Questions without an upvoted answer in Thermodynamics

For an ideal gas, starting from state point $1$, two different processes take place. The corresponding final states in these two processes are $2$ and $3$, lying on same ...

For the isothermal expansion of an ideal gas in a piston cylinder system, the net heat supplied during the process is equal to the net work. Which one of the following st...

For an ideal regenerative Rankine cycle, as shown in the figure below, which one of the following options is the correct representation of temperature-entropy (T-s) diagr...

A liquid comes out of the reactor of a chemical plant at $250^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ temperature with a flow rate of $100$ LPM. The ambient temperature is $25^{\circ} \mathr...

A rigid closed vertical cylindrical vessel of $15$ cm diameter contains $5$ kg water at $80^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ with $10 \%$ quality. The water is heated till its tempera...

A thermal power plant is running with no reheat or regeneration. The specific enthalpy and specific entropy of steam at the turbine inlet are $3344 \mathrm{~kJ} \mathrm{~...

​​​​A furnace can supply heat steadily at $1200 \mathrm{~K}$ at a rate of $24000 \mathrm{~kJ} / \mathrm{min}$. The maximum amount of power (in $\mathrm{kW}$ ) that can be...

​​​​Which one of the following statements regarding a Rankine cycle is FALSE?Superheating the steam in the boiler increases the cycle efficiency.The pressure at the turbi...

Consider an air-standard Brayton cycle with adiabatic compressor and turbine, and a regenerator, as shown in the figure. Air enters the compressor at $100 \mathrm{kPa}$ a...

A piston-cylinder arrangement shown in the figure has a stop located $2 \mathrm{~m}$ above the base. The cylinder initially contains air at $140 \mathrm{kPa}$ and $350^{\...

A heat engine extracts heat $\left(Q_{\mathrm{H}}\right)$ from a thermal reservoir at a temperature of $1000 \mathrm{~K}$ and rejects heat $\left(Q_{\mathrm{L}}\right)$ t...

Which one of the following statements is $\text{FALSE?}$For an ideal gas, the enthalpy is independent of pressure.For a real gas going through an adiabatic reversible pro...

Consider a fully adiabatic piston-cylinder arrangement as shown in the figure. The piston is massless and cross-sectional area of the cylinder is $A$. The fluid inside th...

Consider a mixture of two ideal gases, $\mathrm{X}$ and $\mathrm{Y}$, with molar masses $\bar{M}_{\mathrm{X}}=10 \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{kmol}$ and $\bar{M}_{\mathrm{Y}}=2...

Which one of the following is an intensive property of a thermodynamic system?MassDensityEnergyVolume

Consider $1$ $\text{kg}$ of an ideal gas at $1$ bar and $300$ $K$ contained in a rigid and perfectly insulated container. The specific heat of the gas at constant volume ...

A rigid tank of volume of $8 \:m^{3}$ is being filled up with air from a pipeline connected through a valve. Initially the valve is closed and the tank is assumed to be c...

At steady state, $500$ $\text{kg/s}$ of steam enters a turbine with specific enthalpy equal to $3500$ $\text{kJ/kg}$ and specific entropy equal to $6.5$ ${kJ \cdot kg^{-1...

The Clausius inequality holds good forany processany cycleonly reversible processonly reversible cycle

A polytropic process is carried out from an initial pressure of $110$ $\text{kPa}$ and volume of $5\; m^{3}$ to a final volume of $2.5\; m^{3}$. The polytropic index is g...

In a new temperature scale degree(symbol)P ,the boiling point of water is 100 degree(symbol)P and the freezing point of water is 300 degree(symbol)P .Find the reading cor...

Consider adiabatic flow of air through a duct. At a given point in the duct, velocity of air is $\text{300 m/s}$, temperature is $\text{330 K}$ and pressure is $\text{180...

A rigid tank of volume $50 \text{ m}^{3}$ contains a pure substance as a saturated liquid vapour mixture at $\text{400 kPa}$. Of the total mass of the mixture, $20\%$ mas...

Ambient pressure, temperature, and relative humidity at a location are $\text{101 kPa}$, $\text{300 K}$, and $60\%$, respectively. The saturation pressure of the water at...

Consider the open feed water heater $\text{(FWH)}$ shown in the figure given below:Specific enthalpy of steam at location $2$ is $\text{2624 kJ/kg}$, specific enthalpy of...

An adiabatic vortex tube, shown in the figure given below is supplied with $\text{5 kg/s}$ of air (inlet $1$) at $\text{500 kPa}$ and $\text{300 K}$. Two separate streams...

In which of the following pairs of cycles, both cycles have at least one isothermal process?Diesel cycle and Otto cycleCarnot cycle and Stirling cycleBrayton cycle and Ra...