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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE - SEMESTER–IV (NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2021
Subject Code:2140502 Date:24/12/2021
Subject Name:Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics - I
Time:10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.

MARKS
Q.1 (a) Define : (1) system (2) surrounding (3) Equilibrium 03
(b) Derive a mathematical expression of the first law of thermodynamics for 04
closed system.
(c) Explain PVT behaviour of pure substances with the help of PT 07
and PV diagrams.

Q.2 (a) Explain concept of entropy in brief. 03

(b) Discuss the important properties of a refrigerant 04
(c) Nitrogen gas is confined in a cylinder and the pressure of the gas is 07
maintained by a weight placed on the piston. The mass of the piston and
the weight together is 50 kg. The acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s 2
and the atmospheric pressure is 1.01325 bar. Assume frictionless piston.
Determine: i) The force exerted by the atmosphere, the piston and the
weight on the gas if the piston is 100 mm in diameter. ii) The pressure
on the gas. iii) If the gas is allowed to expand pushing up the piston and
the weight by 400mm, what is the work done by the gas in kJ?
OR
(c) Show that for a van der Waals gas, PcVc = (3/8) R Tc 07

Q.3 (a) Explain the principle of corresponding states and discuss the generalized 03
compressibility chart.
(b) List any two statements of second Law of Thermodynamics. 04
(c) An ideal gas is undergoing a series of three operations: The gas is 07
heated at constant volume from 300 K and 1 bar to pressure of 2
bar. It is expanded in a reversible adiabatic process to a pressure of
1 bar. It is cooled at constant pressure of 1 bar to 300 K.
Determine the heat and work effects for each step. Assume Cp=
29.3 kJ/kmol K.
OR
Q.3 (a) Discuss briefly: (1) State and path functions (2) Closed and open 03
systems.
(b) Explain in brief: Clausius Inequality. 04
(c) Reported values for the virial coefficients of isoproponal vapor at 200 0C 07
are: B = - 388 cm3 / mol and C = - 26000 cm6 / mol2. Calculate V and Z
for isoproponal vapor at 2000C and 10 bar by the following equations. (i)
Ideal gas equation (ii) the truncated virial equation of state considering
three terms on right hand side.

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Q.4 (a) Write note on third law of thermodynamics. 03
(b) Prove that ‘A reversible process is never attained in practice. It can only 04
be approached’
(c) List the types of thermodynamic diagrams and discuss any one of them. 07
OR
Q.4 (a) Distinguish between steady state and equilibrium state. 03
(b) Discuss Virial equation of state in brief. 04
(c) Oil at 500 K is to be cooled at a 5000 kg/h in a counter-current 07
exchanger using cold water available at 295 K. A temperature approach
of 10 K is to be maintained at both ends of the exchanger. The specific
heats of oil and water are 3.2 and 4.2 kJ/kg K. Calculate total entropy
change in the process.

Q.5 (a) Write note on Heat Pump. 03

(b) Explain working Principle of Linde liquefaction process. 04
(c) Derive the equation for maximum velocity in pipe flow, 07
OR
Q.5 (a) Explain multistage compressor. 03
(b) Discuss Vapor compression cycle. 04
(c) Using Maxwell’s equation prove that : dH = CpdT + V(1 – βT)dP dS = 07
CpdT/T - βVdP Where β = Volume expansivity

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