermic boundary
(D) Isolated system
3. Sensible heat factor (SHF) will be ‘0’ for

(A) Humidification & Dehumidification (B) Cooling or Heating
(C) Heating & Humidification (D) Cooling & Humidification
2 Marks
4. Tds equation is
T T
(A) Tds  c v dT  dv (B) Tds  c v dT  dv
k k
Tk Tk
(C) Tds  c v dT  dv (D) Tds  c v dT  dv
 
5. A two stage, single acting reciprocating air compressor taking air at 1 bar and 300k and air is
discharged at 10 bar. The intermediate pressure is deal for minimum work and intercooling is
perfect. The compression process in pv1.3  c the rate of discharge is 0.1 kg/s. Find the indicated
power required for a two-stage compressor is _____________.
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EET-8
1 Mark
6. A heat engine receives heat from a source at 1200 K at a rate of 500 kW and rejects waste heat to
a medium at 300 K. The power output of the heat engine is 180 kW. The irreversibility rate
associated is ________ (kW).
2 Marks
7. An air refrigeration open system operating between 1MPa and 10kPa is required to produce a
cooling effect of 2000 kJ/min. Temperature of the air leaving the cold chamber is -5ºC and
leaving the cooler at 30ºC. For an ideal cycle, the mass of air circulated per second is
(A) 17.91 kg/s (B) 7.98 kg/s (C) 0.2986 kg/s (D) 0.133 kg/s
8. At temperature t  15c and pressure p  0.98bar, the specific volume of a gas equals 0.45m3 /kg.
Subsequently the pressure drops to p 2  0.5 bar while the temperature remains constant. Make
calculations for the density of gas under the changed conditions.
(A) 1.36 kg/m3 (B) 0.735 kg/m3 (C) 0.45 kg/m3 (D) 0.66 kg/m 3
9. Match the two lists given below:
1. All three phases – Solid, liquid and vapour coexist

a. Critical point
in equilibrium
b. sublimation 2. Phase changes from solid to liquid
3. Properties of saturated liquid and
c. Triple point
saturated vapour are identical
4. Heating process where solid directly gets
d. Melting
transformed to gaseous phase
(A) a – 3; b –4; c – 1; d – 2 (B) a – 2; b – 1; c – 4; d – 3
(C) a – 3; b – 1; c – 2; d – 4 (D) a – 4; b – 2; c – 3; d – 1
10. An engine working on diesel cycle has a compression ratio of 15 and fuel supply is cut off of 8%
of stroke. Find out cut of ratio
(A) 1.12 (B) 2.12 (C) 3.12 (D) 4.12
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SAT-3
1 Mark
11. A cylinder contains 0.12 m3 of air at 1 bar and 90o C. It is compressed to 0.03m3, the final pressure
being 6 bar. The index of compression will be_____________.
12. Consider the following statements in case of a Brayton cycle with irreversibilities as in actual
condition.
1. In turbine, the actual temperature will be lower than the ideal temperature after expansion.
2. In compressor, the actual temperature will be higher than the ideal temperature after
compress.
Which of these statements are correct?
(A) 1 only (B) 2 only (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2
13. A two stroke engine has a speed of 750 rpm. A four stroke engine having an identical cylinder runs
at 1500 rpm. The theoretical output of the two-stroke engine will
(A) be twice that of the four stroke engine
(B) be half that of the four stroke engine
(C) be the same as that of the four stroke engine
(D) depends upon whether is SZ or CZ engine
14. Two heat engines are working in series where the source temperature is 370 oC and link
temperature is T3 = 50oC. The work output of the first heat engine is 50 kN-m. Determine the
intermediate temperature T2 (in oC ) at which the first engine rejects heat to the reservoir from
where second engine receives heat______________ oC.
2 Marks
15. The enthalpy drop for flow through convergent horizontal nozzle is 200 kJ/kg. The velocity of fluid
at the exit if the inlet velocity is neglected ________m/s.
16. Operating pressure limits of a steam power plant working on the simple ideal Rankine cycle are 10
kPa and 5 MPa, with a turbine inlet temperature of 6000 C. The rate of heat transfer in the boiler is
300 kJ/s, disregarding the pump work, the power output of this plant is __________kW.
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Superheated Tables
h(kJ/kg) s(kJ/kg)
0
5 MPa , 600 C 3666.9 7.2605
Saturated Table
Enthalpy(kJ/kg) Entropy(kJ/kg)
hf hfg hg sf sfg sg
10 kPa 191.81 2392.1 2583.9 0.6492 7.4996 8.1488
17. An ideal reheat Rankine cycle operates between the pressure limits of 10 kPa and 8 MPa with
reheat occurring at 4 MPa. The temperature of steam at the inlets of both turbines is 5000 C, and
the enthalpy of steam at the exit of the high pressure turbine and at the exit of the low pressure
turbine is 3185 kJ/kg and 2247 kJ/kg respectively. Disregarding the pump work,
Superheated Tables
V(m3/kg) u(kJ/kg) h(kJ/kg) s(kJ/kg-K)
0
8 MPa, 500 C 0.041767 3065.4 3399.5 6.7266
4 MPa, 5000 C 0.08644 3100.3 3446.0 7.0922
Saturated Table
Enthalpy(kJ/kg) Entropy(kJ/kg)
hfhfg hg sfsfgsg
10 KPa 191.81 2392.1 2583.9 0.6492 7.4996 8.1488
Isothermal compressibility   T  is
1  p  1  v  1  T  1  p 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
v  v T v  p T p  v  p p  T  p
SAT-4
1 Mark
18. The capacity of a Refrigeration system is specified to be 12 tons. What is the cooling rate of
machine ?
(A) 42 kW (B) 32 kW (C) 22 kW (D) 12 kW
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19. Consider the following for a Brayton cycle:

1. Inter cooling 2. Reheating
3. Regeneration
Which of these modifications definitely increase the cycle efficiency?
(A) 1, 2, and 3 (B) 1 and 2 (C) 1 and 3 (D) 3 only
20. Which of the following is true?

(A) If the entropy is generated in universe, then also the entropy of universe can be constant.
(B) An isentropic process is always reversible adiabatic.
(C) A process is reversible only if it is both internally and externally reversible.
(D) When the heat is rejected from a system, then the process cannot be of constant entropy.
2 Marks
21. At critical pressure 225 bar
(A) Entropy is zero
(B) Latent heat of vaporization is zero
(C) Saturated vapour becomes a gas
(D) None
22. Air at Tdb  30o C and   40% undergoes a constant humidity process until the final state is
20oC. Find enthalpy of air at final state. Take C pa  1.026 kJ kg of dry air and Ps  0.04246 bar.
(A) 47.004 kJ/kg of dry air (B) 57.004 kJ/kg of dry air
(C) 67.004 kJ/kg of dry air (D) 77.004 kJ/kg of dry air
EET - 9
1 Mark
23. Refrigeration is governed by _________ law of _____________.
(A) 1st law (B) 2nd law (C) Zeroth law (D) 3rd law
24. A refrigerating machine takes 1.25 kw and produces 25 kg/hr of ice at 0°C from water available of
30°C. Define the cop ______ taken specific heat of water = 4.18 kJ/kgk, entropy of solidification
of water kJ/kg.
(A) 1.558 (B) 2.558 (C) 3.558 (D) 4.558
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25. A rigid tank is divided into two compartments by a partition. One compartment contains 3 k-mol
of N2 at 400 kPa and the other compartment contains 7 k-mol of CO at 200 kPa. On removing the
partition, a homogenous mixture is formed at 250 kPa. The partial pressure of N2 in a mixture is
(A) 75 kPa
(B) 90 kPa
(C) 125 kPa
(D) 175 kPa
2 Marks
26. In an engine working on air standard Brayton cycle, air enters the compressor at 1.0 bar and 20oC.
The pressure of air leaving the compressor is 3.5 bar and the temperature at turbine inlet is 600oC.
Determine the work ratio of the engine.
(A) 30% (B) 52% (C) 48% (D) 27%
27. Steam of 10 bar pressure and 0.9 dryness fraction is cooled at constant value at 160°c. What will
be its final condition ?
From steam tables at 160°c bar vg1  0.194m3 /kg , vg2  0.306m3 /kg
(A) 0.5706 (B) 0.6706 (C) 0.7706 (D) 0.8706
28. A Turbo generator has a combined steam rate of 5.35 kg/kw-g at its rated output of 20,000 kW.
The steam is supplied at 16 bar and 280°c and the exhaust is at 0.11 bar. Calculate the combined
heat rate for the plant is _________kJ/kW-g.
From steam tables at 16 bar and 280°c at 0.11 bar
h1  2990.6 kJ/kg sf 3  0.6738 kJ/kgK

s1  6.8063 kJ/kgK sf g2   8.1177  0.6738  kJ/kgK
hf3  199.68 kJ/kg
hf g2  2388.4kJ/kg
EET – 10
1 Mark
29. The slope of the sublimation curve on P-T diagram for all substances is
(A) Unity
(B) Equal to zero
(C) Positive
(D) Negative
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30. Efficiency of coil is

Actual gain Ideal gain Actual loss Actual loss
(A) (B) (C) (D)
Ideal gain Actual gain Ideal loss Ideal gain
31. In a vapour compression refrigerator using ammonia as working fluid has a temperature range
from 25ºC to -15ºC in the compressor. The vapour is dry and saturated at the end of compression
and an expansion value is used. For the following properties of refrigerant, assuming a COP of
62% of theoretical, the COP will be _________
Temperature Enthalpy  kJ / kg  Entropy  kJ / kgK 

ºC
Liquid Vapour Liquid Vapour
25 100.04 1319.22 0.3473 4.4852
-15 -54.56 1304.99 -2.1338 5.0585
(A) 8.91 (B) 5.52 (C) 7.23 (D) 3.49
32. A four-cylinder engine running at 1200 rpm delivers 20kW. The average torque when one
cylinder was cut is 110 Nm. If the calorific value of the fuel is 43 MJ/kg and the engine uses
360gms of gasoline per kWh, then the fuel consumption is
(A) 7  103 kg/s (B) 6.1  10 2 kg/s (C) 5.1  103 kg/s (D) 2  103 kg/s
2 Marks
33. What will be indicated power, if volumetric efficiency of engine is 55%?

(A) 0.76 kW (B) 1.28 kW (C) 2.34 kW (D) 3.56 kW
34. ICE is found at 0° C from water at 20° C. The temperature of the brome is –8° C. Find out the kg
of ice formed per kWh. Assume that the refrigeration cycle used in perfect reversed ______ cycle.
Take latent heat of ice 335 kJ/kg.
(A) 81.35 kg (B) 82.35 kg (C) 83.35 kg (D) 84.45 kg
SAT – 5
1 Mark
35. The perpetual motion machine of the first kind is impossible according to the
(A) Zeroth law of thermodynamics
(B) First law of thermodynamics
(C) Second law of thermodynamics
(D) None of the above
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36. For the same compression ratio, the efficiency of Brayton cycle when compared to Otto cycle,
will be
(A) Higher (B) Lower (C) Equal (D) Can’t say
37.
2 Marks
38. Steam at 50 bar, 400°c expands in a Rankine engine to 0.34 bar. For 15° kg/sec of steam and
pump work is 5.087 kJ/kg. Determine the power developed is ___________kW.
From steam tables at 50 bar and 400°c at 0.34 bar
h1  3198.9 kJ/kg hf  301.48 kJ/kg

s1  6.6508 kJ/kgk hf g  2328.9kJ/kg
  0.05779 m3 /kg sf  0.9795 kJ/kgk
sf g   7.7266  0.9795 kJ/kgk
SAT – 6
1 Mark
39. A condenser of a refrigeration system rejects heat at a rate of 120kW while its compressor
consumes a power of 30kW. The coefficient of performance of the system, if it is used as heat
pump would be
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 2
40. The efficiency of Carnot engine is 20%. The efficiency gets doubled, when the sink temperature
is reduced by 600 C. The source temperature is.
(A) 300 K
(B) 600 K
(C) 900 K
(D) 1200 K
2 Marks
41.
42. The specific heat relation is
 s   T   v   T 
(A) c p  T   (B) c p  T   (C) c p  T   (D) c p  T  
 T  p  s  p  T  p  v  p
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SAT – 7
1 Mark
43. A gas expands from an initial state where the pressure is 340 kPa and volume is 0.425 m3 to a
final pressure of 136 kPa. If the gas follows PV2= C, then work for the process will be________
kJ.
44. For same composition ratio and heat input, the cycles in increasing order of _________ are
(A) diesel, dual, otto (B) dual, otto, diesel
(C) otto, diesel, dual (D) dual, diesel, otto
2 Marks
45. A closed gaseous system undertakes a reversible isobaric process at 4 bar and 3 m3 in which 100
kJ of heat is rejected changing volume to 0.2 m3.Decrease in the internal energy of the system
will be ________ kJ.
46. For wet steam at 10.2 bar with dryness fraction of 0.7, the enthalpy of steam at 1830C
is___________ kJ/kg.
P T Enthalpy Entropy(kJ/kg-K) Internal Energy(kJ/kg) Specific
(kJ/kg) Volume
bar (00(C) hf hg sf Sg uf Ug Vf
10.2 183 772 2778 2.14 6.65 770 1819 0.0013
SAT – 8
1 Mark
47. Pressure, viscosity, temperature and velocity are a set of
1. Intensive properties
2. Extensive properties
3. Path functions
4. Point function
(A) 1,3 (B) 1,4 (C) 2,3 (D) 2,4
48. Consider the following statements:
An ideal gas
1. has no inter molecular forces of attraction or repulsion
2. does not change its phase during a thermodynamic process
3. obeys a set of common rules governing change of its properties
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Which of these statements is/are correct ?
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3 (C) only 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
2 Marks
49. A gas turbine with a regenerator has got following data in minimum temperature is 290k,
maximum temperature is 1173 k, outlet temperature at turbine is 740k and outlet temperature at
compressor is 460 k. Define the specific power output is ____________kJ/kg.
SAT – 9
1 Mark
50. Volume expensivity ‘B’ is
1  v  1  v  1  T  1  v 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)   
x  T  p v  p T v  p  v v  p T
51. If the dimensions of the entropy is written as MaLbTcθd , where M, L, T, θ represent mass, length ,
time and temperature respectively, then a+b+c+d is__________.
SAT – 10
1 Mark
52. In an automobile device working an otto cycle, energy generated per cycle is twice as much
repeated through the exhaust. Calculate the compression ratio, consider working flux as ideal gas r
= 1.4.
(A) 2.66 (B) 3.66 (C) 4.66 (D) 5.66
2 Marks
53. Reheat and Regenerations provide between
(A) two stages of turbine and two stages of compressors
(B) two stages of compressor and compressor and combustor
(C) two stages of turbine and compressor and combustor
(D) none
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SAT – 11
1 Mark
54. Which one of the following gases will have the maximum value of gas constant ‘R’ ?
(A) Nitrogen (B) Carbondioxide (C) Sulphur dioxide (D) Oxygen
55. Evaporative air-cooler can be used effectively when

(A) Dry bulb temperature is very close to the wet bulb temperature
(B) Dry bulb temperature is high and the relative humidity is high
(C) Dry bulb temperature is low and the relative humidity is high
(D) Dry bulb temperature is high and the relative humidity is low
56. The air standard Diesel cycle is less efficient than the Otto cycle for the
(A) Same compression ratio and heat rejection
(B) Same pressure and heat rejection
(C) Same rpm and cylinder dimensions
(D) Same pressure and compression ratio
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|ME| Thermal science

(A) Open system, by using an adiabatic boundary

3. Sensible heat factor (SHF) will be ‘0’ for

9. Match the two lists given below:

1. All three phases – Solid, liquid and vapour coexist

(A) a – 3; b –4; c – 1; d – 2 (B) a – 2; b – 1; c – 4; d – 3

(A) 1.12 (B) 2.12 (C) 3.12 (D) 4.12

(A) be twice that of the four stroke engine

(B) be half that of the four stroke engine

(C) be the same as that of the four stroke engine

(D) depends upon whether is SZ or CZ engine

(A) 42 kW (B) 32 kW (C) 22 kW (D) 12 kW

19. Consider the following for a Brayton cycle:

20. Which of the following is true?

21. At critical pressure 225 bar

(A) Entropy is zero

(B) Latent heat of vaporization is zero

(C) Saturated vapour becomes a gas

23. Refrigeration is governed by _________ law of _____________.

(A) 1.558 (B) 2.558 (C) 3.558 (D) 4.558

(A) 0.5706 (B) 0.6706 (C) 0.7706 (D) 0.8706

From steam tables at 16 bar and 280°c at 0.11 bar

h1  2990.6 kJ/kg sf 3  0.6738 kJ/kgK

30. Efficiency of coil is

Temperature Enthalpy  kJ / kg  Entropy  kJ / kgK 

33. What will be indicated power, if volumetric efficiency of engine is 55%?

(A) 81.35 kg (B) 82.35 kg (C) 83.35 kg (D) 84.45 kg

From steam tables at 50 bar and 400°c at 0.34 bar

h1  3198.9 kJ/kg hf  301.48 kJ/kg

42. The specific heat relation is

(A) diesel, dual, otto (B) dual, otto, diesel

(C) otto, diesel, dual (D) dual, diesel, otto

10.2 183 772 2778 2.14 6.65 770 1819 0.0013

1. has no inter molecular forces of attraction or repulsion

2. does not change its phase during a thermodynamic process

3. obeys a set of common rules governing change of its properties

Which of these statements is/are correct ?

(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3 (C) only 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3

50. Volume expensivity ‘B’ is

(A) 2.66 (B) 3.66 (C) 4.66 (D) 5.66

53. Reheat and Regenerations provide between

(A) two stages of turbine and two stages of compressors

(B) two stages of compressor and compressor and combustor

(C) two stages of turbine and compressor and combustor

(A) Nitrogen (B) Carbondioxide (C) Sulphur dioxide (D) Oxygen

55. Evaporative air-cooler can be used effectively when

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23. Refrigeration is governed by _ law of _____.