Pusa Institute of Technology Mechanical Engg. Department 1 Assignment (To Be Submitted Before 15.09.2024) Third Semester (2024)

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PUSA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MECHANICAL ENGG. DEPARTMENT
1st Assignment
(To be submitted before 15.09.2024)
Sub: THERMAL ENGINEERIN- I
Third Semester (2024)
SECTION: ‘A’
Q.1. Define the following terms:

(i) Thermodynamics. (ii) Energy (iii) Work
(iv) Heat (v( System (vi) Surrounding
(vii)Boundary (viii) Process (ix) State
(x) Temperature
Q.2. Explain the following terms:

(i) Isothermal process (ii) Adiabatic process
(iii) Polytropic process (iv) Constant volume process
(v) Constant pressure process (vi) Throttling process
(VII) Free Expansion
Q.3. Define force and unit of force in SI unit.
Q.4. List separately intrinsic and extrinsic properties from among the
followings
(a) Pressure (b) Volume (c) Mass (d) Density
(e) Temperature (f) Specific heat
(g) Heat capacity
Q.5. which among the followings are path function and point function?
(i) Pressure (ii) Work done (iii) Temperature (iv)
Heat
Q.6. In how many ways energy can be transferred to a closed system and a
open system?
Q.7 Explain energy inter-action between system and surrounding for a
closed system.
Q.8 A room is insulated. A candle is burning in the room. Taking room air
and candle as system, identify the nature of energy transferred and change
of internal energy of the system.
Q.9 Make the correct pair:
(i) 1 Pa (a) -2730C

(ii) 1J (b) 105 Pa
(iii) 0K (c) 1 N/m2
(iv) 1 bar (d) 1 N-m
(v) Mass (e) K
(vi) Electric current (f) kg
(vii) Temperature (g) pgh
(viii) Patm (h) A
Q.10 State and explain Boyle’s law of gas and derive an expression for work
done.
Q.11 State and explain Charles’s law of gas and derive general gas law
equation.
Q.12 What do you understand by ‘R’ (Characteristic gas constant)? What is

Universal gas constant? Show relation between these two.
Q.13 Define and explain the following terms:

(a) Internal energy
(b) Enthalpy
(c) Kinetic and Potential energy
(d) Total energy of the system
(e) Specific heats of gas
Q.14 Establish relation among cp, cv and R.
Q.15 Human body temperature is 370C. What will be its value in Kelvin?
Q.16 Consider two closed system A and B. System A contains 3000 KJ of

thermal energy at 200C where as system B contains 200 KJ of thermal energy
at 500C. Now the systems are brought into contact with each other.
Determine the direction of any heat transfer between these two systems.
Q.17 A gas is contained in a vertical frictionless piston-cylinder device. This
piston has a mass of 3.2 kg and a cross-sectional area of 35 cm 2. A
compressed spring above the piston exerts a force of 150 N on the piston. If
the atmospheric pressure is 95 KPa, determine the pressure inside the
cylinder.
Q.18 A potato initially at room temperature (25 0C) is being baked in an oven
that is maintained at 2000C. Is there any heat transfer during this baking
process? Explain.
Q.19 Determine power transmitted through the shaft of a car when the
torque applied is 200 N-m and shaft rotates at a rate of 4000 rpm.
Q.20 Determine power required to accelerate a 900- kg car from rest to a

velocity of 80 Km/h in 20s on level road.
Q.21 A rigid tank contains hot fluid that is cooled while being stirred by a
paddle wheel. Initially, the internal energy of the fluid is 800 KJ. During the
cooling process, the fluid loses 500 KJ of heat and the paddle wheel does 100
KJ of work on the fluid. Determine the final internal energy of the fluid.
Q.22 What is flow energy of a flowing fluid? Explain with a neat diagram.
Q.23 What is steady flow system? Explain.
Q.24 What is conservation of mass principle and how is it applied in open

system? Explain.
Q.25 Name (any five) engineering equipment in which open system steady
flow energy equation can be applied.
Q.26 Air at 100 0C and 80 kPa enters the diffuser of a jet engine steadily with
a velocity of 200 m/s. The inlet area of diffuser is 0.4 m 2. The air leaves the
diffuser with a velocity that is very small compared with the inlet velocity.
Determine
(a) mass flow rate of the air
(b) temperature of the air leaving the diffuser.
Q.27 Prove the equation PVY= constant for adiabatic process.
Q.28 The initial pressure, temperature and volume of a gas of mass

0.18 kg is 1 bar, 150C and 0.15 m3 respectively. Gas is compressed
adiabatically to 0.056 m3 volume and 4 bar pressure. Determine:
(i) Gas constant
(ii) Molecular mass of the gas
(iii) Ratio of the specific heats

(iv) Change in internal energy of the gas
(v) Cp & Cv of the gas
Q.29 State and explain First law of thermodynamics for open and
closed system.
Q.30 State and explain Zeroth law of thermodynamics and discuss its
application area.
Q.31 State and explain the first law of thermodynamics closed and open
system. Derive steady flow energy equation for open system.
Q.32 State Kelvin Plank statement for second law of thermodynamics

and derive efficiency equation for heat engine.
Q.32 State Clausius statement for second law of thermodynamics and

derive COP equation for Refrigerator and heat pump.
Q.33 A heat engine is working between temperature limit of 1000K and

300K. It receives 100 KJ heat from source. Determine the heat
rejected into the sink.
Q.34 A ideal refrigerator is working between outside temperature of

40oC and freezer temperature of -10oC. Determine is COP. If the
same refrigerator works as heat pump, what would be its COP?
Also determine the amount of heat pumped into the room for
every 5 KJ of heat drawn from outside environment.
Q.35 Define the following terms.
(a) Saturated steam (b) Dry steam (c) Wet steam
(d) Superheated steam (e) Dryness fraction
(f) Quality of steam
Q.36 A boiler produces saturated steam at 10 bar pressure and 0.9

dryness fraction. Determine Enthalpy, Entropy and specific volume of the
steam.
Q.37 With the help of a neat diagram explain the working of Babcock –
Wilcox and Cochran boiler.
Q.38 What are differences between fire tube and water tube boiler?
Q.39 What is difference between boiler mounting and accessories?

Explain any three each of them.
Q.40 Steam at 100 bar pressure and 550 oC expands in a turbine
adiabatically to 1 bar pressure. Determine the power generated if mass
flow rate is 20 kg/s.

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Q.1. Define the following terms:

Q.2. Explain the following terms:

Q.3. Define force and unit of force in SI unit.

Q.9 Make the correct pair:

(i) 1 Pa (a) -2730C

Q.12 What do you understand by ‘R’ (Characteristic gas constant)? What is

Q.13 Define and explain the following terms:

Q.14 Establish relation among cp, cv and R.

Q.16 Consider two closed system A and B. System A contains 3000 KJ of

Q.20 Determine power required to accelerate a 900- kg car from rest to a

Q.24 What is conservation of mass principle and how is it applied in open

Q.27 Prove the equation PVY= constant for adiabatic process.

Q.28 The initial pressure, temperature and volume of a gas of mass

(i) Gas constant

(ii) Molecular mass of the gas

(iii) Ratio of the specific heats

(v) Cp & Cv of the gas

Q.32 State Kelvin Plank statement for second law of thermodynamics

Q.32 State Clausius statement for second law of thermodynamics and

Q.33 A heat engine is working between temperature limit of 1000K and

Q.34 A ideal refrigerator is working between outside temperature of

Q.35 Define the following terms.

(a) Saturated steam (b) Dry steam (c) Wet steam

(d) Superheated steam (e) Dryness fraction

(f) Quality of steam

Q.36 A boiler produces saturated steam at 10 bar pressure and 0.9

Q.39 What is difference between boiler mounting and accessories?

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