au. Q. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (Formerly Government College of Engineering, Pune) END-SEM EXAM Semester I: 2013-2014 (ME 5201) Advance Thermodynamics Year: F. Y.M. Tech Branch: Mechanical Engineering Semester: I Specialization: Thermal Power Engineering Year: 2013-14; Duration: 3 hrs Max. Marks: 60 Instructions: Attempt any FOUR questions. Figures to right indicate full marks. Make necessary assumptions and assume suitable data wherever required. Use of non-programmable calculators, steam tables and gas tables are allowed. Marks a) Discuss Bose-Kinstein distribution function and derive the equation b) Liquid Methanol is reacted with the stoichiometric amount of air in a steady-flow process starting at 25°C. The reaction is complete, and the products leave as a mixture at | atm and the environment temperature of 25° C. The fuel and air enter separately at | atm, and the water produced is assumed to be a liquid. Determine i) the heat released by the reaction, ii) the maximum work output, and iii) the irreversibility of the reaction, all in kJ/kg-mol of fuel. ©) Calculate, the pressure exerted by a mixture of 1.5 kg-mol of methane and 1.5 kg-mol of propane; for a temperature of 90°C & a volume of 1.48 m’. Use i) van-der-Waals equation and the additive pressure law, ii) the compressibility chart and additive volumes, and iii) the compressibility chart and Kay’s rule. Compare with the ideal gas value. The observed value is 50.6 bars 5 a) Consider the use of hydrogen peroxide (H:02) and methane as the oxidant and fuel in a propulsion system, where overall reaction is 4 H2O2(I) + CHy(g) > 6Hs0(g) + COs(g). Determine the enthalpy of reaction for the above reaction at 25°C. 5 b) What is the importance of Clausius-Clapeyron latent heat equation? Derive this equation and outline its applications. ©) The reaction of | mol of COs, | mol of Hz, and 0.5 mol of O2 yields an equilibrium mixtureQs. a) b) °) a) b) ° » ° of 0.5 mol of COz,0.11 mol of Ha, Determine the temperature, in kelvins, at which this eq) pressure is 30.3 atm. 0.305 mol of O2, 0.5 mol of CO, and 0.89 mol of H20. librium condition exists if the A piston-cylinder expands air from 8 bars, 87°C, and 0.08 m’ to 5.5 bars and 1.15 m*, During the process, 65 kJ of heat is added to the air from a source at 800 K. The atmosphere is at | bar and 300 K. i) Determine the optimum usefiul work associated in the process, in KJ, ii) Determine the irreversibility of the process, in KJ. Propylene (CsHs) is burned with 20% excess air. An analysis of the products of combustion on a dry basis reveals 4.31 % O: by volume. The remaining data for the product analysis are missing. What percentage of the carbon in the fuel was converted to CO instead of CO2? * with usual notations, where B is volume. Expansivity vIp a y. Mention the conclusions from above equation. Derive a Mayer relation Cy-C, and 0: is isothermal compres Write short notes on : i) Statistical equilibrium, ii) Quantum statistics, iii) Statistical ‘Thermodynamics, iv) Maxwell Boltzmann distribution law, v) Fermi-Dirac distribution law and vi) Bose-Finstein distribution law A piston-cylinder device maintained at a constant pressure of 0.5 MPa contains hydrogen gas, Itis cooled from 160°C to 40°C. Compute i) the heat removed, in kJ/kg, ii) the work done, in Kikg, iii) the change in entropy of the nitrogen, , in ki/(kg,K), and iv) the total entropy change of the overall process if the temperature of the environment is 22°C , in kJ/kg, Hydrogen and nitrogen in separate streams enter an adiabatic mixing chamber in a 3:1 molar ratio. At the inlet the hydrogen is at 2 bars and 350 K, and the nitrogen is at 2 bars and 550 K. The mixture leaves at 1,9 bars. Determine i) the final temperature of the mixture, in kelvins, and ii) the entropy change of the hydrogen gas, in kJ/(kgmol.K) Construct a diagram for a system of seven indistinguishable particles obeying F-D statistics and having a total energy U=6e. Find thermodynamic probability of each macrostate and average occupation number of each level Show that a fundamental equation to evaluate change in internal-energy of a compressible thermodynamic system, is given by du=C,dT + oP) - Ph a}, A tank with a volume of 1.5 m' is filled with air at a pressure of 7.0 bars and a temperature of 250°C. Determine i) the final temperature, ii) the percentage of mass left in the tank, and iii) the quantity of mass, in Kg, that left the tank if the gas is permitted to leave the tank under adiabatic conditions until the pressure drops to 1.2 bar.