Q. To ensure complete and rapid combustion of a fuel, some quantity of air, in excess of the theoretical or minimum air is supplied.

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Q. According to Regnault's law, the specific heat at constant pressure (cp) and specific heat at constant volume (cv) __________ with the change in pressure and temperature of the gas.

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Q. One molecule of oxygen is __________ times heavier than the hydrogen atom.

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Q. Relation between cp and cv is given by (where cp = Specific heat at constant pressure, cv = Specific heat at constant volume, γ = cp/cv, known as adiabatic index, and R = Gas constant)

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Q. The property of the system, whose value for the entire system is equal to the sum of their values for the individual parts of the system is called extensive property

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Q. Coal gas consists mainly of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and various hydrocarbons.

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Q. High air-fuel ratio in gas turbines

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Q. When the finely ground coal is moulded under pressure with or without a binding material, the resulting fuel is called briquetted coal.

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Q. For the constant pressure and heat input, the air standard efficiency of gas power cycle is in the order

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Q. The heat and work are mutually convertible. This statement is called __________ law of thermodynamics.

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Q. Kerosene is distilled at

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Q. The polytropic index (n) is given by

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Q. The amount of heat obtained by the complete combustion of 1 kg of a fuel when the products of its combustion are cooled down to the temperature of supplied air is called __________ calorific value offuel.

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Q. The mass of flue gas per kg of fuel is the ratio of the

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Q. The amount of heat generated per kg of fuel is known as

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Q. Carnot cycle has maximum efficiency for

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Q. The entropy may be expressed as a function of

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Q. It is __________ to construct an engine working on a cyclic process, whose sole purpose is to convert heat energy into work.

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Q. Which of the following is the correct statement?

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Q. Which of the following statement is correct?

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