DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

II Year / IV Semester
18MEC206JT– THERMAL ENGINEERING
ASSIGNMENT-I
SET-1 (Batches: 1, 3, 5, and 7)
*Last Date of Submission-27/02/2020
(10 x 5 = 50 marks)
The power output of an IC engine is measured by a rope brake dynamometer.
The diameter of brake pulley is 700 mm and rope diameter is 25 mm. The load
on the tight side of the rope is 50 kg and spring balance read 50N. The engine is
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running at 900 rpm consumes fuel of calorific value of 44000 kJ/kg, at a rate of
4 kg/hr. Calculate i. Brake specific fuel consumption, ii. Brake thermal
Efficiency.
A 4 cylinder 2 stroke petrol engine develop 30 kW at 2500 rpm. The mean
effective pressure on each piston is 8 bar and mechanical efficiency is 80%.
2. CO2 Calculate the diameter and stroke of each cylinder if stroke to bore ratio is 10
1.5. Also evaluate the fuel consumption of the engine, if brake thermal K3
efficiency is 28%. The Calorific Value of the fuel is 43900 kJ/kg.
Briefly explain the construction of an Internal Combustion engine with the
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help of neat sketch.
Briefly explain about the knocking & Detonation in IC engine with the help of
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neat sketch.
In a trial of single cylinder oil engine working on a dual cycle, the following
observations were made :
 Compression ratio = 15
 Oil consumption = 10.2 kg/h
 Calorific value of fuel = 43890 kJ/kg
 Air consumption = 3.8 kg/min
 Speed =1900 rpm
5 CO2  Torque on the brake drum = 186 N-m K4 10
 Quantity of cooling water used = 15.5kg/min
 Temperature rise = 36oC
 Exhaust gas temperature = 410oC
 Room temperature = 20oC
 Cpfor exhaust gases =1.17 kJ/kg K
Calculate : (i) Brake power, (ii) Brake specific fuel consumption, (iii)
Brake thermal efficiency. Draw heat balance sheet on minute basis.
 DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
II Year / IV Semester
18MEC206JT– THERMAL ENGINEERING
ASSIGNMENT-I
SET-2 (Batches: 2, 4, 6, and 8)
*Last Date of Submission-28/02/2020
(10 x 5 = 50 marks)
A 4 cylinder 4 stroke SI engine has a compression ratio of 8 and bore of 100mm,
with stroke equals to bore. The volumetric efficiency of each cylinder is 75%.
The engine speed is 4800 rpm with an air fuel ratio of 15. CV of fuel is
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42000kJ/kg, mean effective pressure in the cylinder=10 bar and mechanical
efficiency of the engine = 80%. Determine Indicated thermal efficiency and
Brake Power.
A six cylinder 4-S, SI engine having a piston displacement of 700 cm3 per
cylinder developed 78kW at 3200 rpm and consumed 27 kg of petrol per hour.
2. CO2 The calorific value of Petrol is 44 MJ/kg. Estimate i. The volumetric efficiency 10
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of the engine if the A:F is 12 and intake air is at 0.9 bar, 32 C. ii. Find Brake K3
Thermal Efficiency and iii. The Brake Torque.
Briefly explain the construction of an Internal Combustion engine with the
3. CO2 K2 10
help of neat sketch.
Briefly explain about the knocking & Detonation in IC engine with the help of
4 CO2 K2 10
neat sketch.
During an experiment on four stroke single cylinder engine the indicator
diagram obtained has average height of 1 cm while indicator constant is 25
kN/m2 per mm. The engine run at 300 rpm and the swept volume is 1.5 × 104
cm3. The effective brake load upon dynamometer is 60 kg while the effective
brake drum radius is 50 cm. The fuel consumption is 0.12 kg/min and the
5 CO2 calorific value of fuel oil is 42 MJ/kg. The engine is cooled by circulating water K4 10
around it at the rate of 6 kg/min. The cooling water enters at 35º C and leaves
at 70ºC. Exhaust gases leaving have energy of 30 kJ/s with them. Take specific
heat of water as 4.18 kJ/kg K.
*Determine indicated power output, brake power output and mechanical
efficiency. Also draw the overall energy balance in kJ/s
 DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
II Year / IV Semester
18MEC206JT– THERMAL ENGINEERING
ASSIGNMENT-I
SET-3 (Batches: 9, 11, 13, 15, and 17)
*Last Date of Submission-29/02/2020
(10 x 5 = 50 marks)
The following particulars are obtained in a trial on a 4-S gas engine
Duration of trial = 1 hour
Revolutions = 14000
Number of missed cycles = 500
Net Brake Load = 1470 N
MEP= 7.5 bar
Gas Consumption = 20000 liters
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LCV of fuel at admit conditions = 21kJ/liters
Cylinder Diameters = 250 mm
Stroke = 400mm
Effective Brake Circumference = 4m
CR=6.5:1
Calculate
i.IP, ii. BP, iii. ɳm .iv. ɳit, v. Relative efficiency
During the test of 40 minutes on a single cylinder gas engine of 200 mm
cylinder bore and 400 mm stroke, working on the four-stroke cycle and
governed by hit and miss method of governing, the following readings were
taken:
Total number of revolutions = 9400
Total number of explosions = 4200
Area of indicator diagram = 550 mm2
Length of indicator diagram = 72 mm
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Spring number = 0.8 bar/mm
Brake load = 540 N K3
Brake wheel diameter = 1.6 m
Brake rope diameter = 2 cm
Gas used = 8.5 m3
Calorific value of gas = 15900 kJ/m3
Calculate: (i) Indicated power, (ii) Brake power, and (iii) Indicated and
brake thermal efficiency.
Briefly explain the construction of an Internal Combustion engine with the
3. CO2 K2 10
help of neat sketch.
Briefly explain about the knocking & Detonation in IC engine with the help of
4 CO2 K2 10
neat sketch.
5 CO2 During 15 minutes trial of an internal combustion engine of 2-stroke single K4 10
cylinder type the total 4 kg fuel is consumed while the engine is run at 1500
rpm. Engine is cooled employing water being circulated at 15 kg/min with its
inlet and exit temperatures as 27ºC and 50ºC. The total air consumed is 150 kg
and the exhaust temperature is 400ºC. The atmospheric temperature is 27ºC.
The mean specific heat of exhaust gases may be taken as 1.25 kJ/kg K. The
mechanical efficiency is 0.9.
Determine,
 the brake power,
 brake specific fuel consumption
 and indicated thermal efficiency.
Also draw energy balance on per minute basis. Brake torque is 300 Nm and the
fuel calorific value is 42 MJ/kg.

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

II Year / IV Semester
 18MEC206JT– THERMAL ENGINEERING
ASSIGNMENT-I
SET-4 (Batches: 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18)
*Last Date of Submission-02/03/2020
(10 x 5 = 50 marks)
The following observations were recorded during the test on a 6-cylinder,
4-stroke Diesel engine :
Bore = 125 mm
Stroke = 125 mm
Engine speed = 2400 r.p.m.
Load on a dynamometer = 490 N
Dynamometer constant = 16100
Air orifice diameter = 55 mm
Co-efficient of discharge = 0.66
Head causing flow through orifice = 310 mm of water
Barometer reading = 760 mm Hg
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Ambient temperature = 25◦ C
Fuel consumption = 22.1 kg/h
Calorific value of fuel = 45100 kJ/kg
Per cent carbon in the fuel = 85%
Per cent hydrogen in the fuel = 15%
Pressure of air at the end of suction stroke = 1.013 bar
Temperature at the end of stroke = 25◦ C
Calculate :
• (i)Brake mean effective pressure, (ii) Specific fuel consumption,
(iii) Brake thermal efficiency, (iv) Volumetric efficiency,
Percentage of excess air supplied.
Find the air-fuel ratio of a 4-stroke, 1 cylinder, air cooled engine with fuel
consumption time for 10 cc as 20.0 sec. and air consumption time for 0.1 m3 as
16.3 sec. The load is 16 kg at speed of 3000 rpm. Also find brake specific fuel
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consumption in g/kWh and brake thermal efficiency. Assume the density of air
as 1.175 kg/m3 and specific gravity of fuel to be 0.7. The lower heating value of
fuel is 44 MJ/kg and the dynamometer constant is 5000.
3. CO2 The following observations were recorded in a test of one hour duration K4 10
on a single cylinder oil engine working on four stroke cycle.
 Bore =300 mm
 Stroke =450 mm
 Fuel used = 8.8 kg
 Calorific value of fuel = 41800 kJ/kg
 Average speed =200 rpm
 m.e.p = 5.8 bar
 brake friction load = 1860 N
 Quantity of cooling water = 650 kg
  Temperature rise = 22oC
 Diameter of brake wheel = 1.22 m
Calculate: (i) Mechanical efficiency, (ii) Brake thermal efficiency.
Draw the heat balance sheet.
Briefly explain the construction of an Internal Combustion engine with the
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help of neat sketch.
Briefly explain about the knocking & Detonation in IC engine with the help of
5 CO2 K2 10
neat sketch.