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04-BS-10: December 2015

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  1. Question 1 Rankine Cycle with Non-Isentropic Turbine and Pump
  2. Question 2 Regenerative Gas Turbine, Two-Stage Intercooled Compressor
  3. Question 3 Gas Refrigeration Cycle (Reverse Brayton)
  4. Question 4 Isentropic Compression of an N₂/CO₂ Mixture
  5. Question 5 Psychrometrics from Dry-Bulb and Wet-Bulb Temperatures
  6. Question 6 Rigid Vessel of Saturated Water Vapor, Cooled at Constant Volume
  7. Question 7 Adiabatic Nozzle with Isentropic Efficiency
  8. Question 8 Carnot Power Cycle with Air
  9. Question 9 Rigid Tank Filled from a Supply Line, Isothermal

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National Exam 04-BS-10, Thermodynamics — December 2015. 3 hours, Closed-Book Exam (approved calculator and one double-sided 8.5x11-inch aid sheet permitted; property tables and charts supplied in an appendix). Part A: answer 2 of Questions 1-3 (20 marks each). Part B: answer 4 of Questions 4-9 (15 marks each), for a 100-mark paper. Only the first two Part-A and first four Part-B questions as they appear in the answer book are marked. All nine questions (Part A complete, Part B complete) are solved below for completeness.

Reference texts: Cengel & Boles, Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 8th ed.; Moran, Shapiro, Boettner & Bailey, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, 8th ed. All state properties (water/steam, air, N₂, CO₂, moist air) were computed from high-accuracy equations of state in place of printed property-table interpolation; every boxed numeric result.