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Srinivasan Engineering College 12. (a) In an engine working on a dual cycle the temperature and pressure
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of beginning of cycle are 100 °C and 1 bar. The compression ratio
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is 10. The maximum pressure is limited to 70 bar and total heat
Internal Assessment Test II supplied per kg of air is 1680 kJ. Find the following
Department of Aeronautical Engineering i. Pressure and Temperature at salient point, ii. Efficiency of the
cycle and iii. Mean Effective Pressure. CO3 K2
AE 8301 | Aero Engineering Thermodynamics
(or)
Year & Semester : II & III Date & Session : 10.09.2018 & FN (b) An ideal air-standard Brayton cycle operates with air. At
Duration & Time : 1 ½ hrs & 09:15 – 10:45 a.m. Total Marks : 50 Marks compressor inlet, the air is at 300 K and at the turbine inlet the gas
is at 1100 K. The pressure ratio of the cycle is 6. Accounting for
Answer all the Questions the variation of specific heats with temperature, determine i. The
Part A: 10 x 2 = 20 Marks gas temperature at the compressor and turbine exits, ii. Thermal
efficiency, iii. Heat supplied to air, (d) Work output and (e) Heat
01. What are the assumptions in air standard cycle? CO3 K1 rejected in the cooler. CO4 K2
02. How does the change in compression ratio affect the air standard
efficiency of an ideal Otto Cycle? CO3 K1
03. State the four processes of the Diesel Cycle. CO3 K1 13. (a) Show the Rankine cycle on p-v and T-s diagrams and explain the
processes involved. Also draw the mechanical system to show
04. What is an air standard efficiency and relative efficiency? CO3 K1 different processes of the Rankine cycle. CO4 K2
05. CO3 K1 (or)
What is mean effective pressure? How is it calculated?
(b) In a steam turbine steam at 20 bar, 360 °C is expanded to 8 bar. It
06. Draw and explain a p-T diagram for a pure substance. CO4 K1 then enters a condenser, where it is condensed to saturated liquid
water. The pump feeds back the water into the boiler. Assuming
07. What is the difference between saturated liquid and compressed liquid? CO4 K1 ideal processes, find per kg of steam, the network and the cycle
efficiency. CO4 K2
08. What is the difference between the critical point and the triple point? CO4 K1
09. What is meant by specific steam consumption in a Rankine cycle? CO4 K1
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10. State the advantages of regenerative cycle/simple Rankine cycle. CO4 K1

Gurunath K. Ayyasamy T.
(Asst Prof. / Aero) (HOD / Aero)
Part B: 3 x 10 = 30 Marks
11. (a) An engine working on the Otto cycle is supplied with air at
0.1 MPa, 35 ºC. The compression ratio is 10. Heat supplied is
2400 kJ/kg. Calculate the maximum pressure and temperature of
the cycle, the cycle efficiency and the mean effective pressure.
Take Cp, Cv and R as 1005 J/kg-K, 718 J/kg-K and 287 J/kg-K
respectively. CO3 K2
(or)
(b) In an air standard diesel cycle the condition of air at the beginning
of compression is 1.2 bar and 303 K. The compression ratio is 16.
The heat supplied is 900 kJ/kg. Determine i. p, v, T at all points,
ii. Thermal Efficiency, iii. Mean Effective Pressure. CO3 K2