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QP. CODE :17468 Reg.
No:
ERODE SENGUNTHAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE

(An Autonomous Institution, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai)
Perundurai, Erode - 638 057
B.E. DEGREE END SEMESTER THEORY EXAMINATIONS,
APRIL / MAY 2021
Third Semester
Mechanical Engineering
ME8391 / ME6301 - Engineering Thermodynamics
(Assume any other suitable / missing data if necessary)
Regulations 2017 / 2013
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 Marks
PART – A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

Answer All Questions
1. Air is held in a container at a pressure of 2 bar and at a temperature
of 23°C. The volume of the container is 0.2 m3. Find the mass of the
air.
2. Calculate the final temperature of the air during the polytropic
compression process (pV1.22=constant) when the initial pressure is
100kPa, initial temperature is 21°C and the final pressure is 550 kPa.
3. A heat engine working on a cyclic process, receives 256 kJ of heat

energy from the source and 117 kJ of heat energy is rejected to the
sink. Calculate the efficiency of the heat engine.
4. A carnot refrigerator is employed to remove heat from the sink at a
temperature of 15°C and supply the heat to a source at a temperature
of 30°C. Find the COP of the Carnot refrigerator.
5. How much is the heat energy required to convert saturated water
(liquid) at a temperature of 100°C into saturated vapor at a
temperature of 100°C?
6. Steam is held at a pressure of 5 bar and at a temperature of 390°C.
Determine the ‘Degree of superheat’ of that steam.
7. How does the real gas differ from the ideal gas, according to Van Der
Wall’s?
8. The specific heat at constant pressure of air is 1.005 kJ/kg and the
specific heat at constant volume is 0.718 kJ/kg. Determine the specific
heat ratio (γ) and the gas constant (R).
9. A vessel contains at 1 bar and 20°C a mixture of 1 mole of CO 2 and 4
moles of air. The volumetric analysis of air can be taken as 21%
oxygen and 79% nitrogen. Calculate the masses of CO2, O2 and N2.
10. The atmospheric conditions are 20°C and specific humidity of 0.0095
kg/kg of dry air. Calculate the partial pressure of vapor.
PART – B (5 X 13 = 65 Marks)
11. (a) (i) A fluid at a pressure of 3 bar, and with specific (09)
volume of 0.18 m3/kg, contained in a cylinder behind
a piston expands reversibly to a pressure of 0.6 bar
according to a law, p = C/v2 where C is a constant.
Calculate the work done by the fluid on the piston.
(ii) Distinguish between Macroscopic and Microscopic (04)

approaches.
(Or)
(b) In an air compressor air flows steadily at the rate of 0.5 (13)
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 a specific volume of 0.16 m 3 /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 60 kJ/s. Calculate :
(i) The power required to drive the compressor ;
(ii) The inlet and output pipe cross-sectional areas.
12. (a) (i) A house requires 2 × 10 5 kJ/h for heating in winter. (13)
Heat pump is used to absorb heat from cold air
outside in winter and send heat to the house. Work
required to operate the heat pump is 3 × 10 4 kJ/h.
Determine:
(i) Heat abstracted from outside;
(ii) Co-efficient of performance.
(Or)
(b) (i) Two Carnot engines work in series between the (07)
source and sink temperatures of 550 K and 350 K. If
both engines develop equal power determine the
intermediate temperature.
(ii) A rigid cylinder containing 0.004 m3 of nitrogen at 1 (06)

bar and 300 K is heated reversibly until
temperature becomes 400 K. Determine : (i) The
heat supplied. (ii) The entropy change.
Assume nitrogen to be perfect gas (molecular
mass = 28) and take γ = 1.4.
13. (a) A vessel having a capacity of 0.05 m 3 contains a (13)

mixture of saturated water and saturated steam at a
temperature of 245°C. The mass of the liquid present is
10 kg. Find the 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.
(Or)
(b) A simple Rankine cycle works between pressures 28 bar (13)
and 0.06 bar, the initial condition of steam being dry
saturated. Calculate the cycle efficiency, work ratio and
specific steam consumption.
14. (a) (i) State and Derive the Tds Equations. (08)
(ii) Using Clausius-Claperyon’s equation, estimate the (05)
enthalpy of vapourisation. The following data is
given: At 200°C:
vg = 0.1274 m3/kg; vf = 0.001157 m3/kg; (dp/dT) = 32
kPa/K.
(Or)
(b) (i) Derive the Maxwell relations. (10)
(ii) How is the Joule-Thomson coefficient defined? (03)
15. (a) 4 kg of carbon dioxide at 40°C and 1.4 bar are mixed (13)
with 8 kg of nitrogen at 160°C and 1.0 bar to form a
mixture at a final pressure of 0.7 bar. The process occurs
adiabatically in a steady flow apparatus. Calculate: (i)
The final temperature of the mixture; (ii) The change in
entropy.
(Or)
(b) The sling psychrometer in a laboratory test recorded the (13)
following readings: Dry bulb temperature = 35°C and
Wet bulb temperature = 25°C. Calculate the following :
(i) Specific 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.
PART – C (1 X 15 = 15 Marks)
16. (a) An ice plant working on a reversed Carnot cycle heat (15)
pump produces 15 tonnes of ice per day. The ice is
formed from water at 0°C and the formed ice is
maintained at 0°C. The heat is rejected to the
atmosphere at 25°C. 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 220°C by burning
liquid fuel of 44500 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 = 334.5 kJ/kg.
(Or)
(b) 120 m 3 of air per minute at 35°C DBT and 50% relative (15)
humidity is cooled to 20°C DBT by passing through a
cooling coil. Determine the following :
(i) Relative humidity 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.

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QP. CODE :17468 Reg.

ERODE SENGUNTHAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE

PART – A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

3. A heat engine working on a cyclic process, receives 256 kJ of heat

(ii) Distinguish between Macroscopic and Microscopic (04)

(ii) A rigid cylinder containing 0.004 m3 of nitrogen at 1 (06)

13. (a) A vessel having a capacity of 0.05 m 3 contains a (13)

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