Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore-641 109

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Engineering Thermodynamics (03.10.2013)
B.E., Mechanical Engineering-A section.
UNIT III-PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCES AND STEAM POWER CYCLE
1. Define the terms Boiling point and Melting point? (AU Apr05)
2. What is quality of steam?(AU.Apr05)
3. Explain the terms: Degree of super heat, Degree of subcooling.(AU. Apr05)
4. Sketch the flow diagram of Rankine cycle indicating the main components.
5. Why reheat cycle is not used for low boiler pressure(MU Apr950
6. Define specific steam consumption of an ideal Rankine cycle.
7. What are the effects of condenser pressure on the Rankine Cycle?
8. Why reheat cycle is not used for low boiler pressure?
9. What are the disadvantages of reheating?
10. Define latent heat of evaporation or Enthalpy of evaporation.
11. Explain the term super heated steam and super heating.
12. Explain the term critical point, critical temperature and critical pressure.
13. Define enthalpy of steam.
14. Define triple point.
15. What is the purpose of reheating?
PART B
1. In a steam power plant operating on an ideal reheat Rankine cycle, the steam enters the high-pressure
turbine at 3MPa and 4000C. After expansion to 0.6MPa, the steam is reheated to 400 0C and then expanded
the low -pressure turbine to the condenser presser of kPa. Determine the thermal efficiency of the cycle and
the quality of the steam at the outlet of the low-pressure turbine. (Nov2002)
2. A reheat cycle operating between 30 and 0.04bar has a superheat and reheat temperature of 450 0C. The
first expansion takes place till the steam is dry saturated and then reheat is given. Neglecting feed pump
work determine the ideal cycle efficiency.(Nov03)
3. A steam power plant uses steam at boiler pressure of 150bar and temperature 550 0C with reheat at 40bar
and 5500C at condenser pressure of 0.1bar. Find the quality of steam at steam at turbine exhaust, cycle
efficiency and the steam rate. (Apr04)
4. In a single heater regenerative cycle the steam enters the turbine at 30bar and 400 0C and the turbine exhaust
pressure is 0.01bar. The condensate is heated is heated in a direct contact type heater which operates at 5bar.
Find the efficiency and the steam rate of the cycle and the increase in mean temperature of heat addition,
efficiency and steam rate as compared to the Rankine cycle. Neglect pump work.(Apr04)
5. A steam boiler generates steam at 30bar , 300 0C at the rate of a 2kg/s. This steam is expanded isentropically
in a turbine to a condenser pressure of 0.05bar, condensered at constant pressure and pumped back to boiler.
a. Draw the schematic arrangement of the above plant and T-s diagram of Rankine Cycle.
b. Find heat supplied in the boiler per hour.
c. Determine the quality of steam after expansion.
d. What is the power generated by the turbine?
e. Estimate the Rankine efficiency considering pump work.(Apr04)
6. In a steam generator compressed water at 10MPa, 30C enters a 30mm diameter tubes at the rate of 3
litres/sec.Steam at 9MPa, 400C exit the tube. Find the rate of heat transfer.(Nov03)
7. Steam at 0.8MPa,250C and flowing at the rate of 1 kg/sec passes into a pipe carrying Wet steam at
0.8MPa,0.95 dry. After adiabatic mixing the flow rate is 2.3 kg/sec. Determine the properties of the
steam after mixing(Nov04)
8.Ten kg of water of 45C is heated at a constant pressure of 10bar until it becomes superheated vapour at
300C.Find the changes in volume,enthalpy,Internal energy and entropy(April05)
9.A steam power plant works between 40 bar and 0.05 bar. If the steam supplied is dry saturated and the
cycle of operation is Rankine, find : (i) Cycle efficiency (ii) Specific steam consumption.
10.In a regenerative cycle the inlet conditions are 40 bar and 400C. Steam is bled at 10 bar in Regenerative
heating. The exit pressure is 0.8 bar. Neglecting pump work determine the efficiency of the cycle.