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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Mechanical Engineering Department
MID-TERM EXAMINATION
Part 1
ME 423 – Energy Conversion
Fall Semester 2020-2021 (201)

Time Allowed: 45 minutes for each part of the exam Date: October 19, 2020
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INSTRUCTIONS:
1) Make sure that this exam has two questions in each part.
2) Write your solution neatly and underline the answer with units.
3) Show all steps of a calculation.
4) Clear your calculator memory and switch your mobile phone off before you start.
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Problem # Marks Grade
1 40
2 10
3 30
4 20
TOTAL 100

Please read the message below before starting the exam:

Any student who is found cheating, attempting to cheat or helps in cheating in any written
examination will not be allowed to continue the examination and will get an F grade in the course.
The student may be subject for additional penalty in accordance with KFUPM regulations.
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Problem 1 [40 Marks]

Consider a steam power plant operating on the ideal reheat Rankine cycle. Steam enters the high-pressure
turbine at 20 MPa and 500 °C. The steam is reheated to the inlet temperature of the high-pressure turbine
and condensed in the condenser at a pressure of 4 kPa. The steam quality at the exit of the low-pressure
turbine is 80% and the mass flow rate of the working fluid is [x] kg/s.
1. Draw T-s diagram for the cycle, and determine
2. Mass flow rate of the working fluid, in kg/s
3. The pressure in the reheater, in MPa.
4. The thermal efficiency of the cycle, in %.
5. The net power output of the Rankine cycle, in kW.

Here, [x] = [100+((A+B)3)/100)], where A is the fifth digit in your KFUPM ID from left and B is the
sixth digit in your ID from left. If your ID is 201612345, A = 1, B = 2.

Problem 2 [10 Marks]

Consider an Otto cycle with the working fluid having a specific heat ratio (k) of 1.4. The maximum volume
of the cylinder is [x] cm3, the minimum volume is [y] cm3. Determine:
1. Maximum volume of the cylinder in cm3
2. Minimum volume of the cylinder in cm3.
3. Thermal efficiency of the Otto cycle, in %.

Here, [x] = [600+((A+B)2)/3)] and [y] = [60+((A+B)2)/10]

where A is the fifth digit in your KFUPM ID from left and B is the sixth digit in your ID from left. If
your ID is 201612345, A = 1, B = 2.