PBR VISVODAYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, KAVALI

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

IV B.Tech Mech (II sem)
Date : 20-03-2013 (AN)

Mid Exam II (Objective)

Max. Marks : 20
Time : 20

min
ENERGY SYSTEMS
Answer all questions

1. Storing and transporting biogas is inconvenient because --------------------------------2. ----------------------------------------------------------- type of waste is suitable for
producing biogas.

3. Cow gives 10 kg of dung per day on an average. One kg of dung can produce ----------litres of biogas.
4. Process of burning waste wood and dry solid biomass completely to ash is called
------------------------------.
5. The two types of bacteria that convert biomass into biogas are -----------------------bacteria and ------------------------bacteria.
6. Pyrolysis of waste wood gives a gas mixture containing
----------------------------------------------.
7. Energy tapped from hard dry rock (HDR) at a depth of 2 km is called
-----------------------------------.
8. --------------------------------------------------------- can be used as working fluids in a
binary cycle geothermal plant.
9. Geothermal fields are present in India in -------------------------------------------------------10. Solid crystalline rock is called -----------------------------------------11. OTEC means ------------------------------------------------------12. Open cycle for OTEC plant working on low pressure steam is called --------------- cycle.
13. The top surface of oceans is like an infinite source of heat while deep sea is like infinite
sink because ---------------------------------------------------------.
14. The time span between high tide and low tide in the oceans is ---------------------------

15. Carnot efficiency of a typical OTEC plant is --------------------------------.

16. Organic matter from deep seas clogging the condenser pipes is called --------------------17. The conversion efficiency of a MHD plant is about --------------------%
18. The units of Seebeck coefficient are ------------------------------19. The energy of an electron at 0o K is called --------------------------------.
20. A common material used in thermoelectric converters is ---------------------------------