MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ASSIGNMENT NO. 1
CLASS: III SEM
SUBMISSION DATE: 12.09.2016
Q1. WHAT IS THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM?
Q2. GIVE THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN HEAT AND WORK
TRANSFER.
Q3. WHAT ARE THE LIITATIONS OF FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS?
Q4. SHOW THAT PV = C
Q5. AIR UNDERGOES A CYCLIC PROCESS IN A CYLINDER AND PISTON
ARRANGEMENT. ONE KG OF ATMOSPHERIC AIR AT 1 BAR AND 300K IS FIRST
COMPRESSED ADIABATICALLY TO 12 BAR, THEN EXPANDED ISOTHERMALLY
UPTO THE INITIAL PRESSURE AND LASTLY THE AIR IS BROUGHT TO INITIAL
CONDITIONS UNDER CONSTANT PRESSURE. CALCULATE FOR EACH PROCESS
AND FOR THE CYCLE:
1.
2.
3.
4.

CHANGE IN INTERNAL ENERGY

CHANGE IN ENTHALPY
HEAT TRANSFER
WORK TRANSFER, IF Cp= 1.005 kJ/kg K and - 1.4

Q6. A MASS OF AIR INITIALLY AT 500C IS AT A PRESSURE OF 10 BAR AND HAS A

VOLUME OF 0.03M3. THE AIR IS EXPANDED ISOBARICALLY TO 0.09M3, A
POLYTROPIC PROCESS WITH N=1.5 IS THEN CARRIED OUT, FOLLOWED BY A
CONSTANT TEMPERATURE PROCESS WHICH COMPLETES THE CYCLE. ALL
PROCESSES ARE REVERSIBLE. SKETCH THE CYCLE ON PV DIAGRAM AND FIND
THE HEAT RECEIVED AND HEAT REJECTED IN THE CYCLE. R=287J/KG K AND
Cv=0.718KJ/KG K