Description : Producer gas is obtained by A. partial combustion of coal, coke, anthracite coal or charcoal in a mixed air steam blast B. carbonisation of bituminous coal C. passing steam over incandescent coke D. passing air and a large amount of steam over waste coal at about 650°C
Last Answer : Answer: A
Description : Water contained in a beaker can be made to boil by passing steam through it (a) at atmospheric pressure (b) at a pressure below the firuosphejric pressure (c) at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure (d) any pressure (e) not possible.
Last Answer : Answer : c
Description : Coal gas is obtained by mixing coal and gas at ambient conditions. A. Yes B. No
Last Answer : Answer: B
Description : The fuel mostly used in steam boilers is A. brown coal B. peat C. coking bituminous coal D. non-coking bituminous coal
Last Answer : Answer: D
Description : Which of the following is the correct statement of the second law of thermodynamics? A. It is impossible to construct an engine working on a cyclic process, whose sole purpose is to convert heat energy ... energy, which can be obtained from a given quantity of heat energy. D. all of the above
Description : Which of the following can be regarded as gas so that gas laws could be applicable, within the commonly encountered temperature limits. (a) 02, N2, steam, C02 (b) Oz, N2, water vapour (c) S02, NH3, C02, moisture (d) 02, N2, H2, air (e) steam vapours, H2, C02.
Last Answer : Answer : d
Description : The universal gas constant of a gas is the product of molecular mass of the gas and the gas constant. A. Correct B. Incorrect
Description : For which of the following substances, the internal energy and enthalpy are the functions of temperature only (a) any gas (b) saturated steam (c) water (d) perfect gas (e) superheated steam.
Description : The free expansion process is a constant enthalpy process. A. Correct B. Incorrect
Description : There is no change in internal energy in an isothermal process. A. Correct B. Incorrect
Description : Which is NOT a correct statement? A. A superheated vapor will not condense when small amount of heat re removed B. An ideal gas is a gas that is not a superheated vapor C. A saturated ... absorb as much heat as it can without vaporizing D. Water at 1 atm and room temperature is subcooled
Last Answer : An ideal gas is a gas that is not a superheated vapor
Description : A simple steam engine receives steam from the boiler at 180˚C and exhausts directly into the air at 100˚C. What is the upper limit of its efficiency? a. 11.28 % b. 36.77 % c. 20.36 % d. 17.66 %
Last Answer : 17.66 %
Description : The efficiency of Carnot cycle is maximum for (a) gas engine (b) well lubricated engine (c) petrol engine (d) steam engine (e) reversible engine.
Last Answer : Answer : e
Description : For which of the following substances, the gas laws can be used with minimum error (a) dry steam (b) wet steam (c) saturated steam (d) superheated steam (e) steam at atmospheric pressure.
Description : Superheated vapour behaves (a) exactly as gas (b) as steam (c) as ordinary vapour (d) approximately as a gas (e) as average of gas and vapour.
Description : When coal is strongly heated continuously for 42 to 48 hours in the absence of air in a closed vessel, the process is known as __________ of fuel. A. atomisation B. carbonisation
Description : Carbonisation of coal consists of A. drying and crushing the coal to a fine powder B. moulding the finely ground coal under pressure with or without a binding material C. heating the wood with a limited supply of air to temperature not less than 280°C D. none of the above
Description : Which of the following gas is mostly used in town for street and domestic lighting and heating? A. Producer gas B. Coal gas C. Mond gas D. Coke oven gas
Description : The changing of solid directly to vapor without passing through liquid state is called a. Evaporation b. Vaporization c. Sublimation d. Condensation
Last Answer : Sublimation
Description : The flow energy of 5 ft3 of a fluid passing a boundary to a system is 80,000 ft-lb. Determine the pressure at this point. a. 222 psi b. 333 psi c. 444 psi d. 111 psi formula: Ef= pV
Last Answer : 111 psi
Description : The flow energy of 150 L of a fluid passing a boundary to a system is 110 kJ. Determine the pressure at this point a. 733.33 kPa b. 833.33 kPa c. 933.33 kPa d. 633.33 kPa
Last Answer : 733.33 kPa
Description : What is defined as the direct conversion of a substance from the solid to the vapor state or vice versa without passing the liquid state? A. Condensation B. Vaporization C. Sublimation D. Cryogenation
Description : What is the extremely large amount of energy associated with the strong bonds within the nucleus of the atom itself called? A. Chemical energy B. Latent energy C. Phase energy D. Nuclear energy
Last Answer : Nuclear energy
Description : What is the temperature when water and vapor are in equilibrium with the atmospheric pressure? a. Ice point b. Steam point c. Critical point d. Freezing point
Last Answer : Steam point
Description : At steam point, the temperature of water and its vapor at standard pressure are: a. Extremes or maximum b. unity c. in equilibrium d. undefined
Last Answer : in equilibrium
Description : What is the temperature when water and vapor are in the equilibrium with the atmospheric pressure? a. Ice point b. Steam point c. Critical point d. Freezing point
Description : Water vapor at 100 KPa and 150°C is compressed isothermally until half the vapor has condensed. How much work must be performed on the steam in this compression process per kilogram? a) -1384.7 kJ b) 1384.7 kJ c) -2384.7 kJ d) 2384.7 kJ
Last Answer : -1384.7 kJ
Description : A 1-kg steam-water mixture at 1.0 MPa is contained in an inflexible tank. Heat is added until the pressure rises to 3.5 MPa and the temperature to 400°. Determine the heat added. a) 1378.7 kJ b) 1348.5 kJ c) 1278,7 kJ d) 1246,5 kJ Formula: Q = (h2 – p2v2) –(h1 –p1v1)
Last Answer : 1378.7 kJ
Description : A vessel with a volume of cubic meter contains liquid water and water vapor ion equilibrium at 600 kPa. The liquid water has mass of1kg. Using the steam table, calculate the mass of the water vapor. A. 0.99kg B. 1.57 kg C ... / kg vg = 0.3157 m^3 / kg Vtot = mƒ vƒ + mg vg mg = (tot-mƒ vƒ) / vg
Last Answer : 3.16 kg
Description : A 10m^3 vessel initially contains 5 m^3 of liquid water and 5 m^3 of saturated water vapor at 100 kPa. Calculate the internal energy of the system using the steam table. A. 5 x10^5 kJ B. 8x10^5 kJ C. 1 ... 3 kJ/kg ug= 2506kJ/kg formula: Mvap = V vap/vg M liq = Vliq/ vƒ u =uƒM liq + ug M vap
Last Answer : 2 x10^6 kJ
Description : When liquid water is converted to steam at 100˚C, the entropy of water a. increases b. decreases c. remains the same d. none of the above
Last Answer : increases
Description : The boiling of water into steam in an open container is an example of a/an _________ process. a. adiabatic b. isochoric c. isobaric d. zero work
Last Answer : isobaric
Description : The thermodynamic difference between a Rankine cycle working with saturated steam and the Carnot cycle is that (a) carnot cycle can't work with saturated steam (b) heat is supplied to water at temperature ... heat at two places (d) rankine cycle is hypothetical (e) none of the above.
Last Answer : Answer : b
Description : Which is the incorrect statement about Carnot cycle? A. It is used as the alternate standard of comparison of all heat engines. B. All the heat engines are based on Carnot cycle. C. It provides concept of maximising work output between the two temperature limits. D. all of the above
Description : Which of the following statement is incorrect? A. The liquid fuels consist of hydrocarbons. B. The liquid fuels have higher calorific value than solid fuels. C. The solid fuels have higher calorific value than liquid fuels. D. A good fuel should have low ignition point.
Last Answer : Answer: C
Description : The specific heat at constant volume is A. the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of unit mass of gas through one degree, at constant pressure B. the amount of heat required to raise ... to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water through one degree D. any one of the above
Description : Which of the following is the other term used for enthalpy-entropy diagram? a. Enthalpy diagram b. Mollier diagram c. Steam diagram d. Entropy chart
Last Answer : Mollier diagram
Description : Steam is throttled to 0.1 MPa with 20 degrees of superheat. (a) What is the quality of throttled steam if its pressure is 0.75 MPa (b) What is the enthalpy of the process? a) 97.6%,2713 kJ/kg b) -97.6%, 2713 kJ/kg c) 87.6%,3713 kJ/kg d) -87.6%, 3713 kJ/kg
Last Answer : 97.6%,2713 kJ/kg
Description : Wet steam at 1 MPa flowing through a pipe is throttled to a pressure of 0.1 MPa. If the throttling temperature is110°C, What is the quality of the steam in the pipe? a) 96% b) 86% c) 76% d) 66%
Last Answer : 96%
Description : A steam calorimeter receives steam from a pipe at 0.1 MPa and 20°SH. For a pipe steam pressure of 2 MPa, what is the quality of the steam? a) 95.56% b) 70.10% c) 95.20% d) 85.10% Formula: h1 = hf1 + x1hfg1
Last Answer : 265.4°C, 430.7kJ/kg, 71.4kJ/kg, 1.0327kJ/(kg)(K),502.1 kJ/kg
Description : Find ∫ for steam at 100 psia and 600°F.If h = 1329.6 and v = 6.216 a. 1214 Btu / lb b. 1234 Btu /lb c. 1342 Btu / lb d. 1324 Btu /lb formula: ∫ = h– pv/ J
Last Answer : 1214Btu / lb
Description : Calculate the entropy of steam at 60psiawith a quality of 0.8 A. 0.4274 BTU/lbm-˚R B. 0.7303 BTU/lbm-˚R C. 1.1577 BTU/lbm-˚R D. 1.2172 BTU/lbm-˚R Formula: fromthe steamtable at 60 psia: sƒ = 0.4274 BTU/lbm-˚R sƒg = 1.2172 BTU/lbm-˚R) s = sƒ + x sƒg where x = is the quality
Last Answer : 1.1577 BTU/lbm-˚R
Description : From the steam table, determine the average constant pressure specific heat (c) of steam at 10 kPa and45.8 ˚C A.1.79 kJ/ kg-˚C B.10.28 kJ/ kg-˚C C.30.57 kJ/ kg-˚C D. 100.1 kJ/ kg-˚C Formula: h = c T ∆ ∆ From the steam table At 47.7 ˚C h= 2588.1 kJ/ kg At 43.8 ˚C h= 2581.1 kJ/ kg
Last Answer : 1.79 kJ/ kg-˚C
Description : Steam at 1000 lbf/ft^2 pressure and 300˚R has specific volume of 6.5 ft^3/lbm and a specific enthalpy of 9800 lbf-ft/lbm. Find the internal energy per pound mass of steam. A.2500 lbf-ft/lbm B.3300 lbf-ft/lbm C.5400 lbf-ft/lbm D.6900 lbf-ft/lbm Formula: h= u+ pV u= h– pV
Last Answer : 3300 lbf-ft/lbm
Description : Defined as the ratio of weight of dry steam to the weight of stuff. a. dryness fraction b. Vaporization c. fusion d. super heated steam
Last Answer : dryness fraction
Description : The term _________ is traditionally used to describe steam issuing from condensate receiver vents and openended condensate discharge lines from steam traps. a. dry steam b. wet steam c. phase steam d. flash steam
Last Answer : flash steam
Description : Mixture of liquid and steam of the same substance in which both are at saturation temperature. a. dry steam b. current steam c. wet steam d. aerosol
Last Answer : wet steam
Description : During throttling process (a) heat exchange does not take place (b) no work is done by expanding steam (c) there is no change of internal energy of steam (d) all of the above (e) entropy decreases.
Description : The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of the unit mass of gas through one degree at constant volume, is called A.specific heat at constant volume B.specific heat at constant pressure C.kilo Joule D.none of these