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B.E / B.Tech. PRACTICAL END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2019

Fifth Semester

ME 8512 - THERMAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY

(Regulations 2017)

Time : 3 Hours Answer any one Question Max. Marks 100

Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total

required/Procedure Circuit/Program/ & Results
Drawing
10 30 40 10 10 100

Use of Steam tables permitted.

Conduct the performance test on 4-stroke diesel engine at 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% & 100% of full
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load. Determine Mechanical efficiency, Brake thermal efficiency, Indicated thermal efficiency &
Specific fuel consumption. Determine friction power using Willan’s line method. Draw the
graph for SFC, ηBT, ηIT Vs BP. Tabulate the results. (100)

Conduct the heat balance test on 4-stroke diesel engine at 0%, 50% & 100% of full load. Use
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exhaust gas calorimeter method. Draw the heat balance sheet. (100)

3. Conduct the Morse test on multi-cylinder petrol engine and determine Friction power in the each
cylinder of the engine and there by calculate the Mechanical efficiency of the engine and tabulate
your results. (100)

4. Conduct the performance test on Steam turbine. Determine Mechanical efficiency, Brake
thermal efficiency, Rankine efficiency & Specific steam consumption. (100)

(a)Determine the Mechanical efficiency of Single Cylinder Slow Speed diesel engine by
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conducting Retardation test. Apply 25% of maximum load. Tabulate your results. (50)
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(b)Conduct the thermal conductivity measurement by composite wall method. (50)

6. Conduct the heat balance test on Steam boiler and steam turbine at a particular pressure.
(100)

Determine the heat transfer coefficient on the given forced convection inside tube
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Apparatus with variable air flow rate and at constant heat input. (100)

Determine surface heat transfer co-efficient, local heat transfer co-efficient along the length of
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the tube and also to draw the graph between local heat transfer co- efficient and distance along
the length of the tube under the natural convectionmode. (100)

9. Compare the heat transfer rate, LMTD, overall heat transfer coefficient and
effectiveness of a parallel flow and counter flow concentric tube heat exchanger for the
same mass flow rates of cold and hot fluids. Show the variation of temperatures along the
length of the heat exchanger tube for both hot and cold fluids in graphical form. Which type
of flow is more effective for the same mass flow rate? Justify your answer based on the
experimental results. (100)

(a) Conduct the thermal conductivity measurement by guarded plate method. (50)
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(b)Draw the Port timing diagram of two stroke engine observing opening and closing of various
ports (50)

(a) Conduct the thermal conductivity of pipe insulation using lagged pipe apparatus. (50)
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(b) Draw the Valve timing diagram of four stroke petrol engine observing opening and closing of
inlet and exhaust valves. (50)

12. Determine the heat transfer from pin fin using natural convection modes. (100)

(a) Conduct the performance test and determine the efficiency of a given cooling tower.
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13. (50)

(b) Determine the Flash and Fire point of given oil using Open cup apparatus. (50)

Determine the Stefan-Boltzmann c o n s t a n t in a radiation heat transfer process and verify

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your result with the known value of σ = 5.67 X 10-8 W/m2 K4. State the reasons for variation,
if any, in your experimental value. (100)

Conduct an experiment on a hollow tube subjected to a forced convection internal air flow
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heat transfer process. Estimate the experimental and theoretical heat transfer coefficient for a
fixed rate of heat input to the hollow tube and by varying the mass flow rate of air. (100)

16. Conduct the performance test on a single stage air compressor and determine its
volumetric efficiency. Tabulate the volumetric efficiency for different delivery
pressures of the compressor unit. (100)

17. Conduct the performance analysis on a refrigeration test rig and determine the actual COP o f
the system. Also c a l c u l a t e C a r n o t C O P a n d Relative COP from the temperature and
pressure measured at salient points. (100)

(a)Conduct the thermal conductivity measurement by insulating powder method. (50)

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(b)Determine the Flash and Fire point of given oil using Open cup apparatus. (50)

(a) Draw the Port timing diagram of two stroke engine observing opening and closing of various
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ports (50)
(b) Draw and explain about psychrometric processes (50)

20. (a)Determine the [i] Theoretical COP, [ii] Experimental COP, [iii] Carnot COP, and
[iv] Relative COP of a vapor compression refrigeration system using capillary tube
expansion valve. (Hydrocarbon) (50)
(b) Determine the emissivity of the given test plate at any desired temperature using
Emissivity measurement apparatus. (50)
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