Description : Pick out the correct statement. (A) The available energy in an isolated system for all irreversible (real) processes decreases (B) The efficiency of a Carnot engine increases, if the sink temperature is decreased ... condition is the change in Helmholtz free energy (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : Which of the following represents the perpetual motion of the first kind (a) engine with 100% thermal efficiency (b) a fully reversible engine (c) transfer of heat energy from low ... its own energy (e) production of energy by temperature differential in sea water at different levels.
Last Answer : Answer : d
Description : The thermal efficiency of a reversible heat engine operating between two given thermal reservoirs is 0.4. The device is used either as a refrigerator or as a heat pump between the same reservoirs. Then the coefficient of performance as a ... )R = 1.5; (COP)HP = 2.5 (D) (COP)R = (COP)HP = 2.5
Last Answer : (C) (COP)R = 1.5; (COP)HP = 2.5
Description : Which statement of the second law of thermodynamics states that no heat engine can have a thermal efficiency of 100 percent? A. Kelvin-Planck statement B. Clausius statement C. Kevin statement D. Rankine statement
Last Answer : Kelvin-Planck statement
Description : The efficiency of a Carnot engine depends on (a) working substance (b) design of engine (c) size of engine (d) type of fuel fired (e) temperatures of source and sink.
Last Answer : Answer : e
Description : What is a heat engine that operates on the reversible Carnot cycle called? A. Carnot heat engine B. Ideal heat engine C. Most efficient heat engine D. Best heat engine
Last Answer : Carnot heat engine
Description : Zero degrees Kelvin is equal to what temperature on the Celsius scale?
Last Answer : ANSWER: - 273 DEGREES CELSIUS or -273.15 DEGREES CELSIUS
Description : A rise in temperature of 20 Kelvin degrees is equal to a rise of: w) 20 degrees Celsius x) 36 degrees Celsius y) 68 degrees Celsius z) 293 degrees Celsius
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- 20 DEGREES CELSIUS
Description : What is the Celsius temperature corresponding to 100 degrees Kelvin?
Last Answer : ANSWER: -173 DEGREES CELSIUS
Description : According to the kinetic theory, the Kelvin temperature of an ideal gas is proportional to which one of the following. Is the temperature proportional to the gas's average molecular: w) velocity x) momentum y) kinetic energy z) potential energy
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- KINETIC ENERGY
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 : Operating temperature and pressure in catalytic reforming is about (A) 1-5 Kgf/cm2 & 200°C (B) 15-45 Kgf/cm2 & 450-550°C (C) 50 - 75 kgf/cm2 & 600 - 800°C (D) 5-10 kgf/cm2 & 150 - 250°C
Last Answer : (B) 15-45 Kgf/cm2 & 450-550°C
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 : Is a thermodynamic system that operates continuously with only energy (heat and work) crossing its boundaries? a. Heat Engine b. Heat Reservoir c. Heat Source d. Heat Sink
Last Answer : Heat Engine
Description : What is 20 degrees Celsius in degrees Kelvin? w) 70 degrees x) 293 degees y) 100 degrees z) 212 degrees
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- 293 DEGREES
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.
Description : Carnot cycle has maximum efficiency for (a) reversible engine (b) irreversible engine (c) new engine (d) petrol engine (e) diesel engine.
Last Answer : Answer : a
Description : For an engine operating on air standard Otto cycle, the clearance volume is 10% of the swept volume. The specific heat ratio of air is 1.4. The air standard cycle efficiency is a. 38.3 % b. 39.8 % c. 60.2 % d. 61.7 %
Last Answer : ANSWER d. 61.7%
Description : The efficiency of a Carnot heat engine operating between absolute temperatures T1 and T2 (when, T1 > T2) is given by (T1- T2)/T1. The co efficient of performance (C.O.P.) of a Carnot heat pump operating between T1 and T2is given by (A) T1/(T1-T2) (B) T2/(T1-T2) (C) T1/T2 (D) T2/R1
Last Answer : (A) T1/(T1-T2)
Description : The efficiency of a Carnot heat engine operating between absolute temperatures T1 and T2(when, T1 > T2) is given by (T1- T2)/T1. The co efficient of performance (CO.P.) of a Carnot heat pump operating between T1 and T2is given by (A) T1/(T1-T2) (B) T2/(T1-T2) (C) T1/T2 (D) T2/T1
Last Answer : (B) T2/(T1-T2)
Description : For heat engine operating between two temperatures (T1>T2), what is the maximum efficiency attainable? A. Eff = 1 – (T2/T1) B. Eff = 1 - (T1/T2) C. Eff = T1 - T2 D. Eff = 1 - (T2/T1)^2
Last Answer : Eff = 1 – (T2/T1)
Description : Two cubic meters of a gas at 30 degrees Kelvin are heated at a constant pressure until the volume doubles. What is the final temperature of the gas?
Last Answer : 60
Description : A sample of gas has a volume of 210 cubic centimeters at a temperature of 250 degrees Kelvin. The temperature is raised to 500 degrees Kelvin while the pressure remains unchanged. What is the new volume of the gas.
Last Answer : ANSWER: 420 CUBIC CENTIMETERS
Description : If the Kelvin temperature of an ideal gas is doubled, what happens to the rms speed of the molecules in the gas? a. it increases by a factor of square root of 2 b. it increases by a factor of 2 c. it increases by factor of 4 d. none of the above
Last Answer : it increases by a factor of square root of 2
Description : The volume of an ideal gas is directly proportional to its a. pressure b. Celsius temperature c. Kelvin temperature d. Fahrenheit temperature
Last Answer : Kelvin temperature
Description : What temperature scale is identical to the Kelvin scale? A. Ideal gas temperature scale B. Ideal temperature scale C. Absolute gas temperature scale D. Triple point temperature scale
Last Answer : Ideal gas temperature scale
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Trouton's ratio of non-polar liquids is calculated using Kistyakowsky equation (B) Thermal efficiency of a Carnot engine is always less than 1 (C) An equation relating pressure, volume and temperature of a gas is called ideal gas equation (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) An equation relating pressure, volume and temperature of a gas is called ideal gas equation
Description : According to Kelvin-Planck's statement of 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 into work B. it ... other than the transfer of heat from a cold body to a hot body D. none of the above
Last Answer : Answer: A
Description : The low temperature reservoir of the heat reservoirs is known as ______. A. Source reservoir B. Heel reservoir C. Toe reservoir D. Sink reservoir
Last Answer : Sink reservoir
Description : In order that a cycle be reversible, following must be satisfied (a) free expansion or friction resisted expansion/compression process should not be encountered (b) when heat is being absorbed, temperature of hot ... sub-stance should be same (d) all of the above (e) none of the above.
Description : Traditionally, waste heat of low temperature range ________ has not been used for electricitygeneration despite efforts by ORC companies, mainly because the Carnot efficiency is rather low. a) 0-250 °C b) 0-150 °C c) 0-200 °C d) 0-120 °C
Last Answer : 0-120 °C
Description : Trypanosoma melophagium is transmitted cyclically in the hindgut by the sheep ked called B A. Stomoxys calcitran B. Molophagus ovinus C. Both D. None
Last Answer : Molophagus ovinus
Description : 10. John lost his accounting job when Montgomery Wards closed its stores in San Diego. He looked for a similar job for ten months before finding an accounting job at Sears. ... , he was a. frictionally unemployed b. seasonally unemployed c. cyclically unemployed d. structurally unemployed
Last Answer : d. structurally unemployed
Description : For the treatment of female infertility, clomiphene citrate is used in the following manner: A. Daily from 5th to 10th day of menstrual cycle B. On alternate days over the last two weeks of menstrual cycle C. Cyclically for 3 weeks with one week gap D. Continuously till conception occurs
Last Answer : A. Daily from 5th to 10th day of menstrual cycle
Description : Define heat engine efficiency. ?
Last Answer : The ratio of the amount of heat energy converted to work by a heat engine and the amount of heat energy absorbed by the engine is called the efficiency of that heat engine.
Description : A piston filled with `0.04` mole of an ideal gas expands reversible from `50.0mL` at a constant temperature of `37.0^(@)C` . As it does so, it absorbs
Last Answer : A piston filled with `0.04` mole of an ideal gas expands reversible from `50.0mL` at a constant temperature of `37. ... J` D. `q= +208 J, w=+208 J`
Description : The expression, ∆G = nRT. ln(P2/P1), gives the free energy change (A) With pressure changes at constant temperature (B) Under reversible isothermal volume change (C) During heating of an ideal gas (D) During cooling of an ideal gas
Last Answer : (A) With pressure changes at constant temperature
Description : Air enters an adiabatic compressor at 300K. The exit temperature for a compression ratio of 3, assuming air to be an ideal gas (Y = Cp/Cv = 7/5) and the process to be reversible, is (A) 300 × (32/7) (B) 300 × (33/5) (C) 300 × (333/7) (D) 300 × (35/7)
Last Answer : A) 300 × (32/7)
Description : What is 54 degrees in kelvin?
Last Answer : Kelvin is the SI unit for temperature. Celsius is usually usedin metric systems. 0 degree celsius is 273.15 Kelvin. Kelvinincreases equally with celsius. So to convert celsius to kelvin, wejust add 273.15 to celsius. The answer in Kelvin is 327.15
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 : What is the body temperature of a healthy person in Kelvin ?
Last Answer : The body temperature of a healthy person is 309.88 Kelvin .
Description : In four stroke engine which of the following is also known as power stroke a. Suction stroke b. Compression stroke c. Expansion stroke d. Exhaust stroke (Ans:c) Measurements of fuel and air ... into IC engine,___________its efficiency A. increase B. decrease C. does not alter D. unpredictable on
Last Answer : ANSWER : B
Description : A diesel engine is usually more efficient than a spark ignition engine because a. Diesel being a heavier hydrocarbon, release more heat per kg than gasoline b. The air standard efficiency of diesel ... an Spark ignition engine d.Self ignition temperature of diesel is higher than that of gasoline.
Last Answer : ANSWER c. The compression ratio of a diesel engine is higher than that of an S.I engine
Description : The following heat engine produces power of 100,000 kW. The heat engine operates between 800 K and 300 K. It has a thermal efficiency equal to 50% of that of the Carnot engine for the same temperature. The rate at which heat is ... is (A) 100,000 kW (B) 160,000 kW (C) 200,000 kW (D) 320,000 kW
Last Answer : (D) 320,000 kW
Description : Efficiency of a heat engine working on Carnot cycle between two temperature levels depends upon the (A) Two temperatures only (B) Pressure of working fluid (C) Mass of the working fluid (D) Mass and pressure both of the working fluid
Last Answer : (A) Two temperatures only
Description : Which of the following is the optimum operating condition for an exothermic reversible reaction taking place in a plug-flow reactor? (A) Temperature should be high in the beginning and decreased towards ... reaction (C) Very high temperature should be used throughout the reaction (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Temperature should be high in the beginning and decreased towards the end of the reaction
Description : The use of pressurized radiator cap is to a) Reduce evaporation loss b) Increase engine operating temperature c) Increase boiling point of water d) Reduce heat losses
Last Answer : ans c
Description : High-temperature superconductors have been in the news lately. These materials become superconductive at temperatures around w) 200 degrees Fahrenheit x) 100 degrees Fahrenheit y) -150 degrees Fahrenheit z) -350 degrees Fahrenheit
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- -350 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
Description : Ten calories of heat are added to 2 grams of water. The temperature of the water rises to a total of how many degrees? Is it: w) 2 degrees Celsius x) 5 degrees Celsius y) 10 degrees Celsius z) 20 degrees Celsius
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- 5 DEGREES CELSIUS