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APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

THIRD SEMESTER B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2018
Course Code: ME205
Course Name: THERMODYNAMICS
Steam Tables allowed
Max. Marks: 100 Duration: 3 Hours
PART A
Answer any three full questions, each carries 10 marks. Marks

1 a) Define a thermodynamic systems ( 3)

b) Distinguish between intensive and extensive properties. Give examples (3 )
c) Explain thermodynamic equilibrium. (4)
2 a) How does resistance thermometer measure temperature? (3)
b) Show that heat is path function and not a property (3)
c) Define enthalpy. Why enthalpy of an ideal gas depends only on temperature? (4)
3 a) Which property of a system increases when heat is transferred: (a) at constant (4)
volume (b) at constant pressure
b) A mass of 8kg gas expands within a flexible container so that the p-v relationship (6)
is of the form pv1.2=constant. The initial pressure is 1000kPa and the initial
volume is 1m3. The final pressure is 5 kPa. If specific internal energy of the gas
decreases by 40kJ/kg, find the heat transfer in magnitude and direction.
4 a) Derive the steady flow energy equation for a bottle filling process using system (5)
approach.
b) In a gas turbine the gas enters at the rate of 5 kg/s with a velocity of 50m/s and (5)
enthalpy of 900 kJ/kg and leaves the turbine with a velocity of 150m/s and
enthalpy of 400kJ/kg. The loss of heat from the gases to the surroundings is
25kJ/kg. Assume for gas R = 0.285kJ/kgK and cp = 1.004kJ/kgK and the inlet
conditions to be at 100 kPa and 27°C. Determine the power output of the turbine
and the diameter of the inlet pipe.
PART B
Answer any three full questions, each carries 10 marks.
5 a) Explain the two statements of Second law of thermodynamics. Why PMM2 is (5 )
impossible
b) A heat engine operating between two reservoirs at temperatures 600⁰C and 40⁰C drives ( 5)
refrigerator operating between reservoirs at temperatures of 40⁰C and -15⁰C. The heat
transfer to the heat engine is 2500kJ and the net work output of the combined engine and
refrigerator plant is 400kJ. The efficiency of the heat engine and COP of the refrigerator
are each 40% of the maximum possible values. Estimate the heat transfer to the
refrigerant and net heat transfer to the reservoir at 40°C.

6 a) State and prove Clausius theorem (5)

b) Determine the maximum work obtainable by using one finite body at temperature (5)

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T and a thermal energy reservoir at temperature T0, T>T0

7 a) Why second law is called law of degradation? (3)
b) Derive the expression for reversible work done by a closed system if it interacts (7)
only with the surroundings
8 a) Draw the phase equilibrium diagram for a pure substance on h-s plot with (3)
relevant constant property lines
b) Steam flows in a pipeline at 1.5MPa. After expanding to 0.1MPa in a throttling (7)
calorimeter, the temperature is found to be 120°C. Find the quality of steam in
the pipeline. What is the maximum moisture at 1.5MPa that can be determined
with this set-up if at least 5°C of superheat is required after throttling for accurate
reading?
PART C
Answer any four full questions, each carries 10 marks.
9 a) Discuss compressibility factor and law of corresponding states. (5)
b) A fluid having a temperature of 150°C and a specific volume of 0.96 m3/kg at its (5 )
initial state expands at constant pressure, without friction, until the volume is
1.55 m3/kg. Find, for 1kg of fluid, the work, the heat transferred and the final
temperature if (a) the fluid is air and (b) the fluid is steam.
10 Express the changes in the internal energy and enthalpy of an ideal gas in a (10)
reversible adiabatic process in terms of pressure ratio
11 a) State and explain Amagat’s law of partial volumes of a gas mixture (10)
12 a) Derive Maxwell’s equations (10 )
13 a) Discuss the Joule-Thomson effect with a T-P plot. Prove that Joule Thomson (10)
coefficient is zero for ideal gas.
14 a) Explain degree of reaction. What are its limiting values? (5)
b) Define equivalence ratio. What is its significance in combustion process? (5)
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