RMK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

RSM NAGAR, PUDUVOYAL-601206

Name of the Student : Degree/Branch : B.E - Mech

Register Number : Semester/Sec : III -

Exam Date : SET I Staff :

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Mechanical Engineering
Third Semester
ME 6301- ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS
UNIT TEST-UNIT 1
Answer ALL Questions
PART A — (5 × 2 = 10 Marks)
1. What is the difference between a closed system and an open system?

2. Explain the difference between a point function and a path function.

3. What is a quasi static process?

4. What is the difference between heat and internal energy?

5. Compare heat transfer with work transfer.

PART B — (2 X 15 = 30 Marks)
i) Derive an expression for the heat transfer in an polytropic process

ii) A mass of air is initially at 2600C and 700 Kpa and occupies 0.028 m3. The air is
6)a) expanded at constant pressure to 0.084 m3. A polytropic process with n = 1.5 is then
carried out, followed by a constant temperature process. All the processes are reversible.
Find the efficiency of the cycle.
(OR)
A system contain 0.2 m3 of a gas at a pressure of 4 bar and 150°C. It is expanded
adiabatically till the pressure falls to 1 bar. The gas is then heated at a constant pressure
b) till its enthalpy increases by 100 kJ. Determine the total work done. Take Cp = 1 kJ/kgK
and Cv = 0.714 kJ/kgK.

A gas contained in a cylinder is compressed from 1 Mpa and 0.05 m3 to

2Mpa.Compression is governed by pv1.4 = constant. Internal energy of a gas is given
by; U = 7.5 PV – 425 KJ.Where P is Pressure in Kpa and V is volume in m 3. Determine
7)a) heat, Work and change in internal energy assuming compression process to be
quasistatic. Also find out work interaction, if the 180 KJ of heat is transferred to system
between same states. Also explain why it is different from above?
 (OR)
Air contained in the cylinder and piston arrangement comprises the system. A cycle is
completed by four process 1-2, 2-3, 3-4 and 4-1. The energy transfers are listed below.
Complete the table and determine the network in kJ. Also check the validity of the first
law of thermodynamics.
b) Process Q (kJ) W (kJ) ΔU (kJ)
1-2 40 ? 25
2-3 20 -10 ?
3-4 -20 ? ?
4-1 0 +8 ?

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