Thermodynamics questionnaire Prepared by Dr. B.

Sreenivas

UNIT -I
Basic concepts
Review questions
1. What is thermodynamics?
2. How the laws of TD were formulated?
3. Where we found the applications of Thermodynamic laws and principles?
4. How does the subject of thermodynamics differ from the concept of heat transfer?
5. Is thermodynamics a misnomer for the subject?
6. What do you understand by microscopic and macroscopic approaches in thermodynamics?
7. What is thermodynamic system? Explain the types
8. What is meant by boundary, universe and surroundings?
9. What is the difference between a closed system and open system?
10. An open system defined for a fixed region and a control volume are synonymous. Explain.
11. Define an Isolated system.
12. Define the terms
a) Thermodynamic properties b) State c) Change of state d) Path
e) Process f) Cycle
13. What are intensive and extensive properties? Give four examples for each.
14. What do you mean by homogeneous and heterogeneous systems?
15. What is meant by pure substance?
16. Explain what you understand by thermodynamic equilibrium.
17. Explain mechanical, chemical and thermal equilibrium
18. What is non equilibrium state? Explain the reasons for non equilibrium.
19. What is a quasi-static process/ what is its characteristic feature?
20. What is the concept of continuum? How will you define density and pressure using this concept?
21. Explain the role of concept of continuum in microscopic and macroscopic approaches.
22. What is scope of classical thermodynamics?
23. What is vacuum? How can it be measured?
24. What is pressure transducer?
25. Define Force, Energy, Power, Specific volume and density?
26. Define the following:
a. Barometric or atmospheric pressure
b. Gauge pressure
c. Absolute pressure
d. Vacuum
27. Give the relationship between different pressures
28. What are different pressure gauges, transducer
29. Problems: Refer Problem sheet # 1.1

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Temperature

Review questions
1. Write short notes on concept of temperature
2. Differentiate between heat, temperature and internal energy.
3. Explain the concept of equality of temperature.
4. Explain Zeroth law of thermodynamics? Explain how it forms the basis for temperature measurement.
5. What is the principle of thermometry?
6. Define thermometric property.
7. What is a thermometer?
8. What is a fixed point?
9. How many fixed points were used prior to 1954? What are these?
10. What is the standard fixed point in thermometry? Define it.
11. What are the requirements of temperature scales?
12. Explain about the reference or fixed points in the measurement of temperature.
13. What are the different types of thermometers?
14. Why is a gas chosen as the standard thermometric substance? Or give the comparison of thermometers.
15. Explain about liquid in glass thermometers? What are its limitations?
16. What is an ideal gas?
17. What is the difference between the universal gas constant and a characteristic gas constant?
18. State the advantages of gases over liquids as a thermometer liquids
19. What are the principles of gas thermometer?
20. What is a constant volume gas thermometer? Why it is preferred to a constant pressure gas thermometer?
Explain with the help of a neat sketch.
21. Give the principle of working of Electric resistance thermometer and also mention its advantages and
drawbacks.
22. Give the principle of working of thermocouple.
23. What is the advantage of a thermocouple in temperature measurement?
24. Explain the principle of Radiation pyrometer?
25. Explain the principle of optical pyrometer?
26. What do you understand by the ideal gas temperature scale?
27. How can the ideal gas temperature for the steam point be measured?
28. What is the Celsius temperature scale?
29. Explain the international practical temperature scale. What are its uses?
30. Write a note on scales of temperature
31. Explain the Kelvin scale of temperature using the constant volume gas thermometer.
32. How does the resistance thermometer measure temperature?
33. Problems sheet # 1.2

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Work and Heat Transfer

Review questions
1. How can a closed system and its surroundings interact? What is the effect of such interactions on the system?
2. When is work said to be done by a system?
3. What are positive and negative work interactions?
4. What is displacement work?
2
5. Under what conditions is the work done equal to  pdV ?
1
6. What do you understand by path function and point function? What are exact and inexact differentials?
7. Show that work is a path function and not a property.
8. How does the current flowing through a resistor represent work transfer?
9. What do you understand by flow work? Is it different from displacement work?
10. Why does free expansion have zero work transfer?
11. What is heat transfer? What are its positive and negative directions?
12. What are adiabatic and diathermic walls?
13. What is an integrating factor?
14. Show that heat is a path function and not a property.
15. What is the difference between work transfer and heat transfer?
16. Does heat transfer inevitably cause a temperature rise?
17. Define (a) Specific heat (b) heat capacity (c) latent heat of fusion (d) latent heat of vaporization (e) latent
heat of sublimation
18. What is indicator diagram?
19. What is mean effective pressure? How is it measured?
20. What are the indicated power and the brake power of an engine?
21. Determine the expressions for work transfer in various non-flow processes.
22. Determine the expression for work transfer in the following cases
a) Shaft work
b) Electrical work
c) Paddle wheel or stirring work
d) Work done in stretching a wire
e) Work done in changing the area of a surface film
f) Work done in magnetizing a paramagnetic filed
23. Problems: Refer problem sheet # 1.3

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First Law of Thermodynamics

Review questions
1. State the first law for a closed system undergoing a cycle?
2. Write a note on joule experiments in establishing the first law?
3. What is the calorific theory of heat? Why was it rejected?
4. Which is the property introduced by the first law?
5. State the first law for a closed system undergoing a change of state.
6. Show that energy is a property of a system.
7. What are the modes in which energy is stored in a system?
8. Define internal energy. How is energy stored in molecules and atoms?
9. What is the difference between the standard symbols of E and U?
10. What is the difference between heat and internal energy?
11. Define enthalpy. Why does the enthalpy of an ideal gas depend only on temperature?
12. Define specific heat at constant volume and constant volume.
13. Why should specific heat not be defined in terms of heat transfer?
14. Which property of a system increases when heat is transferred: (a) at constant volume, (b) at constant
pressure?
15. What is a PMM1? Why is it impossible?
16. What are the corollaries of I law of Thermodynamics?

I law applied to flow processes

17. Explain the system and control volume approach in the analysis of a flow process.
18. What is a steady flow process? What is steady state?
19. Write SFEE for a single stream entering and a single stream leaving a control volume and explain various terms
in it.
20. Give the differential form of SFEE
21. Under what conditions does the SFEE reduce to Euler’s equation?
22. How does Bernoulli’s equation compare with SFEE?
23. What will be the velocity of a fluid leaving a nozzle, if the velocity of approach is very small?
24. Show that the enthalpy of a fluid before throttling is equal to that after throttling.

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