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No: 44064
R07 SET-1
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
II B.TECH II SEM SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS FEBRUARY - 2010
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS – I
(CHEMICAL ENGINEERING)
Time: 3hours Max.Marks:80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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3. If one kmole of methane is stored in 0.31 m3 tank at 301 K, estimate the pressure of the
gas using Redlich-Kwong equation of state. The critical constants of methane are
Pc = 4.60 MPa and Tc=190.6K. (16)
4.a) Draw the entropy versus enthalpy curve for compressor and explain them.
b) Define turbine efficiency and compressor efficiency
c) Write expression to calculate enthalpy and entropy in a pump used for liquids. (4+8+ 4)
6.a) A kilogram of water at 273 K is brought into contact with a heat reservoir at 373 K.
When the liquid water has reached 373 K, what is the entropy change of the water and
that of the reservoir? What is ∆Stotal?
b) Derive the expression for change of entropy for an ideal gas (8+8)
7.a) Explain absorption compression cycle and derive the relation for the COP
b) It is proposed to use a reversed Carnot cycle for cooling and heating. The work supplied
to the unit is 10 kW. If the COP = 3.5 for cooling, determine the ratio of temperatures of
the reservoirs between which the device is working, the rate of refrigeration and the COP
for heating. (8+8)
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Code.No: 44064
R07 SET-2
1.a) Water falling from a height of 100 m at a rate of 5000kg/hr is used to feed turbine in a
hydroelectric power station. What is potential energy? Assuming 10% loss of electrical
power, the power is sufficient to keep a 200 watt bulb burning. How much % of potential
energy is converted into electrical energy?
b) Explain briefly the sign convention for heat and work (10+6)
2.a) The piston of a piston cylinder device containing a gas has a mass of 75 Kg. diameter of
piston is 250 mm. The local atmospheric pressure is 0.97 bars gravitational acceleration
is 9.8 m/s2.
i) Determine the pressure inside the cylinder.
ii) If some heat is transferred and its volume doubles, do you expect the pressure
inside the cylinder to change?
b) Differentiate between Open system and Closed system (12+4)
3. It is desired to design a tank to store 10 kmole methane at 6.0MPa and 300K. Determine
the size of tank using the Redlich-Kwong equation of state. The critical constants of
methane are Pc=4.60MPa and Tc=190.6K. (16)
5.a) A Carnot engine I operate between two reservoirs at temperatures 1920K and T K
while a second Carnot engine II operates between two reservoirs at T K and 300 K. It is
found that both the engines have the same efficiency. Determine the value T.
b) Explain in detail the Carnot cycle of the heat engine and applicability of second law of
thermodynamics (8+8)
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Code.No: 44064
R07 SET-3
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
II B.TECH II SEM SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS FEBRUARY - 2010
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS – I
(CHEMICAL ENGINEERING)
Time: 3hours Max.Marks:80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1.a) The turbines in a hydroelectric plant are fed by water falling from a 40 m height.
Assuming 93% efficiency for conversion of potential to electrical energy and 9% loss of
the resulting power in transmission, what is the mass flow rate of water required to a
power a 150 watt light bulb?
b) What you understand about force, energy, pressure and temperature? (8+8)
2.a) What is the difference between the Continuity equation and the Bernoulli’s equation?
b) One Kg of water at 30 0C and 100 KPa are continuously heated in the open
atmosphere till it is completely evaporated. Determine the heat and work interactions.
Data: At 30 0C: Sp. Vol. of water = 0.001004 m3/Kg.
Sp. Vol. of water vapor = 1.6949 m3/Kg.
Heat content of vapor and water liquid are 2675.47 and 125.6 KJ/Kg respectively.
(6+10)
3. Gas leaving a fermenter at close to atmospheric pressure and 25 0C has the following
composition
Nitrogen: 78.2% Oxygen: 19.2% Carbon dioxide: 2.6%.
Calculate
a) The mass composition of fermenter off gases.
b) The mass of carbon dioxide in each cubic meter of the gas leaving the fermenter
using Vander Waals equation of state with the following coefficients.
a=363.077KNm4/Kmole, b=0.043m3/Kmole. (16)
4. Explain briefly
a) Throttling
b) Converging/diverging nozzles
c) Sonic and subsonic flow pipe (4+6+6)
7.a) What are the common methods used for Refrigeration? Explain briefly
b) A refrigeration system requires 1.5 kW of power for a refrigeration rate of 4kJ/s.
(i) What is the coefficient of performance?
(ii) How much heat is rejected in the condenser?
(iii) If heat rejection is at 400C, what is the lowest temperature the system can
possibly maintain? (8+8)
8.a) A lump of 1000 kg steel at 1180 K is to be cooled to 398 K. If it is desired to use the
steel as a source of energy, calculate the available energy and unavailable energy. The
ambient temperature is 301 K and the specific heat capacity of steel is 0.5 kJ kg-1K-1.
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Code.No: 44064
R07 SET-4
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
II B.TECH II SEM SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS FEBRUARY - 2010
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS – I
(CHEMICAL ENGINEERING)
Time: 3hours Max.Marks:80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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2.a) A lean and thin man, who can lift a body of mass 100 Kg where g= 9.81 m/s2, claims that
he can lift a body of mass 150 Kg. his friend did not agree and both went in to a bet. They
go high in space to a H, height where the lean and thin man lifts the body of mass 150
Kg. If ‘g’ decreases at the rate 0.01 cm/s2 per 1000 m of ascent, what is the value of H?
b) Differentiate between closed system and isolated system giving proper explanations.
(10+6)
3. Hydrogen gas is contained in two constant volume vessels, each having a capacity of
500litres. The pressure and temperature in vessel A are 5 bar and 300K respectively,
while in vessel B the values are 1.7bar and 310K. A valve connects the two vessels. The
valve is now opened and the system is allowed to reach thermal equilibrium with the
surroundings. If the surrounding temperature is 290K. What is the final pressure in the
vessel? (16)
4.a) Show that the critical pressure ratio reached at the throat of the converging-diverging
( ( r / ( r -1) )
⎛ P2 ⎞ ⎛ 2 ⎞
nozzle is: ⎜ ⎟ = ⎜ ⎟
⎝ P1 ⎠ ⎝ r + 1 ⎠
b) Write short notes on expanders. (10+6)
5.a) Derive the expression for the efficiency of the heat engine.
b) A reversible heat engine interacts with four reservoirs at 1000 K, 600 K, 400 K and
300K. It absorbs 2000 kJ energy as heat from the reservoir at 1000K, rejects 600 kJ
energy as heat to the reservoir at 300 K and delivers 1200 kJ work. Determine the energy
interaction with the other two reservoirs. (10+6)
⎛ ∂V ⎞
8.a) Prove TdS = C p dT − T ⎜ ⎟ dP
⎝ ∂T ⎠ P
b) Define availability and the does the availability depends upon the conditions of system
and surroundings (8+8)
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