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Q.1
An insulated rigid vessel contains a mixture of fuel and air. The mixture is ignited by a minute spark. The
contents of the vessel experience
(a) Increase in temperature, pressure and energy
(b) Decrease in temperature, pressure and energy
(c) Increase in temperature and pressure but no change in energy
(d) Increase in temperature and pressure but decrease in energy
Q.2
A rectangular box as shown in figure has a partition which slides without friction along the length of the box.
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Initially the 2 chambers of box has 1 kg each of an ideal gas = at a pressure P0, volume V0 and
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temperature T0. The chamber on the left is slowly heated by an electric heater. The walls of the box and the
partition is thermally insulated. The gas in the left chamber expands pushing the partition until the final
pressure in both the chambers is
243P0
. Determine the final temperature of the gas in each chamber in
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terms of T0, P0, V0 and W.D by the gas in the right chamber.
Q.3
A fluid contained in a piston cylinder machine passes through a complete cycle of 4 processes. The sum
of all the heat transfers during cycle is 170 kJ/cycle. The system completes 100 cycles/min. Complete the
following table and also find the net work in kW.
Process
a-b
b-c
c-d
d-a
Q.4
Q (kJ/min)
0
21000
2100
W (kJ/min)
2170
0
E (kJ/min)
36600
When the valve of the evacuated bottle as shown in figure is opened atmospheric air rusher into it. If the
atmospheric pressure is 101.325 kPa and 0.6 m3 of air (measured at atmospheric condition) enters into the
bottle, calculate the W.D. by air.
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The contents of a well insulated tank are heated by a resistor of 23 in which 10A current is flowing.
Consider the tank along with its contents as a thermodynamic system. The work done by the system and
the heat transfer to the system are positive. The rates of heat (Q), work (W) and change in internal energy
(U) during the process in kW are
(a) Q = 0, W = 2.3, U = +2.3
(b) Q = +2.3, W = 0, U = +2.3
(c) Q = 2.3, W = 0, U = 2.3
(d) Q = 0, W = +2.3, U = 2.3
Q.6
A rigid insulated tank with a supply line through which an ideal gas (with constant specific heats CP = 0.945
and CV = 0.690) passes at 1 MPa, 350C. A valve connected with the supply line is opened and the tank is
charged until the final pressure inside the tank reaches 1 MPa. The final tempeature inside the tank.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Q.7
A rigid tank of volume 0.5 m3 is initially evacuated. A tiny hole develops in the wall, and air from the
surroundings at 1 bar, 21C leaks in. Eventually the pressure in the tank reaches 1 bar. The process
occurs slowly enough that the heat transfer between the tank and the surroundings keep the temperature
of the air inside the tank constant at 21C. Determine the amount of heat transfer.
Q.8
Q.9
A reversible heat engine operates between 600C and 40C. This engine drives a reversible refrigerator
operating between 40C and 18C. Still there is a net work output of 370 kJ, while the heat required by the
engine is 2100 kJ. Determine the cooling effect (Desired effect) of the refrigerator.
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Q.16 A closed cylinder of 0.25 metre diameter is fitted with a light frictionless piston. The piston is retained in
position by a catch in the cylinder wall and the volume on one side of the piston contains air at a
pressure of 750 kN/m2. The volume on the other side of the piston is evacuated. A helical spring is
mounted coaxially with the cylinder in this evacuated space to give a force of 120 N on the piston in this
position. The catch is released and the piston travels along the cylinder until it comes to rest after a stroke
of 1.2 m. The piston is then held in its position of maximum travel by a ratchet mechanism. The spring force
increases linearly with the piston displacement to a final value of 5 kN. Calculate the work done by the
compressed air on the piston.
Q.17 A tank containing 45 kg of water initially at 45C has one inlet and one exit with equal mass flow rates.
Liquid water enters at 45C and a mass flow rate of 270 kg/h. A cooling coil immersed in the water
removes energy at the rate of 7.6 kW. The water is well mixed by a paddle wheel with a power input of 0.6
kW. The pressure at inlet and exit are equal. Ignoring changes in KE and PE, prove that the variation of
water temperature with time is (T= 318 22(1 e6t).
Where, T is temperature in kelvin and t is time in hours.
Q.18 A heat engine operates between the maximum and minimum temperatures of 671C and 60C respectively,
with an efficency of 50 % of the appropriate Carnot efficiency. It drives a heat pump which uses river water
at 4.4C to heat a block of flats in which the temperature is to be maintained at 21.1C. Assuming that a
temperature difference of 11.1C exists between the working fluid and the river water, on the one hand, and
the required room temperature on the other, and assuming the heat pump to operate on the reveresed
Carnot cycle, but with a COP of 50 % of the ideal COP, find the heat input to the engine per unit heat output
from the heat pump. Why is direct heating thermodynamically more wasteful?
Q.19 A reversible engine works between three thermal reservoirs, A, B and C. The engine absorbs an equal
amount of heat from the thermal reservoirs A and B kept at temperatures TA and TB respectively, and
rejects heat to the thermal reservoir C kept at temperature TC. The efficiency of the engine is times the
effciency of the reversible engine, which works between the two reservoirs A and C. Prove that
TA
T
= (2 1) + 2(1 ) A
TB
TC
Q.20 A heat pump is to be used to heat a house in winter and then reversed to cool the house in summer. The
interior temperature is to be maintained at 20C. Heat transfer through the walls and roof is estimated to be
0.525 kJ/s per degree temperature difference between the inside and outside. (a) If the outside temperature
in winter is 5C, what is the minimum power required to drive the heat pump? (b) If the power input is the
same as in part (a), what is the maximum outer temperature for which the inside can be maintained at
20C?
Q.21 One kg of ice at 5C is exposed to the atmosphere which is at 20C. The ice melts and comes into thermal
equilibrium with the atmosphere. (a) Determine the entropy increase of the universe. (b) What is the minimum
amount of work necessary to convert the water back into ice at 5C? cp of ice is 2.093 kJ/kg K and the
latent heat of fusion of ice is 333.3 kJ/kg.
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Q.22 Calculate the entropy change of the universe as a result of the following processes:
(a) A copper block of 600 g mass and with Cp of 150 J/K at 100C is placed in a lake at 8C.
(b) The same block, at 8C, is dropped from a height of 100 m into the lake.
(c) Two such blocks at 100 and 0C are joined together.
Q.23 A 50 ohm resistor carrying a constant current of 1 A is kept at a constant temperature of 27C by a stream
of cooling water. In a time interval of 1 s, (a) what is the change in entropy of the resistor?
(b) What is the change in entropy of the universe?
Q.24 A thermally insulated 50-ohm resistor carries a current of 1 A for 1 s. The initial temperature of the resistor
is 10C, its mass is 5 g and its specific heat is 0.85 J/g K. (a) What is the change in entropy of the resistor?
(b) What is the change in entropy of the universe?
Q.25 Liquid water of mass 10 kg and temperature 20C is mixed with 2 kg of ice at 5C till equilibrium is
reached at 1 atm pressure. Find the entropy change of the system. Given: cp of water = 4.18 kJ/kg K,
cp of ice = 2.09 kJ/kg K and latent heat of fusion of ice = 334 kJ/kg.
Q.26 A lead storage battery used in an automobile is able to deliver 5.2 MJ of electrical energy. This energy is
available for starting the car.
Let compressed air be considered for doing an equivalent amount of work in starting the car. The compressed
air is to be stored at 7 MPa, 25C. What is the volume of the tank that would be required to let the
compressed air have an exergy of 5.2 MJ? For air, pv = 0.287 T, where T is in K, p in kPa, and v in m3/kg.
Q.27 A Carnot cycle engine receives and rejects heat with a 20C temperature differential between itself and the
thermal energy reservoirs.The expansion and compression processes have a pressure ratio of 50. For 1 kg
of air as the working substance, cycle temperature limits of 1000 K and 300 K and T0 = 280 K, determine
the second law efficiency.
Q.28 Energy is received by a solar collector at the rate of 300 kW from a source temperature of 2400 K. If 60 kW
of this energy is lost to the surroundings at steady state and if the user temperature remains constant at
600 K, what are the first law and the second law efficiencies? Take T0 = 300 K.
Q.29 Argon enters an insulated turbine operating at steady state at 1000C and 2 MPa and exhausts at 350 kPa.
The mass flow rate is 0.5 kg/s and the turbine develops power at the rate of 120 kW. Determine (a) the
temperature of the argon at the turbine exit, (b) the irreversibility of the turbine, (c) the second law efficiency.
Neglect K.E. and P.E. effects. Take T0 = 20C, p0 = 1 bar.
Q.30 Steam enters a 15 cm diameter horizontal pipe as saturated vapour at 5 bar with a velocity of 10 m/s and
exit at 4.5 bar and a quality of 0.95. Heat is transferred to surroundings at 300 K from the pipe surface
which is at an average temperature of 400 K. Under the steady state operation conditions, determine
(i) the exit velocity.
(ii) the rate of heat transfer from pipe surface in kW.
(iii) the rate of entropy production in kW/K, for the control volume comprising of only pipe and its contents
and
(iv) the rate of entropy production for the enlarged control volume that includes pipe, its contents and the
immediate surroundings.
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Q.31
Sp. volume,
m 3/kg
Liquid
(Vf)
Sp. enthalpy,
kJ/kg
Sp. entropy
kJ/kg-K
4.5
2744
1.8207 6.8565
5.0
2749
1.8607 6.8213
1
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A geothermal supply of hot water at 500 kPa, 150C is fed to an insulated flash evaporator at the rate of 1.5
kg/s. A stream of saturated liquid at 200 kPa is drained from the bottom of the chamber and a stream of
saturated vapour at 200 kPa is drawn from the top and fed to a turbine. Find the rate of entropy generation
in the flash evaporator. Properties of water are given in the Table below:
p, kPa
t, C
h1, kJ/kg
200
120.20 (tsat)
504.68
2706.63
1.5300
7.1271
500
151.83 (tsat)
640.68
2746.60
1.8603
6.8202
500
150.00
632.18
1.8417
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Practice Questions
ANSWERS
2.
15.
TR = 2.25 T0
Q = 226 kJ
TL = 12.397 T0
W = 1.875 P0V0
5.
(a)
6.
(a)
7.
Q = 50 kJ
8.
W = 216.66 kJ
9.
4295.33 kJ
10.
11.
W
Qsupp
600
1
=
1800 3
Total
12.
195 kW
13.
47.49 kJ
14.
(i)
XN = 0.4853, XO = 0.5147
2
(ii) Me = 36.24
(iii)
R
= 0.2294
Re =
Me
16.
(3.07 kJ)
17.
(T = 318 22 [1 exp(6t)])
18.
19.
TA
T
= (2 1) + 2(1 ) A
TB
TC
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
104.5 J/K
26.
0.228 m3
27
27..
0.965
28.
0.80, 0.457
29.
30.
(v)
V = 1.789
P = 1168 kPa
(vii)
= 4.47 kg/m3
(viii)
U = 110.592, H = 147.296
31.
17 W/K
(ix) s = 0.365
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