Air enters an adiabatic compressor at 300K. The exit temperature for a compression ratio of 3, assuming air to be an ideal gas (Y = Cp/Cv = 7/5) and the process to be reversible, is___________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. On a P-V diagram of an ideal gas, suppose a reversible adiabatic line intersects a reversible isothermal line at point A. Then at a point A, the slope of the reversible adiabatic line (∂P/∂V)s and the slope of the reversible isothermal line (∂P/∂V)T are related as (where, y = Cp/Cv) ?

   A. (∂P/∂V)S = (∂P/∂V)T
   B. (∂P/∂V)S = [(∂P/∂V)T]Y
   C. (∂P/∂V)S = y(∂P/∂V)T
   D. (∂P/∂V)S = 1/y(∂P/∂V)T

2. Assuming applicability of ideal gas law, the pure component volume of the vapor in a saturated gas can be calculated from theoretical relationship. The volumetric composition of a vapor saturated gas is independent of the___________________?

   A. Nature of the liquid
   B. Nature of the gas
   C. Temperature of the liquid
   D. Total pressure

3. A two stage compressor is used to compress an ideal gas. The gas is cooled to the initial temperature after each stage. The intermediate pressure for the minimum total work requirement should be equal to the _____________ mean of P1 and P2.(where, P1 and P2 are initial and final pressures respectively) ?

   A. Logarithmic
   B. Arithmetic
   C. Geometric
   D. Harmonic

4. What happens in a reversible adiabatic compression ?

   A. Heating occurs
   B. Cooling occurs
   C. Pressure is constant
   D. Temperature is constant

5. Specific heat of a gas for a reversible adiabatic process is________________?

   A. Negative
   B. Zero
   C. Infinity
   D. None of these

6. The work done in isothermal compression compared to that in adiabatic compression will be__________________?

   A. Less
   B. More
   C. Same
   D. More or less depending upon the extent of work done

7. During a reversible isothermal expansion of an ideal gas, the entropy change is___________________?

   A. +ve
   B. 0
   C. -ve
   D. ∞

8. A system undergoes a change from a given initial state to a given final state either by an irreversible process or by a reversible process, then (where, Δ S1 and Δ SR are the entropy changes of the system for the irreversible and reversible processes respectively) ?

   A. Δ S1 is always Δ SR
   C. Δ S1 is always > Δ SR
   D. Δ S1 is always = Δ SR

9. The expression for the work done for a reversible polytropic process can be used to obtain the expression for work done for all processes, except reversible _____________ process?

   A. Isobaric
   B. Isothermal
   C. Adiabatic
   D. None of these

10. For an isothermal reversible compression of an ideal gas_______________?

    A. Only ΔE = 0
    B. Only ΔH =0
    C. ΔE = ΔH = 0
    D. dQ = dE