Channabasaveshwara Institute of Technology

(Affiliated to VTU, Belgaum & Recognized by A.I.C.T.E. New Delhi)

(NAAC Accredited & An ISO 9001:2015 Certified Institution)
NH 206, (B.H. Road), Gubbi, Tumkur – 572 216. Karnataka

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Applied Thermodynamics Question bank-2

1. With flow, PV-TS diagram, derive efficiency of Carnot vapour cycle.

2. In a Carnot cycle heat supplied at 350oc and is rejected at250c.The entropy change during evaporation is
1.438 kj / kgo k. If the cycle operates with 1kg of water, find the heat supplied, work done and heat rejected
per cycle. What is the pressure of water during heat reception?

3. Explain effect of operating conditions on Rankine cycle.

4. A steam power plant is supplied with dry saturated steam at a pressure of 12 bars and
exhaust into a condenser at 0.1bar. Calculate the Rankine efficiency by using steam table
and mollier diagram. Neglect pumps work.

5. With PV-TS and flow diagram, Derive an expression for the rankine cycle efficiency.

6. Steam turbine receives super heated steam at 17 bars and having a degree of superheat of
1100c. The exhaust pressure is 0.07 bars and the expansion takes place isentropically.
Calculate heat supplied, rejected, work done and thermal efficiency.

7. With flow and TS diagram explain reheat cycle

8. A turbine supplied with a steam at a pressure of 32 bars and a temp of 400 0c. The steam
expands to a pressure of 0.08 bars. Find the dryness fraction at the end of the expansion
process and thermal efficiency. If steam is re heated at 5.5 bars to a temperature of 400 0c
and then expands isentropically. What will be the dryness fraction and thermal efficiency
of the cycle?
9. With flow, TS-PV diagram explain about regeneration cycle.

10. In a single heater regenerative cycle the steam enters at 30 bars, 400 0c and exhaust at 0.10
bar. The feed heater is a direct type which operates at 5bars. Find efficiency and steam rate
of the cycle. Neglect pump work.

11. With a neat sketch explain in detail Open & closed feed water heaters.

12. Consider an ideal gas turbine cycle with two stage of compression and two stage of
expansion. The pressure ratio across each stage of the compressor and turbine is 3. The air
enters each stage of the compressor at 300k and each stage of the turbine at 1200k.
Determine the work ratio and the thermal efficiency of the cycle, when no regenerator is
used. Assume an efficiency of 80% for each compressor stage and an efficiency of 85%
for each turbine stage.
13. A closed cycle gas turbine plant consists of a 2 stage compressor and a turbine. All the
components are mounted on the same shaft. The pressure and temperature at the inlet of
the first compressor are 1.5 bar and 200C. The maximum limited temperature and pressure
in the cycle are respectively 7500C and 6 bar. A perfect intercooler is used between the 2
stage compressor and a reheater between the two turbines. Assuming c = T = 0.82,
calculate (a) the efficiency of the cycle without regenerator (b) the efficiency of the cycle
with regenerator whose effectiveness is 0.70 (c) the mass of the fluid circulated if the net
power developed by the plant is 350KW. Take Cp = 1.005 kJ/kg K and  = 1.4 for air.

14. What are the advantages of multi-stage compression?. Derive an expression for volumetric
efficiency of a single stage reciprocating air compressor in terms of clearance factor
(CorK), pressure ratio(P2/P1) and index of compression(n).

15. Derive an expression for minimum work required by a two stage air compressor with
perfect inters cooling between stages.

16. A single stage, double acting air compressor, required to deliver 14M 3 of air per minute
measured at 1.013 bar and 150 C. The delivery pressure is 7 bar and speed is 300rpm. Take
the clearance volume as 5% of swept volume with the compression and expansion index
n=1.3. calculate ;1) the swept volume of cylinder; 2)delivery temperature; 3)indicated
power.

17. A single acting two stage air compressor delivers air at 17 bar when the pressure and
temperature of the air at the end of suction are 1 bar and 303K. The interstage pressure is
4 bar and there is a perfect intercooling. If LP cylinder dia is 23cm and common stroke is
15cm and speed of the compressor is 350 rpm. Determine 1. Volumetric efficiency of LP
stage compressor 2. Heat transfer in the intercooler in Kj/min and 3. Capacity of the motor
required to drive the compressor if the mechanical efficiency is 85% assume the clearance
volume of the LP compressor = 5% of stroke volume. The compression and expansion in
both the cylinders follows the law PV1.25=constant.

18. Derive an expression for work done in a reciprocating air compressor (1) without clearance
(2) with clearance

19. Define the following with respect to a reciprocating air compressor (i) isothermal
efficiency (ii)adiabatic efficiency (iii) mechanical efficiency (iv) overall efficiency.

20. A gas turbine plant consists of two stage compressor with perfect intercooler and single
stage turbine .the conditions of air at the inlet to the compressor are 300C and 1 bar. The
pressure ratio is 5.6 and the maximum temperature of the cycle is limited to 7000C.
Assuming the isentropic efficiency of each compressor stage as 85% and that of the turbine
as 90%. Determine the power developed and efficiency of the plant. If the air flow is 1.2
kg/s.the mass fuel may neglected. And it may be assumed that Cp = 1.02 kJ/kg-k and  =
1.41.