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ESE - 2020 Mains Test Series

Mechanical Engineering
Test-5 on IC Engines, Refrigeration and Air conditioning + Power Plant Engg.
(Paper - I)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 300
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SECTION - A
01(a). What are the merits and demerits of alcohol as an SI engine fuel explain how it can be used in
engine fuels? (12 M)
01(b). Describe the testing procedure adopted by Indian Standards Institution for refrigerators? What is
the purpose of tests? (12 M)
01(c). Describe winter Air conditioning system. Discuss about the types of loads heat losses
encountered in winter. (12 M)
01(d). State the major advantages and disadvantages of combined gas and steam turbine power plants?
(12 M)
01(e). Enumerate the requirements of a good Carburettor. (12 M)
02(a). A Freon 12 refrigerator producing a cooling effect of 20 kJ/sec operates on a simple cycle with
pressure limits of 1.509 bar and 9.607 bar. The vapor leaves evaporator dry and saturated and
there is no under cooling. Determine power required by the machine. If compressor operates at
300 rpm and has a clearance volume of 3% of stroke volume, determine piston displacement of
compressor. For compressor assume that expansion is following the law pv1.13 = C. Specific heat
of vapor at condenser pressure is 0.747 kJ/kg.K.
Properties of R-12
Enthalpy Entropy
Pressure t vg
(kJ/kg) (kJ/kg.K)
(bar) (C) (m3/kg)
hf hg sg
1.509 –20 0.1088 54.23 178.61 0.7082
9.607 40 - 74.53 203.05 0.682
(20 M)
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02(b). Prove that an ideal regenerative steam power cycle approaches Carnot efficiency. How is it
constructed and what are its limitations ? (20 M)
02(c). Write short notes on

(i) Purpose of ventilation
(ii) Air duct design as applicable to air conditioning systems. (20 M)
03(a). In an industrial evaporative air cooling application with outside condition 40C DBT and 27C
WBT inside is to be maintained at a maximum relative humidity of 55 percent. The room
sensible heat is 581.5 kW. All outdoor air must be used. Find room dry bulb temperature and
supply air quantity as a function of humidifying efficiencies of 80, 85, 90, 95 and 100%.
(20 M)
03(b). An SI engine develops indicated power of 50 kW at full load. Its brake thermal efficiency is
30% and brake specific fuel consumption is 0.286 kg/kWhr. At 75% load it has a mechanical
efficiency of 70%. Assume constant friction losses, calculate brake power, friction power,
mechanical efficiency, indicate thermal efficiency and indicated specific fuel consumption. Also
calculate mechanical efficiency at half load. (20 M)
03(c). A gas turbine working on actual simple Brayton cycle is to be designed for maximum output. If
maximum and minimum temperatures of the cycle, the efficiencies of compressor and turbine are
fixed, derive the expression for optimum actual pressure ratio. What will be the value of
optimum pressure ratio for turbine, if the ratio of maximum and minimum temperatures is 3 and
γ = 2? Take efficiency of turbine and compressor as 0.9 and 0.8 respectively. (20 M)
04(a). A six cylinder 4 stroke diesel engine has a bore of 60 mm and a crank radius of 32 mm. The
compression ratio is 9:1 and engine volumetric efficiency is 90%. Determine
(i) Stroke length
(ii) Mean piston speed at 1000 rpm
(iii) Swept volume per cylinder
(iv) Clearance volume per cylinder
(v) Cubic capacity of engine
(vi) Actual volume of air
Aspirated per stroke in each cylinder (20 M)
04(b). How is capacity control done in VCR compressors with reference to Reciprocating, Centrifugal,
and Scroll Compressors? (20 M)
04(c). In a cogeneration plant the power load is 5.6 MW and the heating load is 1.163 MW. Steam is
generated at 40 bar, 500C and is expanded isentropically through a turbine to a condenser at
0.06 bar. The heating load is supplied by extracting steam from the turbine at 2 bar which is
condensed in the processor device to saturated liquid at 2 bar and then pumped back to the boiler.
Compute :
(i) The steam generation capacity of boiler in kg/hr, (ii) heat input to boiler in kW, (iii) fuel
burning rate of boiler in t/hour if a coal of calorific value 25 MJ/kg is burned and the boiler
efficiency is 88%, (iv) heat rejected in condenser, (v) rate of flow of cooling water in the
condenser if temperature rise of water is 6C. Neglect pump work and draw T-S diagram.
At 40 bar, 500C :
v = 0.08643 m3/kg, h = 3445.3 kJ/kg, s = 7.0901 kJ/kgK
Psat Volume (m3/kg) Enthalpy (kJ/kg) Entropy (kJ/kgK)
(bar) vf vg hf hg sf sg
2 0.00106 0.8857 520.72 2782.1 1.5706 7.0878
0.06 0.00101 25.22 149.79 2565.79 0.520 8.335
(20 M)
SECTION - B
05(a). How is refrigerant charged into a VCR system? Discuss the various methods in use? (12 M)
05(b). Discuss the effect of lowering condenser pressure on efficiency of Rankine cycle. Is there any
limit on condenser pressure? What are the disadvantages in keeping condenser pressure low?
(12 M)
05(c). Discuss the effects of supercharging on spark ignition engines. What are the factors which
discourage supercharging in SI engines? (12 M)
05(d). Discuss the salient features governing human comfort? (12 M)
05(e). Compare thermal efficiencies of two boilers having following data.

Boiler 1 coal fired:
Steam pressure = 1.4 MPa,
Steam produced per kg of coal fired = 10 kg,
Quality of steam = 0.9
Feed water temperature = 27C
Calorific value of coal = 34000 kJ/kg
Boiler 2 oil fired:
Steam produced per kg of oil fired = 14 kg,
Condition of steam (super heated) = 240C
Calorific value of oil = 46000 kJ/kg
Use following data :
At 1.4 MPa for steam
hsuperheated = 2903 kJ/kg at 240C , hf = 830 kJ/kg, hfg = 1958 kJ/kg
Specific heat of water = 4.1868 kJ/kgK. (12 M)
06(a). During an engine trial of four stroke diesel engine the following observations were recorded.
Number of cylinders = 4
Diameter of piston = 10 cms
Stroke length = 15 cms
Indicated mean effective pressure = 0.67 MPa
Speed = 2000 rpm
No. of explosions = 980 per minute
Brake torque = 181.5 Nm
Fuel consumption = 11.89 kg/hr
Calorific value of fuel = 41,800 kJ/kg
Relative efficiency on brake power basis = 0.5
Quantity of jacket cooling water = 1020 kg/hr
Rise in temperature of cooling water = 35C
Specific heat of cooling water = 4.18 kJ/kg.K
Based on above observations, find out the following engine parameters
(i) Mechanical efficiency
(ii) Brake thermal efficiency
(iii) Air standard efficiency
(iv) Brake specific fuel consumption
(v) Percentage heat loss to jacket cooling water. (20 M)
06(b). Room conditions: 26C DBT and 19C WBT; Outside conditions: 35C DBT and 27C WBT;
Room heat gain sensible heat 11.1 kW; Latent heat 3.9 kW. The conditioned air supplied to
room is 50 cmm and contains 25% fresh air and 75% recirculated room air. Determine:
(i) DBT and WBT of supply air
(ii) DBT and WBT of mixed fresh air and recirculated air before cooling coil
(iii) Apparatus Dew point and by pass factor of the coil
(iv) Refrigerator load on the cooling coil and moisture removed by cooling coil. (20 M)
06(c). A vapor compression refrigeration cycle works between pressure limits 10 bar and 3 bar. The
working fluid is dry at end of compression and there is no under cooling and there is no under
cooling before the expansion valve. If refrigerant flow rate is 10 kg/min, determine :
(i) COP and
(ii) the capacity of refrigeration.
Table: Property values of refrigerant used
Pressure Saturation Liquid heat Latent heat Liquid Entropy Vapor Entropy
(bar) Temperature (C) (kJ/kg) (kJ/kg) (kJ/kg.K) (kJ/kg.K)
10 25 289.9 1166.94 1.1242 5.0391
3 –10 135.37 1297.68 0.5443 5.477
(20 M)
07(a). A single cylinder 4 stroke SI engine is producing 100 kW of power at an overall efficiency of
20% Engine uses fuel air ratio 0.07:1. Determine how many m3/hr of air is used if air density is
1.2 kg/m3. The fuel vapor density is 4 times that of air. How many m3/hr of mixture is required?
Calorific value of fuel is 42000 kJ/kg. (20 M)
07(b). A four cylinder four stroke SI engine has an output of 80 kW at 3000 rpm. A Morse test is
conducted and brake torque readings are 175 Nm, 170 Nm, 174 Nm and 172 Nm respectively.
The specific fuel consumption for normal running at this engine speed is 0.385 kg/kW hr. The
calorific value of fuel is 44,000 kJ/kg. Calculate the mechanical and brake thermal efficiencies
of the engine. (20 M)
07(c). Calculate the efficiency of (a) boiler (b) economizer (c) whole plant having the following data.
(i) Boiler:
Mass of feed water = 2060 kg/hr,
Mass of coal burnt = 227 kg/hr,
Enthalpy of steam produced = 2750 kJ/kg
(ii) Economiser :
Inlet temperature of feed water = 15C
Exit temperature of feed water = 105C
Atmospheric air temperature = 18C
Temperature of gases entering = 370C
Mass of flue gases = 4075 kg/hr
Specific heat of flue gases = 1.3 kJ/kgK. (20 M)
08(a). In a combined gas turbine (GT) and steam turbine (ST) plant, the exhaust from GT is used to
heat steam boiler, at which a further supply of fuel is burned in the gas. Pressure ratio of GT is 8,
inlet air temperature is 15C and maximum cycle temperature is 800C. Combustion in boiler
increases gas temperature to 800C and gases leave boiler at 100C. The steam inlet in ST is at
60 bar and 600C (h = 3656.2 kJ/kg, s = 7.166 kJ/kgK) and condenser pressure is 0.05 bar
(hf = 137.8 kJ/kg, hfg = 2423.8 kJ/kg, sf = 0.476 kJ/kgK, sfg = 7.92 kJ/kgK) .
Calculate flow rate of air and steam required for a total output of 190 MW and overall efficiency
of power plant. Assume that all processes are ideal. What is overall air fuel ratio ? Assume
(cp)gas = 1.11 kJ/kgK and (cp)air = 1.005 kJ/kgK and  for gas and air are 1.33 and 1.4
respectively. Neglect mass flow rate of fuel on air flow. Calorific value of fuel is 433 MJ/kg.
(20 M)
08(b). Determine the cooling effect due to evaporation of fuel on charge temperature in a turbo charged
SI engine for the following two cases
(i). Carburettor placed before the super charger
(ii). Carburettor placed after the super charger
The air fuel ratio is 14:1 the evaporations of fuel causes a 23C drop in mixture temperature.
The isentropic efficiency of compressor is 75% and its pressure ratio is 1.3. The ambient air is at
15C. Take for mixture c p m  1.05 kJ / kgK and r = 1.33. Compare super charger work in both
cases. (20 M)
08(c). A single stage singe acting vapor compression refrigeration system uses R-134 a. Condenser and
evaporator temperatures are 35C and –10C and refrigerant is under-cooled by 5C. Clearance
volume per unit swept volume is 0.03 and swept volume is 269.4 cm3. Compressor speed and
efficiency are 2800 rpm and 80% respectively. Expansion index is 1.12. Determine
(i). Compressor exit temperature
(ii). Enthalpy of refrigerant at compressor exit
(iii). Enthalpy at exit of sub-cooler
(iv). Volumetric efficiency of compressor
(v). Refrigerant mass flow rate.
Specific heat of vapor and liquid at condenser pressure are 1.1 kJ/kg.K and 1.458 kJ/kg.K
respectively. Assume suction vapor dry saturated and isentropic compression.
R – 134 a Properties
Pressure Temp Sp.vol Enthalpy (kJ/kg) Entropy (kJ/kg.K)
(bar) (C) vg (m3/kg) hf hg sf sg
2.104 –10 0.0994 186.7 392.4 0.9512 1.733
8.87 35 - 249.1 417.6 1.1680 1.715
(20 M)
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TEST CODE: 805
ESE-2020 MAINS TEST SERIES

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Mechanical Engineering Test-5 Paper-I
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 300
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02(a). A Freon 12 refrigerator producing a cooling effect of 20 kJ/sec operates on a simple cycle
with pressure limits of 1.509 bar and 9.607 bar. The vapor leaves evaporator dry and
saturated and there is no under cooling. Determine power required by the machine. If
compressor operates at 300 rpm and has a clearance volume of 3% of stroke volume,
determine piston displacement of compressor. For compressor assume that expansion is
following the law pv1.13 = C. Specific heat of vapor at condenser pressure is 0.747
kJ/kg.K.
Properties of R-12
Enthalpy Entropy
Pressure t vg
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(bar) (C) (m3/kg)
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9.607 40 - 74.53 203.05 0.682
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04(a). A six cylinder 4 stroke diesel engine has a bore of 60 mm and a crank radius of 32 mm.
The compression ratio is 9:1 and engine volumetric efficiency is 90%. Determine
(i) Stroke length
(ii) Mean piston speed at 1000 rpm
(iii) Swept volume per cylinder
(iv) Clearance volume per cylinder
(v) Cubic capacity of engine
(vi) Actual volume of air
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04(c). In a cogeneration plant the power load is 5.6 MW and the heating load is 1.163 MW.
Steam is generated at 40 bar, 500C and is expanded isentropically through a turbine to a
condenser at 0.06 bar. The heating load is supplied by extracting steam from the turbine
at 2 bar which is condensed in the processor device to saturated liquid at 2 bar and then
pumped back to the boiler. Compute :
(i) The steam generation capacity of boiler in kg/hr, (ii) heat input to boiler in kW, (iii)
fuel burning rate of boiler in t/hour if a coal of calorific value 25 MJ/kg is burned and the
boiler efficiency is 88%, (iv) heat rejected in condenser, (v) rate of flow of cooling water
in the condenser if temperature rise of water is 6C. Neglect pump work and draw T-S
diagram.
At 40 bar, 500C :
v = 0.08643 m3/kg, h = 3445.3 kJ/kg, s = 7.0901 kJ/kgK
Psat Volume (m3/kg) Enthalpy (kJ/kg) Entropy (kJ/kgK)
(bar) vf vg hf hg sf sg
2 0.00106 0.8857 520.72 2782.1 1.5706 7.0878
0.06 0.00101 25.22 149.79 2565.79 0.520 8.335
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05(e). Compare thermal efficiencies of two boilers having following data.

Boiler 1 coal fired:
Steam produced per kg of coal fired = 10 kg,
Quality of steam = 0.9
Boiler 2 oil fired:
Steam produced per kg of oil fired = 14 kg,
Condition of steam (super heated) = 240C
Calorific value of oil = 46000 kJ/kg
Use following data :
At 1.4 MPa for steam
hsuperheated = 2903 kJ/kg at 240C , hf = 830 kJ/kg, hfg = 1958 kJ/kg
Specific heat of water = 4.1868 kJ/kgK. (12 M)
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Diameter of piston = 10 cms
Stroke length = 15 cms
Indicated mean effective pressure = 0.67 MPa
Speed = 2000 rpm
No. of explosions = 980 per minute
Brake torque = 181.5 Nm
Fuel consumption = 11.89 kg/hr
Calorific value of fuel = 41,800 kJ/kg
Relative efficiency on brake power basis = 0.5
Quantity of jacket cooling water = 1020 kg/hr
Rise in temperature of cooling water = 35C
Specific heat of cooling water = 4.18 kJ/kg.K
Based on above observations, find out the following engine parameters
(i) Mechanical efficiency
(ii) Brake thermal efficiency
(iii) Air standard efficiency
(iv) Brake specific fuel consumption
(v) Percentage heat loss to jacket cooling water. (20 M)
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06(b). Room conditions: 26C DBT and 19C WBT; Outside conditions: 35C DBT and 27C
WBT; Room heat gain sensible heat 11.1 kW; Latent heat 3.9 kW. The conditioned air
supplied to room is 50 cmm and contains 25% fresh air and 75% recirculated room air.
Determine:
(i) DBT and WBT of supply air
(ii) DBT and WBT of mixed fresh air and recirculated air before cooling coil
(iii) Apparatus Dew point and by pass factor of the coil
(iv) Refrigerator load on the cooling coil and moisture removed by cooling coil.
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no under cooling before the expansion valve. If refrigerant flow rate is 10 kg/min, margin
determine :
(i) COP and
(ii) the capacity of refrigeration.
Table: Property values of refrigerant used
Saturation Liquid Latent Liquid Vapor
Pressure
Temperature heat heat Entropy Entropy
(bar)
(C) (kJ/kg) (kJ/kg) (kJ/kg.K) (kJ/kg.K)
10 25 289.9 1166.94 1.1242 5.0391
3 –10 135.37 1297.68 0.5443 5.477
(20 M)
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07(a). A single cylinder 4 stroke SI engine is producing 100 kW of power at an overall

efficiency of 20% Engine uses fuel air ratio 0.07:1. Determine how many m3/hr of air is
used if air density is 1.2 kg/m3. The fuel vapor density is 4 times that of air. How many
m3/hr of mixture is required? Calorific value of fuel is 42000 kJ/kg. (20 M)
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respectively. The specific fuel consumption for normal running at this engine speed is margin
0.385 kg/kW hr. The calorific value of fuel is 44,000 kJ/kg. Calculate the mechanical
and brake thermal efficiencies of the engine. (20 M)
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07(c). Calculate the efficiency of (a) boiler (b) economizer (c) whole plant having the following
data.
(i) Boiler:
Mass of feed water = 2060 kg/hr,
Mass of coal burnt = 227 kg/hr,
Enthalpy of steam produced = 2750 kJ/kg
(ii) Economiser :
Inlet temperature of feed water = 15C
Exit temperature of feed water = 105C
Atmospheric air temperature = 18C
Temperature of gases entering = 370C
Mass of flue gases = 4075 kg/hr
Specific heat of flue gases = 1.3 kJ/kgK. (20 M)
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08(a). In a combined gas turbine (GT) and steam turbine (ST) plant, the exhaust from GT is Candidates
used to heat steam boiler, at which a further supply of fuel is burned in the gas. Pressure must NOT
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Combustion in boiler increases gas temperature to 800C and gases leave boiler at 100C.
The steam inlet in ST is at 60 bar and 600C (h = 3656.2 kJ/kg, s = 7.166 kJ/kgK) and
condenser pressure is 0.05 bar (hf = 137.8 kJ/kg, hfg = 2423.8 kJ/kg, sf = 0.476 kJ/kgK, sfg
= 7.92 kJ/kgK) .
Calculate flow rate of air and steam required for a total output of 190 MW and overall
efficiency of power plant. Assume that all processes are ideal. What is overall air fuel
ratio ? Assume (cp)gas = 1.11 kJ/kgK and (cp)air = 1.005 kJ/kgK and  for gas and air are
1.33 and 1.4 respectively. Neglect mass flow rate of fuel on air flow. Calorific value of
fuel is 433 MJ/kg. (20 M)
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08(b). Determine the cooling effect due to evaporation of fuel on charge temperature in a turbo
charged SI engine for the following two cases
(i). Carburettor placed before the super charger
(ii). Carburettor placed after the super charger
The air fuel ratio is 14:1 the evaporations of fuel causes a 23C drop in mixture
temperature. The isentropic efficiency of compressor is 75% and its pressure ratio is 1.3.
The ambient air is at 15C. Take for mixture c p m  1.05 kJ / kgK and r = 1.33. Compare
super charger work in both cases. (20 M)
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269.4 cm3. Compressor speed and efficiency are 2800 rpm and 80% respectively.
Expansion index is 1.12. Determine
(i). Compressor exit temperature
(ii). Enthalpy of refrigerant at compressor exit
(iii). Enthalpy at exit of sub-cooler
(iv). Volumetric efficiency of compressor
(v). Refrigerant mass flow rate.
Specific heat of vapor and liquid at condenser pressure are 1.1 kJ/kg.K and 1.458 kJ/kg.K
respectively. Assume suction vapor dry saturated and isentropic compression.
R – 134 a Properties
Enthalpy Entropy
Pressure Temp Sp.vol
(kJ/kg) (kJ/kg.K)
(bar) (C) vg (m3/kg)
hf hg sf sg
2.104 –10 0.0994 186.7 392.4 0.9512 1.733
8.87 35 - 249.1 417.6 1.1680 1.715
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TEST CODE: 805

ESE - 2020 Mains Test Series

There are EIGHT questions divided into two sections.

Candidate has to attempt FIVE questions in all.

The number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated against it.

Answers must be written in ENGLISH only.

01(e). Enumerate the requirements of a good Carburettor. (12 M)

02(c). Write short notes on

05(d). Discuss the salient features governing human comfort? (12 M)

05(e). Compare thermal efficiencies of two boilers having following data.

ESE-2020 MAINS TEST SERIES

For filling by Examiners only

Candidate has to attempt FIVE questions in all.

The number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated against it.

Answers must be written in ENGLISH only.

02(c). Write short notes on

05(e). Compare thermal efficiencies of two boilers having following data.

07(a). A single cylinder 4 stroke SI engine is producing 100 kW of power at an overall

(1 being the least and 10 being the highest)

1. Competency in understanding the question.

2. Competency in approach / methodology while answering

3. Competency in space management

4. Competency in drawing figures / circuits / block diagrams / graphs etc.

5. Competency in presentation and hand writing.

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