Description : What power cycle is used in jet engines? w) Stirling x) Rankine y) Otto z) Brayton
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- BRAYTON
Description : Which of the following cycles has maximum efficiency (a) Rankine (b) Stirling (c) Carnot (d) Brayton (e) Joule.
Last Answer : Answer : c
Description : Thermodynamic cycle involved in the working of a thermal power plant is the __________ cycle. (A) Joule (B) Carnot (C) Rankine (D) Brayton
Last Answer : (C) Rankine
Description : Which of the following best describes both Stirling and Ericson engines? a. Internal combustion engine b. External combustion engine c. Diesel cycle d. Rankine cycle
Last Answer : External combustion engine
Description : Air refrigeration operates on (a) Carnot cycle (b) Reversed Carnot cycle (c) Rankine cycle (d) Brayton cycle.
Last Answer : Ans: d
Description : The vapour compression refrigerator employs the following cycle (a) Rankine (b) Carnot (c) Reversed Carnot. (d) Brayton
Last Answer : Ans: c
Description : Which of the following is used in thermal power plant? a. Brayton cycle b. Reversed carnot cycle c. Rankine cycle d. Otto cycle
Last Answer : Rankine cycle
Description : Which of the following cycle is used in vapor cycle power plant? a. Brayton cycle b. Diesel cycle c. Ericson cycle d. Rankine cycle
Description : Reversed joule cycle is called (a) Carnot cycle (b) Rankine cycle (c) Brayton cycle (d) Bell Coleman cycle (e) Dual cycle.
Description : Thermal power plant works on (a) Carnot cycle (b) Joule cycle (d) Rankine cycle (d) Otto cycle (e) Brayton cycle.
Description : A four cycle internal combustion automobile engine operates on what kind of cycle? w) Rankine x) Otto y) Brayton z) Joule
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- OTTO
Description : In a Rankine cycle, regeneration results in higher efficiency because (a) Pressure inside the boiler increases [GATE-2003] (b) Heat is added before steam enters the low pressure turbine (c) ... temperature of heat addition in the boiler increases (d) Total work delivered by the turbine increases
Last Answer : (c) Average temperature of heat addition in the boiler increases
Description : The ideal efficiency of a Brayton cycle with regeneration, with increase in pressure ratio will (a) increase (b) decrease (c) remain unchanged (d) increase/decrease depending on ap-plication (e) unpredictable. “
Last Answer : Answer : b
Description : The ideal efficiency of a Brayton cycle without regeneration with increase ni pressure ratio will (a) increase (b) decrease (c) remain unchanged (d) increase/decrease depending on application (e) unpredictable.
Last Answer : Answer : a
Description : Consider the following processes: [IES-1999] 1. Constant pressure heat addition. 2. Adiabatic compression. 3. Adiabatic expansion. 4. Constant pressure heat rejection. The correct sequence of these processes in Rankine cycle is: (a) 1, 2, 3, 4 (b) 2, 1, 4, 3 (c) 2, 1, 3, 4 (d) 1, 2, 4, 3
Last Answer : (c) 2, 1, 3, 4
Description : Brayton cycle consists’ of following four processes (a) two isothermals and two isentropics (b) two isentropics and two constant volumes (c) two isentropics, one constant volume and one constant pressure (d) two isentropics and two constant pres-sures (e) none of the above.
Last Answer : Answer : d
Description : A cycle consisting of one constant pressure, one constant volume and two isentropic processes is known as A.Carnot cycle B.Stirling cycle C.Otto cycle D.Diesel cycle
Last Answer : Answer: D
Description : A cycle consisting of two adiabatics and two constant pressure processes is known as (a) Otto cycle (b) Ericsson cycle (c) Joule cycle (d) Stirling cycle (e) Atkinson cycle.
Description : The efficiency of Stirling cycle is __________ Carnot cycle. A. greater than B. less than C. equal to
Last Answer : Answer: C
Description : It is used for gas turbines which operates on an open cycle where both the compression and expansion processes take place in rotating machinery. a. Dual Cycle b. Otto Cycle c. Carnot Cycle d. Brayton Cycle
Last Answer : Brayton Cycle
Description : In which of the following cycle heat is added at constant pressure? a. Otto cycle b. Diesel cycle c. Dual cycle d. Carnot cycle
Last Answer : Answer b. Diesel cycle
Description : If both Stirling and Carnot cycles operate within the same temperature limits, then efficiency of Stirling cycle as compared to Carnot cycle (a) more (b) less (c) equal (d) depends on other factors (e) none of the above.
Description : The efficiency of superheat Rankine cycle is higher than that of simple Rankine cycle because [GATE-2002] (a) The enthalpy of main steam is higher for superheat cycle (b) The mean temperature of heat ... temperature of steam in the condenser is high (d) The quality of stem in the condenser is low
Last Answer : (b) The mean temperature of heat addition is higher for superheat cycle
Description : What statement of the second law of thermodynamics states that it is impossible to build a device that operates in a cycle and produces no effect other than the transfer of heat from a lower- ... A. Kelvin-Planck statement B. Clausius statement C. Kelvin statement D. Rankine statement
Last Answer : Clausius statement
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.
Description : Rankine cycle comprises of two isothermal and two __________ processes. (A) Isobaric (B) Polytropic (C) Isentropic (D) None of these
Last Answer : (D) None of these
Description : The following cycle is used for air craft refrigeration (a) Brayton cycle (b) Joule cycle (c) Carnot cycle (d) Bell-Coleman cycle (e) Reversed-Brayton cycle.
Last Answer : Answer : e
Description : Draw P-V and T-S diagram for brayton cycle.
Last Answer : P-V and T-S diagram for brayton cycle.
Description : In a Rankine cycle, with the maximum steam temperature being fixed from metallurgical considerations, as the boiler pressure increases (a) The condenser load will increase [IES-1997] (b) The ... The quality of turbine exhaust will increase (d) The quality of turbine exhaust will remain unchanged
Last Answer : (b) The quality of turbine exhaust will decrease
Description : For a given set of operating pressure limits of a Rankine cycle, the highest, efficiency occurs for [GATE-1994] (a) Saturated cycle (b) Superheated cycle (c) Reheat cycle (d) Regenerative cycle.
Last Answer : (d) Regenerative cycle.
Description : In thermodynamics, a throttling process, also called a _________, is a type of isenthalpic process where a liquid or gas is cooled as it passes from a higher pressure state to a lower pressure state. a. Rankine Process b. Carnot Cycle c. Joule-Thomson process d. Refrigeration process
Last Answer : Joule-Thomson process
Description : Which of the following quantities has the GREATEST influence on the overall efficiency of a conventional (Rankine cycle) electric generating station burning fossil fuels? w) steam temperature at the steam turbine ... pressure at the steam turbine inlet z) pounds of ash and sulfur per pound of fuel
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- STEAM TEMPERATURE AT THE STEAM TURBINE INLET
Description : A Bell-Coleman cycle is a reversed of which the following cycles? a. Stirling cycle b. Joule cycle c. Carnot cycle d. Otto cycle
Last Answer : Joule cycle
Description : Which of the following cycles is not a reversible cycle (a) Carnot (b) Ericsson (c) Stirling (d) Joule (e) none of the above.
Description : Which of the following is an irreversible cycle (a) carnot (b) Stirling (c) ericsson (d) all of the above (e) none of the above.
Description : Which of the following diagrams does not represent an Otto cyInternal energy is equal to the heat absorbed in case of a/an __________ process. (A) Constant volume (B) Polytropic (C) Adiabatic (D) Constant pressure cle?
Last Answer : (A) Constant volume
Description : Carnot cycle is also termed as the constant __________ cycle in thermodynamics. (A) Entropy (B) Pressure (C) Volume (D) Heat
Last Answer : Option D
Description : Testing of the knocking characteristics of petrofuels is done in a __________ engine. (A) Carnot (B) CFR (Co-operative fuel research) (C) Stirling (D) Diesel
Last Answer : (B) CFR (Co-operative fuel research)
Description : In which of the following cycle heat is added at constant volume? a. Otto cycle b. Diesel cycle c. Dual cycle d. Carnot cycle
Last Answer : Answer a. Otto cycle
Description : What states that thermal efficiencies of all reversible heat engines operating between the same two reservoirs are the same and that no heat engine is more efficient than a reversible one operating between the ... A. Ericson principle B. Carnot principle C. Otto principle D. Stirling principle
Last Answer : Carnot principle
Description : What is the highest efficiency of heat engine operating between the two thermal energy reservoirs at temperature limits? A. Ericson efficiency B. Otto efficiency C. Carnot efficiency D. Stirling efficiency
Last Answer : Carnot efficiency
Description : Clausius-Clapeyron Equation gives accurate result, when the (A) Vapour pressure is relatively low and the temperature does not vary over wide limits (B) Vapour obeys the ideal gas law and the latent heat of ... is negligible compared with that in the vapour state (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : 1m3 of an ideal gas at 500 K and 1000 kPa expands reversibly to 5 times its initial volume in an insulated container. If the specific heat capacity (at constant pressure) of the gas is 21 J/mole . K, the final temperature will be (A) 35 K (B) 174 K (C) 274 K (D) 154 K
Last Answer : (C) 274 K
Description : Vapour compression refrigeration is some what like (a) Carnot cycle (b) Rankine cycle (c) reversedCamot cycle (d) reversed Rankine cycle
Last Answer : Ans: C
Description : Rankine cycle efficiency in a good steam power station may be in the range between........ a.15% - 20% b.35% - 40% c.50% - 60% d.90% - 95%
Last Answer : b.35% - 40%
Description : The rankine cycle efficiency of steam power plant is (1) 60-80% (3) 30-45% (2) 45-80% (4) 20-30%
Last Answer : The rankine cycle efficiency of steam power plant is 30-45%
Description : Fugacity of a component in an ideal gas mixture is equal to the partial pressure of that component in the mixture. The fugacity of each component in a stable homogeneous solution at constant pressure and ... increases. (A) Decreases (B) Decreases exponentially (C) Increases (D) Remain constant
Last Answer : (C) Increases
Description : Keeping the pressure constant, to double the volume of a given mass of an ideal gas at 27°C, the temperature should be raised to __________ °C. (A) 270 (B) 327 (C) 300 (D) 540
Last Answer : (B) 327
Description : __________ temperature scale assigns 0° to the 'ice point' and 80° to the 'steam point'. (A) Celsius (B) Rankine (C) Reaumur (D) Fahrenheit
Last Answer : (C) Reaumur
Description : According to Avogadro's Hypothesis (a) the molecular weights of all the perfect gases occupy the same volume under same conditions of pressure and temperature (b) the sum of partial pressure of ... gases have two values of specific heat (e) all systems can be regarded as closed systems.