19 Consider a pan of water being heated (a) by placing it on an electric range and (b) by placing a heating element in the water. Which method is a more efficient way of heating water? Explain. Baseboard heaters are basically electric resistance heaters and are frequently used in space heating. A homeowner claims that her 5-year-old baseboard heaters have a conversion efficiency of 100 percent. Is this claim in violation of any thermodynamic laws? Explain. Is an isothermal process necessarily internally reversible? Explain your answer with an example. Does the cyclic integral of heat have to be zero (i.e., does a system have to reject as much heat as it receives to complete a cycle)? Explain. Briefly describe a ramjet engine and its application. 20 Which of the following is the correct statement? a b с d f All the reversible engines have the same efficiency All the reversible and irreversible engines have the same efficiency Irreversible engines have maximum efficiency All engines are designed as reversible to obtain maximum efficiency The increase in entropy is obtained from a given quantity of heat at a low temperature The entropy represents a maximum amount of work obtainable per degree drop in temperature

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Consider a pan of water being heated (a) by placing it on an electric range and (b) by placing a heating
element in the water. Which method is a more efficient way of heating water? Explain.
Baseboard heaters are basically electric resistance heaters and are frequently used in space heating. A
homeowner claims that her 5-year-old baseboard heaters have a conversion efficiency of 100 percent. Is this
claim in violation of any thermodynamic laws? Explain.
Is an isothermal process necessarily internally reversible? Explain your answer with an example.
Does the cyclic integral of heat have to be zero (i.e., does a system have to reject as much heat as it receives
to complete a cycle)? Explain.
Briefly describe a ramjet engine and its application.
Which of the following is the correct statement?
a
b
C
d
All engines are designed as reversible to obtain maximum efficiency
The increase in entropy is obtained from a given quantity of heat at a low temperature
The entropy represents a maximum amount of work obtainable per degree drop in temperature
The change in entropy may be regarded as a measure of the rate of the availability of heat for
transformation into work
e
f
g
The efficiency of an ideal Carnot cycle depends on
working substance
on the temperature of the source, only
on the temperature of both the source and sink
a
b
C
d
on the temperature of the sink, only
e
on the construction of an engine
In a reversible cycle, the entropy of the system
a
b
C
d
e
a
b
с
e
Kelvin-Plank's law deals with
conservation of energy
conservation of heat
conservation of mass
a
b
Which of the following statement is correct according to Clausius statement of the second law of
thermodynamics?
It is impossible to transfer heat from a body at a lower temperature to a body at a higher
temperature
It is impossible to transfer heat from a body at a lower temperature to a body at a higher
temperature without the aid of an external source
All the reversible engines have the same efficiency
All the reversible and irreversible engines have the same efficiency
Irreversible engines have maximum efficiency
a
b
C
d
C
It is possible to transfer heat from a body at a lower temperature to a body at a higher temperature
using a refrigeration cycle
e
None of the answers
The mechanical efficiency of a gas turbine plant as compared to internal combustion reciprocating engine is
higher
lower
same
с
d
increases
decreases
does not change
first increases the decreases
depends on the properties of the working substance
a
b
C
d
conversion of heat into work
conversion of work into heat
The thermal efficiency of a gas turbine plant as compared to a Diesel engine plant is
a
b
e
f
C
d
unpredictable
The work ratio of a closed cycle gas turbine plant depends on the
pressure ratio of the and specific heat ratio
temperature ratio of the cycle and specific heat ratio
higher
lower
same
unpredictable
only the temperature ratio
only the specific heat ratio
In a two-stage gas turbine plant, with reheating after the first stage
a
b
pressure ratio, temperature ratio and specific heat ratio
only the pressure ratio
decreases the thermal efficiencies.
increases the thermal efficiencies.
does not affect thermal efficiencies.
Decreases the work ratio.
increases the work ratio.
does not affect the work ratio.
Transcribed Image Text:^ 19 20 Consider a pan of water being heated (a) by placing it on an electric range and (b) by placing a heating element in the water. Which method is a more efficient way of heating water? Explain. Baseboard heaters are basically electric resistance heaters and are frequently used in space heating. A homeowner claims that her 5-year-old baseboard heaters have a conversion efficiency of 100 percent. Is this claim in violation of any thermodynamic laws? Explain. Is an isothermal process necessarily internally reversible? Explain your answer with an example. Does the cyclic integral of heat have to be zero (i.e., does a system have to reject as much heat as it receives to complete a cycle)? Explain. Briefly describe a ramjet engine and its application. Which of the following is the correct statement? a b C d All engines are designed as reversible to obtain maximum efficiency The increase in entropy is obtained from a given quantity of heat at a low temperature The entropy represents a maximum amount of work obtainable per degree drop in temperature The change in entropy may be regarded as a measure of the rate of the availability of heat for transformation into work e f g The efficiency of an ideal Carnot cycle depends on working substance on the temperature of the source, only on the temperature of both the source and sink a b C d on the temperature of the sink, only e on the construction of an engine In a reversible cycle, the entropy of the system a b C d e a b с e Kelvin-Plank's law deals with conservation of energy conservation of heat conservation of mass a b Which of the following statement is correct according to Clausius statement of the second law of thermodynamics? It is impossible to transfer heat from a body at a lower temperature to a body at a higher temperature It is impossible to transfer heat from a body at a lower temperature to a body at a higher temperature without the aid of an external source All the reversible engines have the same efficiency All the reversible and irreversible engines have the same efficiency Irreversible engines have maximum efficiency a b C d C It is possible to transfer heat from a body at a lower temperature to a body at a higher temperature using a refrigeration cycle e None of the answers The mechanical efficiency of a gas turbine plant as compared to internal combustion reciprocating engine is higher lower same с d increases decreases does not change first increases the decreases depends on the properties of the working substance a b C d conversion of heat into work conversion of work into heat The thermal efficiency of a gas turbine plant as compared to a Diesel engine plant is a b e f C d unpredictable The work ratio of a closed cycle gas turbine plant depends on the pressure ratio of the and specific heat ratio temperature ratio of the cycle and specific heat ratio higher lower same unpredictable only the temperature ratio only the specific heat ratio In a two-stage gas turbine plant, with reheating after the first stage a b pressure ratio, temperature ratio and specific heat ratio only the pressure ratio decreases the thermal efficiencies. increases the thermal efficiencies. does not affect thermal efficiencies. Decreases the work ratio. increases the work ratio. does not affect the work ratio.
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