Scribd
Upload
4 views1 page

Mid sem

The document is an examination paper for the Basic Thermodynamics subject at the National Institute of Technology Silchar, intended for third-semester Mechanical Engineering students. It consists of various questions related to thermodynamic principles, including flow rates, heat transfer, and thermodynamic cycles, with a total of 20 marks. All questions are compulsory and require calculations and explanations based on thermodynamic concepts.

Uploaded by

ankurkumarnits
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
4 views1 page

Mid sem

The document is an examination paper for the Basic Thermodynamics subject at the National Institute of Technology Silchar, intended for third-semester Mechanical Engineering students. It consists of various questions related to thermodynamic principles, including flow rates, heat transfer, and thermodynamic cycles, with a total of 20 marks. All questions are compulsory and require calculations and explanations based on thermodynamic concepts.

Uploaded by

ankurkumarnits
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

National Institute of Technology Silchar

Mid-Semester (UG) Examination, October, 2021


Subject Code: ME-201 Subject: Basic Thermodynamics
rd
Semester: 3 Branch: Mechanical Engineering
Duration: One hour Total Marks: 20
( All questions are compulsory)
Figures in the right hand margin indicate full marks for the respective questions

1. (a) Consider a device with one inlet and one outlet. If the volume flow rates at the inlet and at the 2
outlet are the same, is the flow through this device necessarily steady? Why?

(b) On a hot summer day, a student turns his fans on when he leaves his room in the morning. 2
When he returns in the evening, will the room be warmer or cooler than the neighbouring
rooms? Why? Assume all the doors and windows are kept closed.

(c) A turbo compressor delivers 2.33 m3/s of air at 0.276 MPa, 430C which is heated at this 4
pressure to 4300C and finally expanded in a turbine which delivers 1860 kW. During the
expansion, there is a heat transfer of 0.09 MJ/s to the surroundings. Calculate the turbine
exhaust temperature if changes in kinetic and potential energy are negligible. Take C p = 1.005
kJ/kgK.

(d) Show that energy is a property of a system. 2

2. (a) Is heat transfer to or from the fluid desirable as it flows through a nozzle? How will heat 2
transfer affect the fluid velocity at the nozzle exit?

(b) Air at 80 kPa, 27°C, and 220 m/s enters a diffuser at a rate of 2.5 kg/s and leaves at 42°C. 3
The exit area of the diffuser is 400 cm2. The air is estimated to lose heat at a rate of 18 kJ/s
during this process. Determine (a) the exit velocity and (b) the exit pressure of the air.

(c) A gas undergoes a thermodynamic cycle consisting of the following processes: i) process 1-2: 5
Constant pressure p = 1.4 bar, V1 = 0.028m3, W1-2 = 10.5 kJ, ii) process 2-3: compression
with pV = C, U3 = U2, iii) process 3-1: constant volume U1 - U3 = -26.4 kJ. There are no
significant changes in KE and PE. Sketch the cycle on (a) p-V diagram, (b) calculate the net
work for the cycle.

You might also like