22-Mec-B3 Energy Conversion and Power Generation: May 2017

Paper format. National Examinations, May 2017 — 16-Mec-B3 Energy Conversion and Power Generation. Closed book, three hours. Section A is calculative (Questions 1–4) and Section B descriptive (Questions 5–6); a candidate answers three from Section A and one from Section B, four questions of 15 marks each constituting a complete 60-mark paper. Reference data are bound in as pages 8–11, reference formulae and constants as pages 12–15, and the Granet & Bluestein steam tables are supplied. All six questions are solved below, because the set as a whole is the study resource.

Reference texts.

• Granet, I. and Bluestein, M., Thermodynamics and Heat Power, 6th ed. — the steam and gas tables bound into this examination.
• El-Wakil, M. M., Powerplant Technology — heat balance diagrams, gas-cooled reactor plants, condensers, environmental impact of power generation.
• Çengel, Y. A. and Boles, M. A., Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 9th ed. — Brayton and Rankine cycle analysis, isentropic efficiencies.
• Lamarsh, J. R. and Baratta, A. J., Introduction to Nuclear Engineering, 4th ed. — reactor heat removal and the CANDU heat balance.
• Natural Resources Canada, Energy Fact Book — Canadian installed capacity and generation mix, quoted in Questions 5 and 6.