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 Steam & cycle EME important MCQs –by Kapil Gupta

a) Vf-Vg

b) Vg-Vf

c) Vf+Vg

d) none of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Here Vg is the specific volume of the saturated vapour and Vf is the specific volume of the
saturated liquid.

2. At critical point, value of Vg-Vf is

a) two

b) one

c) zero

d) infinity

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Answer: c

Explanation: As pressure increases, there is a decrease in Vg-Vf and at critical point its value becomes
zero.

3. Above the critical point, the isotherms are continuous curves.

a) true

b) false

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Answer: a

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Explanation: These continuous curves approach equilateral hyperbolas at large volumes and low
pressures.

4. A rigid tank contains 50 kg of saturated liquid water at 90°C. Determine the pressure in the tank and
the volume of the tank.

a) 0.0518 m3

b) 0.0618 m3

c) 0.0718 m3

d) 0.0818 m3

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Answer: a

Explanation: P = Psat@90 C = 70.183 kPa

v = vf@90 C = 0.001036 m3/kg

Total volume of the tank = mv = (50kg)( 0.001036 m3/kg)

= 0.0518 m3.

5. A piston –cylinder device contains 0.06m3 of saturated water vapour at 350 kPa pressure. Determine
the temperature and mass of the vapour inside the cylinder.

a) 0.104 kg

b) 0.124 kg

c) 0.134 kg

d) 0.114 kg

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Answer: d

Explanation: T = Tsat@350kPa = 138.86°C

v = vg@350kPa = 0.52422 m3/kg

m = V/v = 0.06 m3/0.52422 m3/kg = 0.114 kg.

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6. A rigid tank contains 10 kg of water at 90°C. If 8 kg of the water is in the liquid form and the rest is in
the vapour form, determine the pressure in the tank.

a) 60.183 kPa

b) 70.183 kPa

c) 80.183 kPa

d) 90.183 kPa

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Answer: b

Explanation: P = Psat@90°C = 70.183 kPa.

7. A rigid tank contains 10 kg of water at 90°C. If 8 kg of the water is in the liquid form and the rest is in
the vapour form, determine the volume of the tank.

a) 1.73 m3

b) 2.73 m3

c) 3.73 m3

d) 4.73 m3

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Answer: d

Explanation: P = Psat@90°C = 70.183 kPa

@ 90°C, vf = 0.001036 m3/kg and vg = 2.3593 m3/kg

V = Vf + Vg = mf vf + mg vg = 4.73 m3.

8. An 80 litre vessel contains 4 kg of R-134a at a pressure of 160 kPa. Determine the temperature.

a) -10.60°C

b) -13.60°C

c) -15.60°C

d) -19.60°C

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Answer: c

Explanation: v = V/m = 0.080 m3/4 kg = 0.02 m3/kg

@ 160kPa, vf = 0.0007437 m3/kg; vg = 0.12348 m3/kg

vf < v < vg Therefore T = Tsat@160kPa = -15.60°C.

9. An 80 litre vessel contains 4 kg of R-134a at a pressure of 160 kPa. Determine the quality.

a) 0.127

b) 0.137

c) 0.147

d) 0.157

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Answer: d

Explanation: v = V/m = 0.080 m3/4 kg = 0.02 m3/kg

@ 160kPa, vf = 0.0007437 m3/kg; vg = 0.12348 m3/kg.

vf < v < vg

x = (v –vf)/ vfg = 0.157.

10. An 80 litre vessel contains 4 kg of R-134a at a pressure of 160 kPa. Determine the volume occupied
by the vapour phase.

a) 0.0775 m3

b) 0.0575 m3

c) 0.0975 m3

d) 0.0375 m3

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Answer: a

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Explanation: v = V/m = 0.080 m3/4 kg = 0.02 m3/kg

@ 160kPa, vf = 0.0007437 m3/kg; vg = 0.12348 m3/kg

vf < v < vg

x = (v –vf)/ vfg = 0.157

mg = x*m(total) = 0.628kg

Vg = mg*vg = 0.0775 m3 or 77.5 litre.

11. Determine the specific volume of R-134a at 1 MPa and 50°C, using ideal gas equation of state.

a) 0.022325 m3/kg

b) 0.024325 m3/kg

c) 0.025325 m3/kg

d) 0.026325 m3/kg

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Answer: b

Explanation: v = RT/P = (0.0815 kJ/kg.K)* (323 K)/(1000 kPa)

= 0.026325 m3/kg

1. Which of the following curves meet at triple point?

a) fusion curve and vaporization curve

b) fusion curve and sublimation curve

c) vaporization curve and sublimation curve

d) fusion curve and vaporization curve and sublimation curve

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Answer: d

Explanation: At triple point, all these three curves meet.

2. The slopes of sublimation and vaporization curves for all substances are

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a) negative

b) positive

c) zero

d) none of the mentioned

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Answer: b

Explanation: This is true for all substances.

3. The slope of the fusion curve for water is

a) negative

b) positive

c) zero

d) none of the mentioned

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Answer: a

Explanation: The slope of fusion curve for most substances is positive but for water it is negative.

4. The temperature at which a liquid boils is very sensitive to pressure but the temperature at which a
solid melts is not such a strong function of pressure.

a) true

b) false

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Answer: a

Explanation: The slope of the fusion curve is small.

5. Which of the following statement is true?

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a) the triple point of water is 273.16 K

b) the triple point of CO2 is 216.55 K

c) when solid CO2 is exposed to 1atm pressure, it gets transformed into vapour directly

d) all of the mentioned

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Answer: d

Explanation: The solid CO2 absorbs the latent heat of sublimation from the surroundings which gets
cooled.

6. The equation which forms the basis of the Mollier diagram is

a) Tds=-dh+vdp

b) Tds=dh+vdp

c) Tds=dh-vdp

d) none of the mentioned

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Answer: c

Explanation: This equation form the basis of the h-s diagram of a pure substance also called the Mollier
diagram.

7. Which of the following statements is true?

a) the slope of an isobar on h-s coordinates is equal to the absolute saturation temperature at that
pressure

b) is the temperature remains constant, the slope will also remain constant

c) if the temperature increases, the slope of the isobar will also increase

d) all of the mentioned

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Answer: d

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Explanation: Here absolute saturation temperature is given by Tsat+273.

8. Which of the following represents the latent heat of vaporization at a particular pressure.

a) Hf-Hg

b) Hg-Hf

c) Hf+Hg

d) none of the mentioned

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Answer: b

Explanation: Here Hg is the specific enthalpy of the saturated vapour and Hf is the specific enthalpy of
the saturated water.

9. At critical pressure, value of Hg-Hf is

a) two

b) one

c) zero

d) infinity

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Answer: c

Explanation: As pressure increases, there is a decrease in Hg-Hf and at critical pressure its value
becomes zero.

10.In the Mollier diagram, the constant pressure lines diverge from one another.

a) true

b) false

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Answer: a

Explanation: As the pressure increases, the saturation temperature also increases, increasing the slope
of the isobar.

[11/2/2020] Kapil Gupta: This set of Thermodynamics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs)
focuses on “Steam Tables “.

1. The properties of water are arranged in the steam tables as functions of

a) pressure

b) temperature

c) pressure and temperature

d) none of the mentioned

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Answer: c

Explanation: The properties of water are arranged in steam tables as functions of both pressure and
temperature.

2. The internal energy of saturated water at the triple point is

a) 1

b) 0

c) -1

d) infinity

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Answer: b

Explanation: This value is arbitrarily chosen.

3. The entropy of saturated water is chosen to be zero at triple point.

a) true

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b) false

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Answer: a

Explanation: This is arbitrarily chosen and form the basic assumptions for steam tables.

4. When a liquid and its vapour are in equilibrium at a certain pressure and temperature, then which of
the following is required to identify the saturation state.

a) pressure

b) temperature

c) both pressure and temperature

d) pressure or temperature

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Answer: d

Explanation: If one of the quantity is given, then other gets fixed.

5. Saturated liquid or the saturated vapour has how many independent variables?

a) one

b) two

c) three

d) none of the mentioned

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Answer: a

Explanation: Only one property is required to be known to fix up the state.

6. If data are required for intermediate temperatures or pressures, linear interpolation is normally
accurate.

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a) true

b) false

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Answer: a

Explanation: To reduce the amount of interpolation required, two tables are provided.

7. For a liquid-vapour mixture, which of the following can give us all the properties of the mixture?

a) p or t and the quality of the mixture are given

b) p or t and any one of the property is given

c) both of the mentioned

d) none of the mentioned

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Answer: c

Explanation: In first case, properties can be directly evaluated and in second case we can find the quality
first and then evaluate all other properties.

8. When does a vapour become superheated?

a) when the temperature of vapour is less than the saturation temperature at given pressure

b) when the temperature of vapour is more than the saturation temperature at given pressure

c) when the temperature of vapour is equal to the saturation temperature at given pressure

d) none of the mentioned

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Answer: b

Explanation: For a superheated vapour, temperature of vapour must be greater than the saturation
temperature.

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9. The superheat or degree of superheat is given by

a) difference between the temperature of saturated liquid and saturation temperature

b) difference between the temperature of superheated vapour and saturation temperature

c) sum of the temperature of superheated vapour and saturation temperature

d) none of the mentioned

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Answer: b

Explanation: Superheat= T1(temperature of superheated vapour) – T(saturated).

10. When the temperature of a liquid is less than the saturation temperature at the given pressure, the
liquid is called compressed liquid.

a) true

b) false

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Answer: a

Explanation: For a compressed liquid, temperature of liquid must be less than the saturation
temperature.

11. The properties of liquid ___ with pressure.

a) do not vary

b) vary largely

c) vary little

d) none of the mentioned

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Answer: c

Explanation: This is the reason why properties are taken from the saturation tables at the temperature
of the compressed liquid.

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12. Which of the following statement is true?

a) a subcooled liquid is one which is cooled below its saturation temperature at a certain pressure

b) subcooling is the difference between the saturation temperature and the actual liquid temperature

c) both of the mentioned

d) none of the mentioned

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Answer: c

Explanation: This is what a subcooled liquid means.

[11/2/2020] Kapil Gupta: This set of Thermodynamics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs)
focuses on “Measurement of Steam Quality”.

1. A pure substance is said to have __ degrees of freedom.

a) one

b) two

c) three

d) four

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Answer: b

Explanation: The state of a pure substance gets fixed if two independent properties are given.

2. Which of the following statement is true?

a) it is easiest to measure the temperature and pressure of a substance

b) when pressure and temperature are independent properties, they are measured to determine that
state of the substance

c) it is measured in the compressed liquid region or the superheated vapour region

d) all of the mentioned

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Answer: d

Explanation: Of all the thermodynamic properties, it is easiest to measure the temperature and pressure
of a substance.

3. For a substance in two-phase region,

a) both pressure and temperature are independent properties

b) if pressure is given, the saturation temperature gets fixed

c) no other property is required to be known

d) all of the mentioned

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Answer: b

Explanation: For a substance in two-phase region, only one out of p and t is fixed and one more property
is also required.

4. Devices such as calorimeters are used to for determining the quality or enthalpy of the mixture.

a) true

b) false

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Answer: a

Explanation: This is because it is difficult to measure the specific volume of a mixture.

5. For the measurement of quality, the state of the substance is brought from the two-phase region to

a) single-phase region

b) superheated region

c) both of the mentioned

d) none of the mentioned

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View Answer

Answer: c

Explanation: Because in these regions, both pressure and temperature are independent.

6. To fix the state and determine the quality of the mixture, we can do this by

a) adiabatic throttling

b) electric heating

c) both of the mentioned

d) none of the mentioned

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Answer: c

Explanation: These are the two ways of measuring the quality of a mixture.

7. To be sure that steam after throttling is in the single-phase or superheated vapour, a minimum of __
is desired.

a) 10 degree Celsius

b) -5 degree Celsius

c) 0 degree Celsius

d) 5 degree Celsius

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Answer: d

Explanation: This superheat helps in ensuring that after throttling steam is in single-phase or
superheated vapour region.

8. A combined separating and throttling calorimeter is also used to measure the quality.

a) true

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b) false

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Answer: a

Explanation: It is used when the steam is wet and the pressure after throttling is not low enough to take
steam to the superheated region.

9. In a combined separating and throttling calorimeter,

a) steam is first passed through a separator

b) in separator, some moisture separates out due to sudden change in direction

c) then the partially dry vapour is throttled and taken to the superheated region

d) all of the mentioned

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Answer: d

Explanation: This is how a combined separating and throttling calorimeter works.

10. The quality of wet steam can also be measured by an electric calorimeter.

a) true

b) false

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Answer: a

Explanation: In this the sample of steam is passed in steady flow through an electric heater

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