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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD B. Tech III Year II Semester IC ENGINES AND GAS TURBINES Previous Question Paper (July - 2023 - R16)

B. Tech | III Year II Semester | III-II | R16 | July - 2023

Answer PaperPaper Code: 136CCMaximum Marks: 75Time: 3 Hours

Note: i) Question paper consists of Part A, Part B. ii) Part A is compulsory, which carries 25 marks. iii) In Part B, Answer any one question from each unit.

Part A

125 marks
a

What is valve timing diagram? Draw the valve timing diagram for four stroke diesel engine.

2 marks

Answer

A valve timing diagram is a graphical representation of the exact timing of opening and closing of intake and exhaust valves relative to the crank position (crank angle) over a 720-degree cycle. It accounts for valve lead and lag to improve volumetric efficiency. For a four-stroke diesel engine, the diagram shows:
  • Inlet Valve Opens (IVO) before Top Dead Center (TDC).
  • Inlet Valve Closes (IVC) after Bottom Dead Center (BDC).
  • Fuel Injection starts before TDC.
  • Exhaust Valve Opens (EVO) before BDC.
  • Exhaust Valve Closes (EVC) after TDC.
b

Explain octane and cetane number of IC engine fuels. What ON80 represents?

3 marks

Answer

Octane number is a measure of the anti-knock quality of SI engine fuel, defined as the percentage by volume of isooctane in a mixture of isooctane and n-heptane that matches the knocking intensity of the fuel. Cetane number measures the ignition quality of CI engine fuel, defined as the percentage by volume of cetane in a mixture of cetane and alpha-methyl-naphthalene that matches the ignition delay of the fuel. ON80 represents a fuel with an anti-knock quality equivalent to a mixture of 80% isooctane and 20% n-heptane.
c

What is knocking in SI engines?

2 marks

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d

Explain the factors that affect the process of carburation.

3 marks

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e

What is CRDI engine? Explain.

2 marks

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f

List the parameters by which performance of an engine is evaluated.

3 marks

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g

Explain the working of gas turbine cycle.

2 marks

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h

Draw schematic of gas turbine cycle with regeneration.

3 marks

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i

Draw the simple turbojet cycle.

2 marks

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j

What are the basic requirements design gas turbine combustion chambers?

3 marks

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Part B

210 marks
a

Describe the working principle of the four stroke CI engine. Mention the typical values of valve timings for a four stroke CI engine.

5 marks

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b

What is fuel rating? How the petrol is rated? Discuss the methods to improve the fuel rating in SI Engine.

5 marks

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310 marks
a

How to achieve cold starting in S.I. Engine? Explain the reasons for starting of engine cold conditions.

5 marks

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b

How is the SI engine fuels rated in terms of octane number? Define the octane number scale and give the reasons for selecting this scale.

5 marks

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410 marks
a

Explain the working principle of fuel injector with neat diagram.

5 marks

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b

Explain different stages of combustion in CI engines along with a P-θ diagram.

5 marks

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510 marks
a

Describe the principle of a timed injection system. What are the two methods of fuel injection using timed injection?

5 marks

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b

How the antiknock additives prevent detonation in S.I. Engine? What are different additives used in S.I. Engine? Explain.

5 marks

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610 marks
a

Explain the method of conducting retardation test in internal combustion engine and compare this method with Willian’s line method.

5 marks

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b

Discuss the various changes in fuel injection system in S.I. engines with neat sketches.

5 marks

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7

An eight-cylinder, four-stroke engine of 9 cm bore and 8 cm stroke with a compression ratio of 7 is tested at 4500 rpm on a dynamometer which has 54 cm arm. During a 10 minutes test the dynamometer scale beam reading was 42 kg and the engine consumed 4.4 kg of gasoline having a calorific value of 44000kJ/kg. Air 27 0C and 1 bar was supplied to the carburetor at the rate of 6 kg/min. Find (a) the brake power delivered (b) the brake mean effective pressure (c) the brake specific fuel consumption (d) the brake specific air consumption (e) the brake thermal efficiency (f) the volumetric efficiency and (g) the air-fuel ration.

10 marks

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810 marks
a

Explain the use of inter cooling, reheating and regeneration of a gas turbine.

5 marks

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b

Air is drawn in a gas turbine at 180C and 1atm and 1 bar and leaves the compressor at 5 bars. Data observed are: Temperature of gases entering the turbine = 6780C, pressure loss in combustion chamber = 0.1bar. ηcompressor =85%, ηcombustion =85%, ηturbine =80%, γ= 1.4 Cp = 1.024kJ/kg for gas. Find i) Quantity of air, if plant develops 1065 kW ii) Heat supplied/kg of air circulated iii) Thermal efficiency of cycle.

5 marks

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910 marks
a

A gas turbine takes atmospheric air at 1 atm and 150C. There are two stages with perfect intercooling in between. The total pressure ratio is 8. The maximum temperature of the cycle is 6000C. A regenerator is used which recovers 60% of available heat ηc = 0.83, ηT = 0.86. Determine the thermal efficiency.

5 marks

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b

A gas turbine plant works between temperature limits of 300 K and 900 K and pressure limits of 1 atm and 4 atm. The initial efficiency of the compressor is 0.8 and that of turbine is 0.85. Estimate the thermal efficiency of the plant and the hp available if the fuel consumption is 1 kg/s. The heating value of fuel is 41.840kJ/kg.

5 marks

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1010 marks
a

Derive an expression for degree of reaction in axial flow gas turbines with the help of velocity triangles.

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b

Discuss the combustion process in combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine with the help of a suitable diagram.

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11

A turbojet aircraft is flying at 800 km/h at 10700 m altitude where the pressure and temperature of the atmosphere are 0.24 bar and -500C respectively. The compressor pressure ratio is 10:1 and the maximum cycle temperature is 8200C. Calculate the thrust developed and the specific fuel consumption in kg/ kNs using the following information: entry duct efficiency 0.9; isentropic efficiency of compressor 0.9; total head pressure loss in the combustion chamber 0.14bar; calorific value of fuel 43100kJ/kg. Combustion efficiency 98%; isentropic efficiency of turbine 0.92; mechanical efficiency of drive 98%; jet pipe efficiency 0.92: nozzle outlet area 0.08 m2 Cp and γ for the compression process 1.005kJ/ kg/K and 1.4; Cp and γ for the combustion and expansion processes 1.15kJ/kg/K and 1.333. Assume that the nozzle is convergent.

10 marks

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