WorksheetsISHRAE Aquest quiz
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 17mins
The ratio of work done per cycle to the stroke volume of the compressor is known as:
Compressor capacity
Compression ratio
Compressor efficiency
Mean effective pressure
A heat pump operating at a COP of 4 delivers 1000 W of heating. What is the power input to the pump?
100 W
250 W
400 W
750 W
The most efficient method of compressing air is to compress it:
Isothermally
Adiabatically
Isentropically
Isochronically
For summer air conditioning the relative humidity should around
40%
50%
75%
90%
Which design data is used for indoor air summer air conditioning?
20°C ± 1°C and 30% RH
22°C ± 1°C and 40% RH
25°C ± 1°C and 50% RH
26°C ± 1°C and 50% RH
Fins are used in heat exchangers to:
Decrease the heat transfer coefficient
Increase the surface area for heat transfer
Increase thermal resistance
Increase frictional losses
A heat engine operates between two reservoirs at 1200 K and 300 K. If the engine delivers 600 kJ of work, what is the minimum amount of heat rejected?
200 kJ
300 kJ
450 kJ
600 kJ
In an ideal Brayton cycle, the regeneration process:
Increases efficiency by reducing compressor work
Uses exhaust heat to preheat the compressed air
Cools the turbine inlet gases
Is not used in the cycle
Which of the following indicates the thickness of compressor oil?
Viscosity
Oiliness
Flash point
Fire point
Which refrigerant is known for having a high global warming potential (GWP)?
In a Carnot cycle, the entropy change for the system is:
Positive
Negative
Zero
Infinity
The pressure at the inlet of the refrigerant compressor is called:
Suction pressure
Discharge pressure
Critical pressure
Back pressure
The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics is useful for
The value of volumetric efficiency of a compressor decreases when its clearance factor:
Decreases
Increases
Stays the same
Is eliminated
In a gas turbine, intercooling is used to:
The volumetric efficiency of a compressor depends upon:
Valve pressure
Clearance factor
Heat gain of the cylinder
All of the above
Both temporary and permanent hardness of water can be removed by:
Boiling
Distillation
Filtration
Decantation
The efficiency of an ideal Rankine cycle improves with:
Lowering the condenser pressure
Raising the boiler pressure
Both a and b
Increasing turbine back pressure
In a Brayton cycle, regeneration improves efficiency because it:
Reduces fuel consumption by reheating
Lowers compressor work
Uses waste heat to preheat air entering the combustion chamber
Increases the turbine work
The temperature of a gas increases during compression. How can this be explained using the first law of thermodynamics?
Work is done on the gas, increasing its internal energy
Work is done by the gas, decreasing its internal energy
Heat is transferred into the gas
The specific heat capacity decreases
The Clausius statement of the second law of thermodynamics implies that:
Heat flows from a hot body to a cold body without external work
Work can be fully converted into heat
No heat engine can operate without a cold reservoir
A perpetual motion machine of the second kind is possible
Which thermometer helps to find out relative humidity?
Dry and wet bulb thermometer
Alcohol thermometer
Dial thermometer
A system exchanges heat but shows no change in enthalpy. What type of process might this be?
Isobaric
Isoenthalpic
Adiabatic
Isothermal
If a heat engine has an efficiency of 25%, how much heat is rejected for every 1 kJ of work done?
2 kJ
3 kJ
4 kJ
Cannot be determined
What does BOD stand for?
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
British Oxygen Demand
Biological Oxygen Depletion
British Oxygen Depletion
Temporary hardness of water is caused by the presence of:
Bicarbonates of calcium and magnesium
Sulphates of calcium and magnesium
Chlorides of sodium and potassium
Carbonates of sodium and potassium
For a thermodynamic process, the first law of thermodynamics is essentially a statement of:
AHU stands for
Which of the following chart shows relative humidity?
An irreversible process always results in:
No entropy generation
Decrease in system entropy
Increase in total entropy of system and surroundings
No temperature change
Why aren't natural convection systems used for crystallizers or viscous fluids?
Slow process
Sedimentation issues
Fouling prevention
Overheating
1. Rate of evaporation of moisture in air is directly proportional to:
Temperature of liquid
Humidity of air
Depth of liquid
Volume of liquid
Falling film evaporators heat the tubes using:
Steam condensing on the outer wall
Heaters at 200°C
Heaters above 200°C
Heaters just above 100°C
Evaporation in the dairy industry is typically done under:
Vacuum
Pasteurizer
Dryer
Heater
Crystallization, evaporation, and distillation are methods of:
Separating soluble substances
Separating insoluble substances
Separating filtrates
Increasing density
Which material has the highest thermal diffusivity?
Silver
Psychrometric chart is valid for
Water vapour pressure
Standard atmospheric pressure
Dry air pressure
Moist air pressure
The temperature recorder by a thermometer, when it is not affected by the moisture present in, it is called
Wet bulb temp
Dry bulb temp
Dew point temp
None of these
For two phases in equilibrium, which property must be equal for both phases?
Pressure
Temperature
Gibbs free energy
All of the above
Which of the following influences natural convection?
Gravitational forces
Buoyancy effects
Fluid density differences
All of the above
Radiation heat transfer between two surfaces depends on:
The purpose of an expansion device in a refrigeration system is to:
Reduce refrigerant pressure
Increase refrigerant pressure
Decrease vapour temperature
Increase fluid temperature
Specific humidity is defined as the ratio of
The mass of water vapour to the mass of moist air in a given volume of the mixture
The mass of water vapour to the mass of dry air in a given volume of the mixture
The mass of dry air to the mass of water vapour in a given volume of the mixture
None of these
Which of the following decreases during sensible cooling of air?
Specific humidity
Dry bulb temp
Wet bulb temp
Water vapour
What type of material is often used to seal water-cooled condenser tubes?
Washers
Gaskets
Saddles
None of these
If the entropy of the universe increases during a process, it indicates that the process is:
The maximum work obtainable from two reservoirs at different temperatures is determined by:
Which cycle is used in a thermal power plant?
Otto Cycle
Rankine Cycle
Diesel Cycle
Brayton Cycle
The critical temperature of a substance is the temperature:
The Dalton’s law deals with the
Sum partial volumes of gases
Sum partial volumes of gases
Water vapour
Both a & b
