DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ME 3103 Energy Conversion Systems

Tutorial No.: 03

Note: For problems (1-6), assume 100% efficiency

1. A pump raises the pressure of water in a line by 2.76bar. The pump exit is 6.10m above the inlet.
Neglecting the changes is internal and kinetic energies between inlet and exit, compute the shaft
specific work needed to drive the pump (water = 1000 kg / m3). Neglect loss, i.e. the pump system
is 100% efficient.
2. A centrifugal pump is pumping water at the rate of 20 lit/s. Readings recorded from pressure
gauges mounted at the two ends of the pump are 80kPa and 250kPa. The height difference
between the two ends of the pump is 300 mm and the suction and pressure end pipes are 75 mm
diameter. Calculate the specific work, the head of the pump and the power required to run the
pump. Assume no losses.
3. In a turbomachine handling an incompressible fluid with a density of 1000 kg/m3 the conditions
of the fluid at the rotor entry and exit are as given below:
Inlet Exit

Pressure 1.15 MPa 0.05 MPa

Velocity 30 m/s 15.5 m/s
Height above datum 10 m 2m
If the volume flow rate of the fluid is 40m3/s, estimate the net energy transfer from the fluid as
work.
4. A blower discharges air at the rate of 1.5m3/s and density of the air is 1.2 kg/m3. The height
difference between the pressure and suction end centrelines is 750 mm. The suction end pipe
diameter is 300 mm and the pressure end cross section is 280x300 mm. The pressure measured at
the suction and pressure ends of the blower are –25 mm water column (WC) and 200 mm WC
respectively. Calculate the specific work.
5. A turbo-compressor delivers 2.33 m3 / s at 0.276MPa, 43C which is heated at this pressure to
430C and finally expanded in a turbine which delivers 1050 kW. During the expansion process
heat transfer can be neglected. Calculate the turbine exhaust temperature if changes in kinetic and
potential energy are negligible.
6. A two stage air compressor takes in air at a pressure of 110 kPa and temperature of 27°C. The
compressor delivers air at a pressure of 220kPa. Assuming the entire compression process to be
isentropic, estimate the pressure ratio of each stage if the specific work of each stage is equal in
both stages.
7. Static conditions at inlet to an air compressor are 110 kPa and 30C and the exit conditions are
450 kPa and 215C. Inlet and outlet velocities are 60 m/s and 90 m/s respectively. Find
compressor internal efficiency (total-to-total efficiency and static-to-static efficiency).
8. Steam enters an adiabatic multistage turbine at static pressure of 80 bar, static temperature of 520
C and velocity of 50 m/s. It leaves the turbine at pressure of 0.35 bar, temperature of 80 C and
velocity of 200 m/s. Find static-to-static efficiency, total-to-total efficiency, total-to-static
efficiency and specific work. Assume C1s=C1.
[Data given: Enthalpy/entropy values given at inlet (in) and exit (out) conditions can be obtained
from steam table as: hin=3447.8 kJ/kg, sin=6.7873 kJ/kg-K, hout=2645.0 kJ/kg, sout=7.7553 kJ/kg-
K. It is also given that for exit pressure condition, hf=304.2 kJ/kg, hg=2630.7 kJ/kg, sf=0.9874
kJ/kg-K, sg=7.7148 kJ/kg-K].