Regulation: 2021 Reg.

No:

JAI SHRIRAM
ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, Accredited by NAAC,
NBA Accredited for ECE & CSE)
Dharapuram Road, Avinashipalayam, Tirupur – 638 660.

INTERNAL TEST - 02 / November - 2022

III Semester
DEGREE & BRANCH: B.E - MECH Date & Session: 08/11/2022 & FN

ME3391 ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS

Time: 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Maximum: 50 Marks

Answer All Questions

Q. No. PART - A (6 x 2 = 12 Marks) CD KD LL CO

1 Define Availability. R F 1 3
2 Define irreversibility. U F 1 3
3 What do you understand by high grade and low grade energy? R F 1 3
4 Define degree of Superheat. R F 1 4
5 What is latent heat and sensible heat? R F 1 4
6 Define critical point. R F 1 4

Q.No. PART - B (2 x13 = 26 Marks) CD KD LL CO

An adiabatic turbine receives gas (Cp = 1.00 kJ/kgK, γ = 1.3) at
700 kPa and 1000ºC and discharges it at 150 kPa and 655ºC.
7a) E C 2 3
taking To = 25ºC, determine the second law an isentropic
efficiencies of the turbine.
(Or)
An insulated rigid tank contains 0.9 kg of air at 150 kPa and 20ºC.a
paddle wheel inside the tank is now rotated b an external power
7b) source until the temperature in the tank raises to 55ºC. if the E F 2 3
surrounding air is at To = 20ºC, determine the Exergy destroyed and
the reversible work or the process. Take Cv of the air = 0.718 kJ/kgK.
Steam initially at 0.3 Mpa, 250°C is cooled at constant volume. At
what temperature will the steam become saturated vapor? What is
8a) E F 2 4
the steam quality at 80°C? Also find what is the heat transferred per
kg of steam in cooling from 250°C to 80°C.
(Or)
Boiler steam at 8 bar, 250ºC, reaches the engine control valve
through a pipeline at 7 bar, 200ºC. it is throttled to 5 bar before
expanding in the engine to 0.1 bar, 0.9 dry. Determine per kg of
8b) steam (a) the heat loss in the pipeline, (b) the temperature drop in E F 2 4
passing through the throttle valve, (c) the work output of the engine,
(d) the entropy change due to throttling and (e) the entropy change in
passing through the engine.
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Q. No. PART - C (2 x 6 = 12 Marks) CD KD CO
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An isolated system consists of two solid blocks. One has a mass of 5
kg and is initially at 300ºC. The other block has a mass of 10 kg and
is initially at -50ºC. The blocks are allowed to come into thermal
9 E F 2 3
equilibrium. Assuming the blocks to be incompressible with constant
specific heats of 1.0 and 0.4 kJ/kgK, respectively, determine the final
temperature and the irreversibility. Take To= 27ºC
Steam expands through the engine from 10 bar, 250ºC to 0.1 bar.
10 Find the quality of steam at the exit from the engine and the work E F 2 4
output from the engine.

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P. Marshal Raj HoD
 Regulation: 2021 Reg.
No:

JAI SHRIRAM
ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, Accredited by NAAC,
NBA Accredited for ECE & CSE)
Dharapuram Road, Avinashipalayam, Tirupur – 638 660.

INTERNAL TEST - 02 / November - 2022

III Semester
DEGREE & BRANCH: B.E - MECH Date & Session: 08/11/2022 & FN

ME3391 ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS

Time: 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Maximum: 50 Marks

Answer All Questions

Q. No. PART - A (6 x 2 = 12 Marks) CD KD LL CO

1 Define Availability. R F 1 3
2 Define irreversibility. U F 1 3
3 What do you understand by high grade and low grade energy? R F 1 3
4 Define critical point. R F 1 4
5 Define triple point. R F 1 4
6 What is saturation point? R F 1 4

Q.No. PART - B (2 x13 = 26 Marks) CD KD LL CO

An adiabatic turbine receives gas (Cp = 1.00 kJ/kgK, γ = 1.3) at
700 kPa and 1000ºC and discharges it at 150 kPa and 655ºC.
7a) E C 2 3
Taking To = 25ºC, determine the second law an isentropic
efficiencies of the turbine.
(Or)
An insulated rigid tank contains 0.9 kg of air at 150 kPa and 20ºC.a
paddle wheel inside the tank is now rotated b an external power
7b) source until the temperature in the tank raises to 55ºC. if the E F 2 3
surrounding air is at To = 20ºC, determine the Exergy destroyed and
the reversible work or the process. Take Cv of the air = 0.718 kJ/kgK.
Tank A has a volume of 0.1 m3 and contains steam at 200ºC, 10
percent liquid and 90 percent vapor b volume, while tank B is
evacuated. The valve is then opened and the tanks eventually come
8a) E F 2 4
to the same pressure, which was found to be 4 bar. During this
process, heat is transferred such that the steam remains at 200ºC.
what is the volume of tank B.
(Or)
Steam expands isentropically in a nozzle from 1 MPa, 250ºC to 10
kPa. The steam flow rate is 1 kg/s. Find the velocity of the steam at
8b) the exit from the nozzle. Neglect the velocity of steam at the inlet to E F 2 4
the nozzle. The exhaust steam from the nozzle flows into the
condenser and flows out as saturated water. The cooling water enters
 the condenser at 25ºC and leaves at 35ºC. Determine the mass flow
rate of cooling water.

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Q. No. PART - C (2 x 6 = 12 Marks) CD KD CO
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An isolated system consists of two solid blocks. One has a mass of 5
kg and is initially at 300ºC. The other block has a mass of 10 kg and
is initially at -50ºC. The blocks are allowed to come into thermal
9 E F 2 3
equilibrium. Assuming the blocks to be incompressible with constant
specific heats of 1.0 and 0.4 kJ/kgK, respectively, determine the final
temperature and the irreversibility. Take To= 27ºC
10 kg of water at 45ºC is heated at a constant pressure of 10 bar until
10 it becomes superheated vapor at 300ºC. Find the change in volume, E F 2 4
enthalpy, internal energy and entropy

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P. Marshal Raj HoD