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- 1. What are some real-life applications of thermodynamics in industry?
- 2. What are the different types of energy losses in thermodynamic systems?
- 3. What is the difference between a heat engine and a heat pump?
- 4. How is thermodynamics applied in spacecraft propulsion?
- 5. What is the future of thermodynamics in energy technology?
- 6. What are common mistakes made in thermodynamic calculations?
- 7. How do engineers improve thermal efficiency in practical applications?
- 8. How does thermodynamics relate to environmental sustainability?
- 9. What is the most efficient thermodynamic cycle?
- 10. What is the importance of thermodynamics in mechanical engineering?
- 11. How do waste heat recovery systems improve efficiency?
- 12. What is the impact of thermodynamics on modern energy systems?
- 13. How does a cooling tower function?
- 14. What is combined heat and power (CHP)?
- 15. How does a gasification system work?
- 16. What are the key components of a nuclear reactor?
- 17. What is a fuel cell, and how does it generate energy?
- 18. What is the principle of geothermal energy?
- 19. How does a solar thermal power plant work?
- 20. What are renewable energy sources used in thermodynamics?
- 21. What is a heat exchanger, and how does it function?
- 22. How does thermal radiation affect heat transfer?
- 23. What is black body radiation?
- 24. What is the difference between free and forced convection?
- 25. How does combustion efficiency affect engine performance?
- 26. What is meant by stoichiometric combustion?
- 27. How does a calorimeter measure the heat of combustion?
- 28. What is the difference between complete and incomplete combustion?
- 29. What is the combustion process?
- 30. What is the purpose of dehumidification in air conditioning?
- 31. How is the efficiency of an air conditioning system measured?
- 32. Explain the working of a heat pump.
- 33. What are the advantages of ammonia as a refrigerant?
- 34. What is the function of a throttle valve in refrigeration?
- 35. What are the environmental impacts of different refrigerants?
- 36. What is the difference between vapor compression and vapor absorption cycles?
- 37. What is the effect of subcooling and superheating in refrigeration?
- 38. How is the coefficient of performance (COP) calculated?
- 39. What is an ideal refrigeration cycle?
- 40. What is the efficiency equation for the Otto cycle?
- 41. What is the difference between a two-stroke and a four-stroke engine?
- 42. What are the efficiency limitations of real thermodynamic cycles?
- 43. What are the four strokes in an internal combustion engine?
- 44. What is the Diesel cycle, and how does it differ from the Otto cycle?
- 45. How does combined cycle power generation improve efficiency?
- 46. What is the regenerative cycle?
- 47. Explain the reheat cycle in steam power plants.
- 48. What is the function of a condenser in a power plant?
- 49. How does increasing boiler pressure improve the Rankine cycle efficiency?
- 50. What is the difference between impulse and reaction turbines?
- 51. What is a steam turbine, and how does it function?
- 52. How is the Rankine cycle improved using reheating?
- 53. Explain the critical point in steam properties
- 54. What is the significance of latent heat of steam?
- 55. How does steam expansion affect power generation?
- 56. What are steam tables, and how are they used?
- 57. How is steam superheating achieved?
- 58. Explain the concept of dryness fraction in steam.
- 59. What is the Mollier diagram, and how is it used?
- 60. What is the equation of state for real gases?
- 61. How do gases behave at extremely low and high temperatures?
- 62. What is the difference between enthalpy and internal energy for gases?
- 63. What is the Joule-Thomson effect?
- 64. Explain the concept of partial pressure of a gas.
- 65. How does the van der Waals equation differ from the ideal gas law?
- 66. What is meant by an equation of state for gases?
- 67. Define compressibility of gases.
- 68. What is a perfect gas?
- 69. How does the exergy analysis help in energy efficiency improvement?
- 70. What is the difference between entropy and exergy?
- 71. How does entropy influence the direction of natural processes?
- 72. What is meant by the degradation of energy?
- 73. What is entropy production, and how does it relate to efficiency?
- 74. What is the Carnot theorem?
- 75. How does entropy affect spontaneous processes?
- 76. What is an entropy-temperature diagram?
- 77. Explain entropy change during phase transitions.
- 78. What is the difference between entropy and enthalpy?
- 79. What are lost work and irreversibility in thermodynamic processes?
- 80. Explain the concept of available energy in thermodynamics.
- 81. What is Helmholtz free energy?
- 82. What is Gibbs free energy, and why is it important?
- 83. What are the limitations of the first law of thermodynamics?
- 84. How does the first law of thermodynamics apply to heat exchangers?
- 85. How does the first law of thermodynamics apply to compressors?
- 86. How does the first law of thermodynamics apply to turbines?
- 87. Explain the energy balance equation for a control volume.
- 88. What is the steady flow energy equation (SFEE)?
- 89. What are steady-flow and unsteady-flow processes?
- 90. What is an isochoric process?
- 91. Explain an isobaric process with an example.
- 92. What is an isothermal process?
- 93. What are throttling processes, and where are they used?
- 94. What is meant by an adiabatic process?
- 95. What are the assumptions of an ideal thermodynamic cycle?
- 96. What are cyclic and non-cyclic processes?
- 97. What is the difference between a homogeneous and a heterogeneous thermodynamic system?
- 98. What are the key differences between a closed system and an open system in thermodynamics?
- 99. How does the first law of thermodynamics apply to nozzles and diffusers?
- 100. What is meant by irreversibility in thermodynamics?