SRI SIDDHARTHA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TUMKUR.

SUMMER B.E. SEMESTER END EXAMINATIONS -AUGUST 2013

SUB: ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS SUB. CODE:ME35

1.a) D e f i n e t he f o l l o w i n g 10
i) Thermometric property.
ii) Ideal gas.
iii) Isolated system.
iv) Thermodynamic cycle.
v) Quasi-static process.

b) Classify the following as heat or work interactions. The system to be considered is shown 5
underlined.
i) A honeybee sucking nectar from a flower.
ii) Baking of bread in an oven.
iii) A person drawing money from ATM counter.
iv) Rising of mercury column in a thermometer, placed in the mouth of a patient.
v) Condensation of water particlc on a cold glass plate.

c) A spherical balloon has a initial diameter of 25 cm and contains air at l .2 bar, when heated 5
diameter increases to 30 cm, during heating pressure is found to be proportional to diameter,
calculate work done.
OR
2.a) Define the following 10
i) Triple point.
ii) Critical point
iii) Pure substance
iv) Super heated vapor.
v) Saturated vapor.

b) With a neat sketch explain the property diagram of phase change process. 10

3.a) Define specific heat at constant pressure and specific heat at constant volume. And explain 10
how internal energy and enthalpy of an ideal gas are functions o f temperature only.

b) A fluid confined in a cylinder by a spring - loaded, frictionless piston so that the pressure in 10
the fluid is a linear function of the volume given by p = a + bV. The internal energy of the
fluid is given by the equation U = 34 + 3.15 pV, where U is in kJ, p in kPa and V in cubic
meter. If the fluid changes from an initial state o f 170 kPa, 0.03 m3 to a final state of 400 kPa,
0.06 m3, with no work other than that done on the piston, find the direction and magnitude of
the work and heat transfer.
OR
4.a) Derive the steady flow energy equation for the process involving two fluid streams at the inlet 10
and exit of control volume.

b) In a steam power station, steam flows steadily through a 0.2 m diameter pipeline from the 10
boiler to the turbine. At the boiler end, the steam conditions ate found to be p = 400 MPa, t =
4 0 0 0 C, h = 3213.6 kJ/kg and v = 0.073 m3/kg. At the turbine end, the conditions are found to
be p = 3.5 MPa, t = 392° C, h = 3202.6 kJ/kg, and v = 0.084 m3/kg. There is a heat loss of
8.5 kJ/kg from the pipeline. Calculate the steam mass flow rate.
5. a) - Explain Carnot Cycle. Also derive the expression for efficiency o f Carnot Engine. 10

b) A reversible heat engine operates between two thermal reservoirs at 800° C and 30° C 10
respectively. It drives a reversible refrigerator operating between -15 0 C and 30° C the heat
input to the heat engine is 1900 kJ and the net work output from the combined plant 290 kJ.
Calculate the heat absorbed by the refrigerant and total heat transferred to 30° C reservoir.
OR
6. a) With a neat sketch prove that all the reversible engines working between the same temperature 10
limits have the same efficiency.

b) A reversible heat engine operates between two reservoirs at temperatures of 600° C and 40° C. 10
The engine drives a reversible refrigerator which operates between reservoirs at temperatures
of 40° C and -20° C. The heat transfer to the heat engine is 2000 kJ and the net work output of
the combined engine refrigerator plant is 360 kJ. Evaluate the heat transfer to the refrigerant
and the net heat transfer to the reservoir at 40° C.

7. a) With a neat sketch prove Clausius Inequality. 10

b) Show' that for a polytropic process the change in entropy is given by 10

OR
8. a) With a neat sketch show that the adiabatic mixing o f two fluids is irreversible. 10

b) 1.2 m3 of air is heated reversibly at constant pressure from 300 K to 600 K and is then cooled 10
reversibly at constant volume back to initial temperature. If the initial pressure is one bar,
calculate net heat flow and overall change in entropy. Also represent the process on T-S
diagram. (Take Cp = 1.005 kJ/kgK, Cv = 0.718 kJ/kgK and R = 0.287 kJ/kgK).

Define the following. 10

b) Air through a turbine from 500 kPa, 5200 C to 100 kPa, 400°C. During expansion 10 kj/kg of 10
heat is lost to the surroundings which is at 98 kPa, 20° C. Neglecting the KE and PE changes,
determine per kg o f air
i) The decrease in availability.
ii) The maximum work.
For air take Cp = 1.005 kJ/kgK and R = 0.287 kJ/kgK.

OR
10 a) Derive an expression for availability in steady flow systems. 10

b) Two kg o f air at 500 kPa, 80 0 C expands adiabatically in a closed system until its volume is 10
doubled and its temperature becomes equal to that o f the surroundings which is at 100 kPa,
5°C. For this process, determine
i) The maximum work.
ii) The change in availability.
For air Cv —0.718 kJ/kgK and R = 0.287 kJ/kgK.

[Common for: Mechanical and iEM Branches]