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This document outlines the examination details for the Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I course at Gujarat Technological University, scheduled for June 29, 2024. It includes instructions for the exam, a breakdown of questions covering various thermodynamic principles, and calculations related to heat engines, entropy changes, and thermodynamic laws. The exam consists of multiple questions with varying marks, requiring students to demonstrate their understanding of thermodynamics concepts.

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This document outlines the examination details for the Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I course at Gujarat Technological University, scheduled for June 29, 2024. It includes instructions for the exam, a breakdown of questions covering various thermodynamic principles, and calculations related to heat engines, entropy changes, and thermodynamic laws. The exam consists of multiple questions with varying marks, requiring students to demonstrate their understanding of thermodynamics concepts.

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Enrolment No.

/Seat No_______________

GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


BE - SEMESTER–III (NEW) EXAMINATION – SUMMER 2024
Subject Code:3130507 Date:29-06-2024
Subject Name: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I
Time:10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks:70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.

MARKS
Q.1 (a) Define equilibrium and state Phase rule 03
(b) Explain (i) System and Surroundings (ii) Macroscopic and Microscopic 04
aspect
(c) Derive the first law of thermodynamics for close system 07

Q.2 (a) Show that CP - CV = R for an ideal gas 03


(b) Write a note on various statements of the second law of thermodynamics 04
(c) A steel casting weighing 35 kg at a temperature 725K is quenched in 150 07
kg oil at 275K. If there are no heat losses, Calculate the change in entropy.
The specific heat (CP) of steel is 0.88 kJ/kg K and that of oil is 2.5 kJ/kg
K.
OR
(c) For an ideal gas with constant heat capacities, undergoing a reversible 07
adiabatic (and therefore isentropic) process, prove that:
 −1
T2  P2  
= 
T1  P1 

Q.3 (a) Explain Hess law of heat summation 03


(b) A system consisting of a gas confined in a cylinder undergoes following 04
series of processes before it is brought back to initial conditions.
Step1: A constant pressure process when it receives 500J of work
and gives up 200J of heat.
Step2: A constant volume process when it receives 100J of heat.
Step3: An adiabatic process.
Determine the change in internal energy ΔU during each step and work
done during adiabatic process.
(c) Calculate the compressibility factor and molar volume of methanol 07
vapour at 500K and 10bar. Using virial equation truncated up-to the third
virial coefficient? B = -2.19 ×10-4 m3/mol, C -1.73 ×10-8 m6/mol2.
OR

1
Q.3 (a) Write a note on Third law of thermodynamics 03
(b) Explain the operation of heat pump. 04
(c) For the following reaction, 07
CO2 + 4H2 2H2O + CH4
The standard heat of reaction at 298 K is -164.987 kJ.
The constants in the heat capacity (J/mol K) are as below;
α β× 103 γ× 106
CO2 26.75 42.26 -14.25
H2 26.88 4.35 -0.33
H2 O 29.16 14.49 -2.02
CH4 13.41 77.03 -18.74

Calculate the standard heat of reaction at 773K. Use Cp = α + βT + γT2

Q.4 (a) A heat engine operates between a heat source at 700 K and a heat sink at 03
300 K. What is the maximum efficiency of the engine?
(b) Enlist various liquefaction processes and explain any one process used in 04
the process industry
(c) Show that in a 2-stage reciprocating compressor, the min. total work 07
results when the pressure ratios in each stage are equal and are given by
the square root of the over-all pressure ratio
OR
Q.4 (a) Write Short note on “Ejectors”. 03
(b) What is an equation of state? Give the expression for any three equations 04
of state
(c) Explain with a schematic diagram the working of an absorption 07
refrigeration system

Q.5 (a) Discuss about Pitzer’s modification to law of corresponding states? 03


(b) List the properties affecting the choice of a refrigerant? 04
(c) Explain the operation of heat pump. 07

OR
Q.5 (a) Draw and explain the mnemonic diagram for the thermodynamics 03
property relations.
(b) List all Maxwell relations 04
(c) Show that in multistage compression for minimum work, the inter-stage 07
pressure is the geometric mean of the initial and final pressures

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