CODE No.

:10BT50301

SREE VIDYANIKETHAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE

(An Autonomous Institution, Affiliated to JNTUA, Anantapur)
III B.Tech I Semester (SVEC10) Regular/Supplementary Examinations November - 2014
THERMAL ENGINEERING - II
[ Mechanical Engineering ]
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
1. a) Steam at a pressure of 15 bar and 3000c is delivered to the throttle of an engine. The steam expands
to 2 bar when release occurs. The steam exhaust takes place at 1.1 bar. A performance test gave the
result of the specific steam consumption of 12.8 kg/kw h and mechanical efficiency of 80 percent.
Determine: i) Ideal work or the modified Rankine engine work per kg
ii) Efficiency of the modified Rankine engine or ideal thermal efficiency.
iii) The indicated and brake work per kg
iv) The brake thermal efficiency
v) The relative efficiency on the basis of indicated work and brake work.
b) State the advantages of regenerative cycle/simple Rankine cycle.
2. a) Explain with neat sketches the construction and working of any two high pressure boilers.
b) How much air is used per kg of coal burnt in a boiler having chimney of 32.3 m height to create a
draught of 19 mm of water column when the temperature of flue gases in the chimney is 370 C and
the temperature of the boiler house is 29.5 C?

3. a) Steam at a pressure of 11.8 bar and at 220C is discharges through convergent divergent nozzle to a
back pressure a 1.18 bar. The mass flow rate is 16.45 kg/kW h. If power developed is 184 kW.
Determine i) Number of nozzle required if throat diameter is 7 mm.
ii) Exit diameter and velocity.
The 8% enthalpy loss is in divergent part only.
b) Explain the terms related to convergent divergent nozzle:
i) Shock ii) Overexpansion iii) Under expansion.

4. a) Derive the expression for maximum blade efficiency in a single stage impulse turbine.
b) Enumerate the energy losses in steam turbine.

5. Write the assumptions in derivation of maximum efficiency condition of reaction turbine.

And derive condition for maximum efficiency of reaction turbine with neat relevant sketches.

6. a) Explain the working principle of an Evaporative Condenser with a neat sketch.

b) What is a Steam Condenser? How do you classify them?

7. a) A turbojet engine is travelling at 920 km/h at standard sea level conditions. The ram efficiency is 0.87
and compression ratio is 4.3, the compressor efficiency is 0.82 and the burner pressure loss is 2%.
The air fuel ratio is 0.0119, the turbine inlet temperature is 950 K, the turbine efficiency is 0.83 and
equivalent nozzle efficiency is 0.96.
Calculate i) the specific gross thrust and ii) the thrust specific fuel consumption.
b) Define and derive the specific impulse and propulsive efficiency of rocket engine.

8. a) A turbojet engine is being used to propel an aeroplane with the drag of 3900 N and the coefficient of
drag is 0.01835. The wing area is 21.25 m2, the air consumption per second of the engine is 14.5 kg/s
and thrust developed is 8900 N. Calculate the flight velocity, effective jet velocity and specific thrust.
b) Discuss the advantages and limitations of liquid propellant rockets over solid propellant rockets.