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SRI LANKA TECHNOLOGICAL

CAMPUS
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

YEAR xx – SEMESTER xx – January 2019

End–Semester Examination

TME1102– Thermodynamics and Mechanics of Fluids

Three Hours

Answer all Questions

No. of Questions : 05

No. of Pages : xx (including the cover page)

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immediately.

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such improper conduct is a serious violation and will generally result in disqualification of the
candidate’s paper, and any other disciplinary action as may be deemed appropriate.

Question 1

A gas is compressed from an initial volume of 0.54 m3 to a final volume of 0.23

m3. During this quasi-equilibrium process, the pressure changes with volume
according to the relation 𝑃 = 𝑎𝑉 + 𝑏, where a = —1400 kPa/m3 and b = 800 kPa.

a) Explain clearly, with an illustration, what is a quasi-equilibrium process (2

Marks).

b) Write down all the assumptions that you will need to evaluate the given process
(2 Marks).

c) Sketch the initial and the final states of the given process, and indicate known
and unknown parameters of each state (3 Marks).
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d) Apply the ideal gas law for the initial and the final states, and develop a
relationship between the parameters (3 Marks).

e) Plot the process on a P-V diagram and find the area under the process curve (5
Marks).
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f) Calculate the work done during this process by using the following result of the
(𝑉2 −𝑉1 )
required integration. (Work done (in Jules), 𝑊 = [𝑎(𝑉1 + 𝑉2 ) + 2𝑏] )
2
(5 Marks).

Question 2:
𝑜
A piston–cylinder device initially contains 0.52 m3 of air at 120 kPa and 85 𝐶.
The air is now compressed to 0.18 m3 in such a way that the temperature inside the
cylinder remains constant.
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a) Explain clearly, with an illustration, what is an isothermal compression process

(2 Marks).

b) Write down all the assumptions that you will need to evaluate the given process
(2 Marks).

c) Sketch the initial and the final states of the given process, and indicate known
and unknown parameters of each state (3 Marks).
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d) Apply the ideal gas law for the initial and the final states, and develop a
relationship between the parameters (3 Marks).

𝑉2
e) Determine the work done, W during this process (5 Marks). 𝑊 = 𝑃1 𝑉1 𝑙𝑛 =
𝑉1
𝑉2
𝑃2 𝑉2 𝑙𝑛
𝑉1

f) Define the first law of thermodynamics (2 Marks).

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g) Assuming that there is no change in kinetic or potential energy between the two
end states, apply the first law of thermodynamics to the given system, and
determine the heat transferred during the process (3 Marks).

Question 3
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𝑜
A 1 kg of gas, initially at 100 𝐶, is contained in a piston–cylinder assembly at a
pressure of 1.014 bar. The gas undergoes a process, during which the piston moves
freely in the cylinder and the volume changes from 0.0012 m3 to 1.8 m3 (a constant
pressure process). Heat is being added to the system from a heat source (T = 374
K) during this internally reversible process, while maintaining constant pressure.
The initial and the final specific entropy (s) of the gas are 1.3200 kJ/kg and 7.5549
kJ/kg, respectively.

a) Explain clearly, with an illustration, what is entropy of a given system (2

Marks).

b) Write down all the assumptions that you will need to evaluate the given process
(2 Marks).

c) Sketch the initial and the final states of the given process, and indicate known
and unknown parameters of each state (3 Marks).
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d) Determine the work done, W during the process (3 Marks).

𝑊 = 𝑃(𝑉2 − 𝑉1 )

𝑄
e) Determine the amount of heat transferred during the process (5 Marks). =
𝑇
𝑚(𝑠2 − 𝑠1 )
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f) Apply the first law of thermodynamics and determine the internal energy
change in the system during the process (5 Marks).