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A. 200 C. 220
B. 210 D. 230
1
A 1m x 1.5m cylindrical tank is full of oil with
SG=0.92. Find the force acting at the bottom of
the tank in dynes.
A. 0.314 C. 0.514
B. 0.414 D. 0.614
3
Wet material containing 220% moisture (dry
basis) is to be dried at the rate of 1.5 kg/s in a
continuous dryer to give a produce containing
10% (dry basis). Find the moisture removed,
kg/hr.
A. 13.42 C. 15.42
B. 14.42 D. 16.42
5
Compute the maximum length of the discharge
pipe installed on an outlet of a pressure relief
devise in feel for internal pipe diameter of 0.5
inch and rated discharge capacity is 8 lb/min of
air. The rated pressure of relief valve is 10 psig.
A. 0.287 ft C. 0.486 ft
B. 0.386 ft D. 0.586 ft
6
What is the hydraulic gradient of 1 mile, 17
inches inside diameter pipe when 3300 gal/min
of water flow with f=0.03.
A. 0.00714 C. 0.00234
B. 0.00614 D. 0.00187
7
Copra enters a dryer containing 70% moisture
and leaves 7% moisture. Find the moisture
removed on each pound of solid in final product.
A. 6.258 lb C. 4.258 lb
B. 1.258 lb D. 2.258 lb
8
Find the pressure at the 100 fathom depth of
water in kpag.
A. 70 kw C. 53 kw
B. 40 kw D. 60 kw
11
What is the approximate value of temperature
of water having enthalpy of 208 Btu/lb?
A. 138.67°C C. 258.67°C
B. 115.55°C D. 68.67°C
12
Two kilogram of gas is confined in a 1m3 tank at
200 kpa and 88°C. What type of gas is in the
tank?
A. Helium C. Methane
B. Ethane D. Ethene
13
Convert 750°R to °K.
A. 390.33°K C. 410.33°K
B. 395.33°Kc D. 416.33°K
14
A 200mm x 250 mm, 8-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel
engine has a brake power of 150 kw. The
mechanical efficiency is 80%. If two of the
cylinders were accidentally cut off, what will be
the new friction power?
A. 31.50 kw C. 35.50 kw
B. 33.50 kw D. 37.50 kw
15
A refrigeration system consumed 28,800 kw-hr
per month of energy. There are 20% of energy is
lost due to cooling system of compressor and
motor efficiency is 90%. If COP of the system is
6, find the mechanical efficiency of the
compressor.
A. 43.15 TR C. 49.15 TR
B. 46.15 TR D. 41.15 TR
16
An Otto cycle has a compression cycle of 8. Find
the pressure during compression.
A. 18.38 C. 14.38
B. 16.38 D. 12.28
17
A diesel cycle has a cut off ratio of 2.5 and
expansion ratio if 4. Find the clearance of the
cycle.
A. 9.11% C. 11.11%
B. 5.55% D. 15.15%
18
Find the enthalpy of water at 212°F and 14.7 psi
if the dryness factor is 30%. Use the
approximate enthalpy formula of liquid.
A. 20% C. 34%
B. 30% D. 40%
20
A dual cycle has an initial temperature of 30°C.
The compression ratio is 6 and the heat addition
at constant volume process is 600 KJ/kg. If cut-
off ratio is 2.5, find the maximum temperature
of the cycle.
A. 3638.50°C C. 3565.50°C
B. 3365.50°C D. 3965.50°C
21
Find the work possess for a helium gas at 20°C?
A. 3.69 C. 5.92
B. 4.23 D. 6.83
25
Find the loss of head in the pipe entrance if
speed of flow is 10 m/s.
A. 5.10 m C. 17.4 m
B. 10.2 m D. 2.55 m
26
Find the depth in furlong of the ocean
(SG=1.03) if the pressure at the sea bed is
2,032.56 kpag.
A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4
27
A 10-stages air compressor compresses air from
100 kpa to 800 kpa. Find the intercooler
pressure between the 1st and 2nd stage
A. 10.46 kg C. 11.46 kg
B. 9.46 kg D. 8.46 kg
29
Compute the mass of a 2m3 propane at 280 kpa
and 40°C.
A. 6.47 kg C. 10.20 kg
B. 5.1 kg D. 9.47 kg
30
A 3-stages air compressor compresses air from
100 kpa to 700 kpa. Find the intercooler
pressure between the 2nd and 3rd stage.
A. 111.44 kw C. 247.53 kw
B. 549.78 kw D. 141.89 kw
32
Find the enthalpy of Helium if its internal energy
is 200 KJ/kg.
A. 1.039 KJ/°K C. 0
A. 236 C. 195
B. 170 D. 0
36
Determine the atmospheric pressure at a
location where barometric reading is 740 mm
Hg and gravitational acceleration is g=9.7m/s2.
Assume the temperature of mercury to be 10°C,
at which the density is 13,570 kg/m3.
A. 1274.21 m C. 1267.34 m
B. 1289.00 m D. 1583.34 m
38
The lower half of a 10 m high cylindrical
container is filled with water and the uper half
with oil that has SG=0.85. Determine the
pressure difference between the top and bottom
if the cylinder.
A. 117.65% C. 85%
B. 75% D. 90%
41
A certain gas at 101.325 Kpa and 10°C whose
volume is 2.83 m3 capacity. Before admission,
the storage vessel contained gas at a pressure
and temperature of 137.8 Kpa and 26°C; after
admission, the pressure increased to 1171.8
Kpa. What should be the final temperature of
the gas in the vessel in Kelvin?
A. 298.0 C. 180.0
B. 319.8 D. 314.2
42
A perfect gas has a value of R=58.8 ft-lb/lb-°R
and k=1.26. If 20 Btu are added to 10 lbs of this
gas at constant volume when initial
temperature is 90°F, find the final temperature.
A. 97°F C. 154°F
B. 104°F D. 185°F
43
Ammonia weighing 22 kgs is confirmed inside a
cylinder equipped with a piston has an initial
pressure of 413 Kpa at 38°C. If 3200 KJ of heat
is added to the ammonia until its final pressure
and temperature are 413 Kpa and 100°C,
respectively, what is the amount of work done
by the fluid in KJ?
A. 667 C. 420
B. 304 D. 502
44
A tank contains 90ft3 of air at a pressure of 350
psig; if the air is cooled until its pressure and
temperature decreases at 200 psig and 70°F
respectively, what is the decrease in internal
energy?
A. 74.09 C. 76.56
B. 72.45 D. 78.57
46
A 4m3/hr pump delivers water to a pressure
tank. At the start , the gage read 138Kpa until it
reads 276Kpa and then the pump was shut off.
The volume of the tank is 180liters. At 276Kpa,
the water occupied 2/3 of the tank volume.
Determine the volume of the water that can be
taken out until the gage reads 138Kpa.
A. 31.20liters C. 16.87liters
B. 34.59liters D. 29.50liters
47
A refrigeration plant is rated at 15tons capacity.
How many pounds of air per hour will it cool
from 70 to 90°F at constant temperature?
A. 50,000lb/hr C. 52,000lb/hr
B. 37,500lb/hr D. 45,000lb/hr
48
An air standard engine has a compression ratio
of 18 and a cut-off ratio of 4. If the intake air
pressure and temperature are 100kPa and
27oC , find the work in KJ per kg.
A. 2976 C. 1582
B. 2166 D. 2751
49
Determine the air-standard efficiency of an
engine operating on the diesel cycle with
clearance of 6% when the suction pressure is
99.7 kPa and the fuel is injected for 7% of the
stroke. Assume K= 1.4
A. 62.11 % C. 73.58 %
B. 51.20 % D. 60.02 %
50
Steam at 2 Mpa and 250oC in a rigid cylinder is
cooled until the quality is 30%. Find the heat
rejected from the cylinder.
At 2Mpa, (saturated):
vf = 0.0011767 m3/kg, vg = 0.09963 m3/kg,
uf = 906.44kJ/kg, ug = 1693.8 kJ/kg
At 1.3MPa:
sf= 2.2515, sg= 6.4952, hf= 814.93, hfg= 1972.7
B. 2.51 D. 3.230
55
Water substance at 70 bar and 65oC enters a
boiler tube of constant inside diameter of
35mm. The water leaves the boiler tube at 50
bar and 700oK at velocity of 100 m/s. Calculate
the inlet volume flow (li/sec).
From steam tables:
B. 1.261 D. 1.609
56
A certain coal has the following ultimate
analysis:
C= 69% N2 = 5%
H = 2.5% S =7%
Determine the amount of oxygen if the heating
values of fuel is 26,961.45 kJ/kg.
A. 1.5% C. 3.5%
B. 2.5% D. 4.5%
57
A diesel engine consumed 945 liters of fuel per
day at 35oC. If the fuel was purchased at 15oC
and 30oAPI at P29.00/L. Determine the cost of
fuel to operate the engine per day.
A. P5677.50 C. P48,088.90
B. P4677.50 D. P27,127.76
58
The indicated thermal efficiency of a two stroke
diesel engine is 60%. If friction power is 15% of
heat generated, determine the brake thermal
efficiency of the engine.
A. 43% C. 36%
B. 45% D. 37%
59
In a gas unit, air enters the combustion
chamber at 550kPa, 227ºC and 43m/s. The
products of combustion leave the combustor at
511kpa, 1004ºC and 180m/s. Liquid fuel enters
with a heating value of 43,000KJ/kg. For fuel-air
ratio of 0.0229, what is the combustor efficiency
in percent?
A. 70.38% C. 75.38%
B. 79.38% D. 82.38%
60
The specific speed of turbine is 85 rpm and
running at 450 rpm. If the head is 20m and
generator efficiency is 90%, what is the
maximum power delivered by the generator.
A. 450.51 KW C. 650.53 KW
B. 534.52 KW D. 835.57 KW
61
A logging firm in Isabella operates a Diesel
Electric Plant to supply its electric energy
requirements. During a 2 hour period, the plant
consumed 250 gallons of fuel at 80oF. Determine
the overall thermal efficiency of the plant.
A. 26.08% C. 28.00%
B. 34.23% D. 18.46%
62
Steam leaves an industrial boiler at 827.4 kPa
and 171.6oC. A portion of the steam is passed
through a throttling calorimeter and is
exhausted to the atmosphere when the
calorimeter pressure is 101.4 kPa. How much
moisture does the steam leaving the boiler
contain if the temperature of the steam at the
calorimeter is 115.6oC?
At~
A. 3.78% C. 4.56%
B. 3.08% D. 2.34%
63
A Pelton type turbine has 25 m head friction loss
of 4.5 m. The coefficient of friction head
loss(Moorse) is 0.00093 and penstock length of
80m. What is the penstock diameter?
A. 1,355.73 mm C. 6771.23mm
B. 3476.12 mm D. 1686.73 mm
64
A throttling calorimeter is connected to the
desuperheated steam line supplying steam to
the auxiliary feed pump on a ship. The line
pressure measures 2.5 Mpa. The calorimeter
pressure is 110 kPa and 150oC. Determine the
entropy of the steam line.
At~
A. 53.5 TR C. 33.5 TR
B. 65.3 TR D. 56.9 TR
66
The initial condition of air in an air compressor
is 98 kPa and 27 ºC and discharges air at 450
kPa. The bore and stroke are 355 mm and 381
mm, respectively with percent clearance of 8%
running at 300 rpm. Find the volume of air at
suction.
A. 2.180 C. 1.233
B. 3.230 D. 1.130
68
In an open feedwater heater for a steam plant,
saturated steam at 7 bar is mixed with
subcooled liquid at 7 bar and 25oC. Just enough
steam is supplied to ensure that the mixed
steam leaving the heater will be saturated liquid
at 7 bar when heater efficiency is 95%.
Calculate the mass flow rate of the subcooled
liquid if steam flow rate is 0.865 kg/s
Steam properties~
A. 2.970 C. 2.274
B. 7.526 D. 6.233
70
A water jacketed air compressor 0.343 m^3/s of
air entering at 96.5 kPa and 21ºC and leaving at
480 kPa and 132 ºC; 10.9 kg/hr of cooling water
enters the jacket at 15 ºC and leaves at 21 ºC.
Determine the compressor brake power.
A. 23.163 kW C. 34.44 kW
B. 62.650 kW D. 19.33 kW
71
A cylindrical tank 4 m long and 3 m diameter is
used for oil storage. How many days can the
tank supply the engine having 27oAPI with duel
consumption of 60 kg/hr?
A. 17.53 C. 12.84
B. 5.84 D. 19.84
72
In a Rankine cycle steam enters the turbine at
2.5 Mpa (enthalpies & entropies given) and
condenser of 50 Kpa (properties given), what is
the thermal efficiency of the cycle?
At~
A. 25.55% C. 34.23%
B. 45.23% D. 12.34%
73
A steam turbine with 85% efficiency receives
steam at 7 Mpa and 550ºC and exhausts as 20
kPa. Determine the turbine work.
At 7Mpa and 550ºC:
h1=3530.9 KJ/kg s1=6.9486
At 20kPa(0.020MPa):
sf=0.8320 hf=251.40 sfg=7.0766
hfg=2358.3
A. 449.42oF C. 479.13oF
B. 536.34oF D. 263.45oF
75
23.5 kg of steam per second at 5 Mpa and
400oC is produced by a steam generator. The
feedwater enters the economizer at 145oC and
leaves at 205oC. The steam leaves the boiler
drum with a quality of 93%. The unit consumes
3 kf of coal per second as received having value
of 25,102kJ/kg. What would be the overall
efficiency of the unit in percent?
Steam properties~
A. 65.72 C. 88.28
B. 80.67 D. 78.82
76
A 350mm x 450mm steam engine running at
280rpm has a clearance steam condition of 2
Mpa and 230ºC and exits at 0.1 Mpa. The steam
consumption is 2000 kg/hr and mechanical
efficiency is 85%. If indicated mean effective
pressure is 600kPa, determine brake thermal
efficiency.
At 2Mpa and 230ºC: h1=2849.6 s1=6.4423
At 0.1Mpa sf=1.3026 hf=417.46 sfg=6.0568
hfg=2258 hf2=417.46 KJ/kg
A. 23.34% C. 14.16%
B. 15.25% D. 27.34%
77
A liquid dominated geothermal plant with a
single flash separator receives water at 204ºC.
The separator pressure is 1.04 Mpa. A direct
contact condenser operates at 0.034 Mpa. The
turbine has a polytropic efficiency of 0.75. For
cycle output of 60MW, what is the mass flow
rate of the well water in kg/s?
At 204ºC: hf=870.51 KJ/kg
At 1.04 Mpa: hf=770.38 hfg=2009.2 hg=2779.6
sg=6.5729
At 0.034Mpa: hf=301.40 hfg=2328.8
sf=0.09793
A. 2,933 sfg=6.7463 C. 1,860
B. 2,100 D. 2,444
78
Water flows steadily with a velocity of 3.05 m/s
in a horizontal pipe having a diameter of 25.24
cm. At one section of the pipe, the temperature
and pressure of the water are 21ºC and 689.3
kPa respectively. At a distance of 304.8 m
downstream, the pressure is 516.9 kPa. What is
the friction factor?
A. 0.134 C. 0.0307
B. 0.0050 D. 0.641
79
A steam condenser receives 10 kg/s of steam
with an enthalpy of 2770 kJ/kg. Steam
condenses and leaves with an enthalpy of 160
kJ/kg. Cooling water passes through the
condenser with temperature increases from 13
degrees C to 24oC. Calculate the water flow rate
in kg/s.
A. 583 C. 523
B. 567 D. 528
80
A superheat steam Rankine cycle has turbine
inlet conditions of 17.5 Mpa and 530oC expands
in a turbine to 0.007 Mpa. The turbine and
pump polytropic efficiencies are 0.85 and 0.75
respectively. Pressure losses between the pump
and turbine inlet are 1.5 Mpa. What should be
the pump work in kJ/kg?
A. 17.34 C. 25.32
B. 27.32 D. 47.33
81
A 18,000 kW geothermal plant has a generator
efficiency of 90% and 80% respectively. If the
quality after throttling is 20% and each well
discharges 400,000 kg/hr, determine the
number of wells required to produce if the
change of enthalpy at entrance and exit of
turbine is 500kJ/kg.
A. 4 wells C. 6 wells
B. 2 wells D. 8 wells
82
An engine generator rated 9000KVA at 80%
power factor , 3 phase, 4160V has an efficiency
of 90%. If overall plant efficiency is 28%, what is
the heat generated by the fuel?
A. 18,800 KW C. 7,500 KW
B. 28,800 KW D. 25,714 KW
83
Steam expands adiabatically in a turbine from
2000 kPa, 400oC to 400 kpa, 250 oC. What is the
effectiveness of the process in percent
assuming an atmospheric pressure of 18oC.
Neglect changes in kinetic and potential energy.
Steam properties~
A. 82 C. 79.60
B. 84 D. 79.46
84
A volumetric analysis of a gas mixture is a
follows:
CO2 : 12%
O2 : 4%
N2 : 80%
CO : 4%
What percentage of CO2 on a mass basis?
A. 17.55% C. 12.73%
B. 15.55% D. 18.73%
85
In Francis turbine, the pressure gage leading to
the turbine casing reads 380 kPa. The velocity
of water entering the turbine is 8m/s. If net
head of the turbine is 45m, find the distance
from the center of spiral casing to the tailrace.
A. 3.0m C. 4.0m
B. 3.5m D. 4.5m
86
The dry exhaust gas from oil engine has the
following gravimetric analysis:
CO2 = 21.6% O2 = 4.2% N = 74.2%
Specific heats at constant pressure for each
component of the exhaust gas in Kcal/kg-oC are:
CO2 = 0.203 O2 = 0.209 N = 0.248
Calculate the specific gravity if the molecular
weight of air is 28.97kg/kg-mol
A. 0.981 C. 1.055
B. 1.244 D. 0.542
87
A heat exchanger was installed purposely to
cool 0.50kg of gas per second. Molecular weight
is 32 and k = 1.32. The gas is cooled from 150 oC
to 80oC. Water is available at the rate of 0.30
kg/s and at a temperature of 15oC. Calculate the
exit temperature of the water in oC.
A. 44.86 C. 46.45
B. 42.86 D. 40.34
88
A thermal power plant generates 5 MW and the
heat generated by fuel is 13,000 kJ/sec. If the
thermal efficiency is 35.15%, find the power
needed for the auxiliaries.
A. 510 kw C. 400 kw
B. 300 kw D. 350 kw
89
The following coal has the following ultimate
analysis by weight:
C = 70.5% H2 = 4.5% O2 = 6.0%
N2 = 1.0% S = 3.0% Ash = 11%
Moisture = 4%
A stocker fired boiler of 195,000 kg/hr steaming
capacity uses this coal as fuel. Calculate volume
of air in m3/hr with air at 60oF and 14.7 psia
pressure if boiler efficiency is 70% and FE =
1.10
D. 264,830 m3/hr
B. 215,830 m /hr
3
90
A hydro electric plant having 30 sq. km
reservoir area and 100 m head is used to
generate power. The energy utilized by the
consumers whose load is connected to the
power plant during a five-hour period is
13.5x106 kwh. The overall generation efficiency
is 75%. Find the fall in the height of water in the
reservoir after the 5-hour period.
A. 5.13 m C. 3.21 m
B. 1.32 m D. 2.20 m
91
The gas density of chimney is 0.75 kg /m3 and
air density of 1.15 kg /m3. Find the driving
pressure if the height of the chimney is 63.71
m.
A. 1.30 C. 1.81
B. 0.92 D. 3.43
93
A steam turbine receives 5,000 kg/hr of steam
at 5Mpa and 400ºC and velocity of 30m/s. It
leaves the turbine at 0.006 Mpa and 85%
quality and velocity of 15m/s. Radiation loss is
10,000 KJ/hr. Find the KW developed.
At 5Mpa and 400ºC:
h1=3195.7KJ/kg s1=6.6459
At 0.006Mpa:
hf=151.53 hfg=2415.9
A. 1273.29 C. 1373.60
B. 2173.29 D. 7231.29
94
A rectangular foundation cross-section has a
bed plate dimension of 8 ft x 10 ft. The uniform
clearance on each side is 1 ft. The height of the
foundation is 4.5 ft. If the weight of the steel bar
reinforcements needed is ½ % of weight of
foundation, find the weight of the steel bars.
Use concrete density of 2400 kg/m3
A. 173.47 kg C. 163.47 kg
B. 183.47 kg D. 153.47 kg
95
A steam turbine with 80% stage efficiency
receives steam at 7Mpa and 550ºC and
exhausts at 20kPa. Determine the quality at
exhaust.
At 7Mpa and 550ºC:
h1=3530.9 KJ/kg s1=6.9486
At 20kPa(0.020MPa):
sf=0.8320 hf=251.40 sfg=7.0766
hfg=2358.3
A. 96.96% C. 82.34%
B. 76.34% D. 91.69%
96
The actual velocity of gas entering in a chimney
is 8m/sec. The gas temperature is 25ºC with a
gas constant of 0.287 KJ/kg-K. Determine the
gas pressure for a mass of a gas is 50,000 kg/hr
and chimney diameter of 1.39 m.
B. 98 kpa D. 92 kpa
97
A 305mm x 457mm four stroke single acting
diesel engine is rated at 150KW at 260 rpm.
Fuel consumption at rated load is 0.56 kg/kw-hr
with a heating value of 43,912 KJ/kg. Calculate
break thermal efficiency.
A. 10.53% C. 14.64%
B. 27.45% D. 18.23%
98
A two stage air intercooler has an intercooler
pressure of 4 kg/cm2. What is the discharge
pressure if suction pressure is 1 kg/cm2?
A. 3 kg/cm2 C. 12 kg/cm2
B. 9 kg/cm2 D. 16 kg/cm2
99
A Pelton type turbine was installed 30m below
the head gate of the penstock. The head loss
due to friction is 12 percent of the given
elevation. The length of the penstock is 100m
and the coefficient of friction is 0.00093.
Determine the power output in KW. (Use Morse
equation)
A. 48.72 m C. 36.22 m
B. 40.72 m D. 34.72 m
10
1
Compute the amount of condensate formed
during 10 minutes warm up of 180 meter pipe
conveys the saturated steam with enthalpy
vaporization hfg= 1947.8 kJ/kg. The minimum
external temperature of pipe is 2 ºC. The final
temperature of pipe is 195 ºC. The specific heat
of pipe material is 0.6 kJ/kg-K. The specific
weight is 28 kg/m.
A. 240.69 kg C. 299.64 kg
B. 982.45 kg D. 423.45 kg
10
2
The discharge pressure of an air compressor is 5
times the suction pressure. If volume flow at
suction is 0.1 m3/sec, what is the suction
pressure if compressor work is 19.57 kW.
(use n = 1.35)
A. 97 kPa C. 99 kPa
A. 7.77 C. 11.43
B. 17.14 D. 5.08
10
5
A diesel electric power plant supplies energy for
Meralco. During a 24-hour period, the plant
consumed 240 gallons of fuel at 28ºC and
pruduced 3930 KW-hr. Industrial fuel used is
28ºAPI and was purchased at P30 per liter at
15.6ºC. What is the cost of fuel to produce one
KW-hr?
A. P6.87 C. P41.07
B. P1.10 D. P5.00
10
6
An empty, open can is 30 cm high with a 15 cm
diameter. The can, with the open end down, is
pushed under water with a density of 1000
kg/m3. Find the water level in the can when the
top of the can is 50 cm below the surface.
A. 17.20 cm C. 4.20 cm
B. 2.12 cm D. 5.87 cm
10
7
A Francis turbine is to be operated at a speed of
600 rpm and with discharge of 4 m3/s. If r1=0.6
m, β=110º, and the blade height B is 10 cm,
what should be the guide vane angle α1 for
nonseparating flow condition at the runner
entrance?
A. 14.4º C. 16.4º
B. 15.4º D. 17.4º
10
8
The gain of entropy during isothermal nonflow
process of 5 lb of air at 60 ºF is 0.462 Btu/R.
Find the V1/V2
A. 3.85 C. 1.0
B. 0.259 D. 0.296
10
9
In a 9,000 KW hydro-electric plant, the overall
efficiency is 88% and the actual power received
by the costumer is 110,000 KW-hrs for that day.
What is the secondary power could this plant
deliver during the entire day?
A. 302 C. 356
B. 404 D. 598
11
1
Water is flowing in a pipe with radius of 30 cm
at a velocity of 5m/sec at the temperature in
the pipe. The density and viscosity of the water
are as follows: density = 997.9 kg/sec viscosity
=1.131 Pa-s. What is the Reynolds number for
this situation?
A. 2647 C. 3100
B. 96.2 D. 1140
11
2
A steam generator with economizer and air
heater has an overall draft loss of 25.78 cm of
water. If the stack gases are at 177ºC and if the
atmosphere is at 101.3 kPa and 26ºC, what
theoretical height of stack in meters is needed
when no draft fan are used? Assume that the
gas constant for the flue gases is the same as
that for air.
A. 611.10 C. 651.10
B. 631.10 D. 671.10
11
3
A two stage air compressor at 100 kPa and 22
ºC discharges to 750 kPa. If the intercooler
intake is 105 ºC, determine the value of n.
A. 1.400 C. 1.345
B. 1.326 D. 1.288
11
4
A single acting compressor has a volumetric
efficiency of 89%, operates at 500 rpm. It takes
in air at 100 kPa and 30 ºC and discharges it at
600 kPa. The air handled is 8 m3/min measured
at discharged condition. If compression is
isentropic, find mean pressure in kPa
A. 233.34 C. 198.34
B. 973.17 D. 204.82
11
5
A turbocharged, 16 cylinder, Vee-type diesel
engine has an air consumption of 3000 kg/hr
per cylinder at rated load and speed. This air is
drawn in through a filter by a centrifugal
compressor directly connected to the exhaust
gas turbine. The temperature to 45 ºC before it
goes to the engine suction header. Cooling
water enters air cooler at 30 ºC and leaves at 40
ºC. Calculate the log mean temperature
difference.
A. 47.23 ºC C. 43.34 ºC
B. 87.82 ºC D. 65.24 ºC
11
6
A vacuum pump is used to drain a flooded mine
shaft of 20 ºC. The pump pressure of water at
this temperature is 2.34 kPa. The pump id
incapable of lifting the water higher than 16 m.
What is the atmospheric pressure in kPa?
A. 159.30 C. 198.22
B. 132.33 D. 171.9
11
7
A steam pipe having a surface temperature of
250ºC passes through a room where the
temperature is 27 º C. The outside diameter of
pipe is 100 mm and emissivity factor of 0.8.
Calculate the radiated heat loss for 3 m pipe
length.
A. 1434.47 W C. 2851.82 W
B. 3746.35 W D. 3546.45 W
11
8
An auditorium seating 1500 people is to be
maintained at 80 ºF dry bulb and 60 ºF wet bulb
temperature when outdoor air is at 91 ºF dry
bulb and 75 ºF wet bulb. Solar heat load is
110,000 Btu/hr and supply air is at 60 ºF,
determine the amount of supply air.
A. 30 kpag C. 50 kpag
B. 40 kpag D. 60 kpag
12
0
What force is exerted by water jet 60 mm
diameter if it strikes a wall at the rate of 15
m/s?
A. 636.17 N C. 764.23 N
B. 442.62 N D. 563.34 N
12
1
A submersible pump delivers 350 gpm of water
to a height of 5 ft from the ground. The pump
where installed 150 ft below the ground level
and a draw down of 8 ft during the operation. If
water level is 25 ft above the pump, determine
the pump power.
A. 7.13 kW C. 7.24 kW
B. 4.86 kW D. 9.27 kW
12
2
Predict the pressure of nitrogen gas at T=200K
and v=0.00385 m3/kg and b=0.00141 m3/kg;
a=0.178 m2 kpa/kg2. Use van der waals
equation.
A. 11 C. 13
B. 12 D. 14
12
4
A cylindrical pipe with water flowing downward
at 0.03 m3/s having top diameter of 0.08,
bottom diameter of 0.04 m and height of 1.5 m.
Find the pressure between the pipe.
A. 18.27 kW C. 13.86 kW
B. 16.54 kW D. 11.58 kW
12
7
Determine the size of pipe which will deliver 8
liters of medium oil (v=6.10x10-6 m2/s)
assuming laminar flow conditions.
A. 622 mm C. 950 mm
B. 754 mm D. 835 mm
12
8
Determine the number of stages needed for a
centrifugal pump if it is used to deliver 400
gal/min of water and pump power of 15 hp.
Each impeller develops a head of 30 ft.
A. 6 C. 5
B. 4 D. 7
12
9
The suction pressure of a pump reads 3 in. Of
mercury vacuum and discharge pressure reads
140 psi is used to deliver 120 gpm of water with
specific volume of 0.0163 ft3/lb. Determine the
pump work.
A. 4.6 kW C. 7.4 kW
B. 5.7 kW D. 8.4 kW
13
0
In a Brayton cycle that operates between
temperature limits of 300 K and 1173 K with k =
1.4 , determine the temperature at the end of
compression (isentropic) for maximum work of
the cycle.
A. 780 K C. 730 K
B. 690.5 K D. 350 K
13
1
A submersible, multi-stage, centrifugal deep
well pump 260 gpm capacity is installed in a
well 27 feet below the static water level and
running at 3000 rpm. Drawdown when pumping
at rated capacity is 10 feet. The pump delivers
the water into a 25,000 gallons capacity
overhead storage tank. Total discharge head
developed by pump, including friction in piping
is 243 ft. Calculate the diameter of the impeller
of this pump in inches if each impeller diameter
developed a head of 38 ft.
A. 3.28 C. 3.71
B. 5.33 D. 6.34
13
2
Assume 8 ft3 of air at 100 psi, 100 ºF are
compressed isothermally to a volume of 2 ft3.
For each of end state of the process, find the
bulk modulus.
A. 2.05 C. 5.34
B. 2.34 D. 2.97
13
4
A rigid container is closed at one end and
measures 8 in diameter by 12 in long. The
container is held vertical and is slowly moved
downward until the pressure in the container is
17 psia. What will be the depth of the top of the
container from the free water surface?
A. 42.36 in C. 63.69 in
B. 59.29 in D. 69.82 in
13
5
A fan draws 1.42 m3 per second of air at a static
pressure of 2.54 cm of water through a duct 300
mm diameter and discharges it through a duct
of 275 mm diameter. Determine the static fan
efficiency if total fan is 75% and air is measures
at 25 ºC and 760 mmHg.
A. 50.11% C. 65.67%
B. 53.69% D. 45.34%
13
6
Air at 300ºK and 200 kpa is heated at constant
pressure to 600ºK. Determine the change of
internal energy.
A. turbulent C. laminar
A. 241.25 ºC C. 261.25 ºC
B. 251.25 ºC D. 271.25 ºC
14
0
A 300 mm diameter pipe discharges water at
the rate of 200 li/s. Point 1 on the pipe has a
pressure of 260 kpa and 3.4 m below point 1 is
point 2 with a pressure of 300 kpa. Compute the
head loss between points 1 and 2.
A. 4.29 m C. 6.32 m
B. 2.59 m D. 1.87 m
14
1
An insulated rigid tank initially contains 1.5 lb of
helium at 80ºF and 50 psia. A paddle wheel with
power rating of 0.02 hp is operated within the
tank for 30 min. Determine the final
temperature.
A. 159.22 ºF C. 179.22 ºF
B. 169.22 ºF D. 189.22 ºF
14
2
Steam flows through a nozzle at 400ºC and 1
Mpa (h=3263.9 KJ/kg) with velocity of 300 m/s.
Find the stagnation enthalpy.
A. 92.56 ºK C. 96.56 ºK
B. 94.56 ºK D. 98.56 ºK
14
4
A Carnot engine operates at Tmax/Tmin = 1.5.
Find the kW per ton of refrigeration.
A. 1.91 C. 1.76
B. 2.15 D. 1.55
14
5
Carbon dioxide flows through a nozzle with
speed of 380 m/s. The entrance condition of
nozzle is 250ºC and 1200 kpa. Find the
stagnation pressure.
A. 0.744 C. 0.764
B. 0.754 D. 0.774
14
8
A 4 m2 asphalt pavement with emissivity of 0.85
has a surface temperature of 50ºC. Find the
maximum rate of radiation that can be emitted
from the surface.
A. 49.59 C. 45.59
B. 47.59 D. 43.59
15
1
A 75 hp motor that has an efficiency of 91% is
worn out and is replaced by a high-efficiency
motor that has an efficiency of 95.4%.
Determine the reduction in heat gain of the
room due to higher efficiency under full-load
conditions.
A. 2.24 KW C. 2.64 KW
B. 2.44 KW D. 2.84 KW
15
2
A household refrigerator that has a power input
of 450 watts and a COP of 2.5 is to cool five
large watermelons, 10 kg each, to 8ºC. If the
watermelons are initially at 20ºC, determine
how long will take for the refrigerator to cool
them. The watermelons can be treated as water
whose specific heat is 4.2 KJ/kg-ºK.
A. 1.072 KW C. 3.072 KW
B. 2.072 KW D. 4.072 KW
15
4
A heat source at 800ºK losses 2000 KJ of heat to
a sink at 500ºK. Determine the entropy
generated during this process.
A. 68 KW C. 72 KW
B. 70 KW D. 74 KW
15
9
Consider a large furnace that can supply heat at
a temperature of 2000ºR at a steady rate of
3000 Btu/s. Determine the exergy of this energy.
Assume an environment temperature of 77ºF.
A. 2305.19 KW C. 2325.19 KW
B. 2315.19 KW D. 2335.19 KW
16
0
A heat engine receives heat from a source at
1200ºK at a rate of 500 KJ/s and rejects the
waste heat to a medium at 300ºK. The power
output of the engine is 180 KW. Determine the
irreversibility rate for this process.
A. 190 KW C. 200 KW
B. 195 KW D. 205 KW
16
1
A dealer advertises that he has just received a
shipment of electric resistance heaters for
residential buildings that have an efficiency of
100 percent. Assuming an indoor temperature
of 21ºC and outdoor temperature of 10ºC,
determine the second law efficiency of these
heaters.
A. 8.74% C. 3.74 %
B. 6.74 % D. 4.74 %
16
2
A thermal power plant has a heat rate of 11,363
Btu/KW-hr. Find the thermal efficiency of the
plant.
A. 34% C. 26%
B. 24% D. 30%
16
3
A rigid tank contains 2 kmol of N2 and 6 kmol of
CO2 gases at 300ºK and 115 Mpa. Find the tank
volume using ideal gas equation.
A. 7.33 m3 C. 3.33 m3
B. 5.33 m3 D. 1.33 m3
16
4
A spherical balloon with a diameter of 6 m is
filled with helium at 20ºC and 200 kpa.
Determine the mole number.
A. 0.026 lb C. 0.066 lb
B. 0.046 lb D. 0.086 lb
16
6
A rigid tank contains 20 lbm of air at 20 psia
and 70ºF. More air is added to the tank until the
pressure and temperature rise to 35 psia and
90ºF, respectively. Determine the amount of air
added to the tank.
A. 11.73 lb C. 15.73 lb
B. 13.73 lb D. 17.73 lb
16
7
A rigid tank contains 5 kg of an ideal gas at 4
atm and 40ºC. Now a valve is opened, and half
of mass of the gas is allowed to escape. If the
final pressure in the tank is 1.5 atm, the final
temperature in the tank is:
A. -38ºC C. 40ºC
B. -30ºC D. 53ºC
16
8
The pressure of an automobile tire is measured
to be 200 kpa (gage) before the trip end 220
kpa (gage) after the trip at a location where the
atmospheric pressure is 90 kpa. If the
temperature of the air in the tire before the trip
is 25ºC, the air temperature after the trip is:
A. 45.6ºC C. 27.5ºC
B. 54.8ºC D. 26.7ºC
16
9
Water is boiling at 1 atm pressure in a stainless
steel pan on an electric range. It is observed
that 2 kg of liquid water evaporates in 30 min.
The rate of heat transfer to the water is:
A. 2.07 KW C. 2.51 KW
B. 0.47 KW D. 3.12 KW
17
0
Consider a person standing in a breezy room at
20ºC. Determine the total rate of heat transfer
from this person if the exposed surface area and
the average outer surface temperature of the
person are 1.6 m2 and 29ºC, respectively, and
the convection heat transfer coefficient is 6
W/m2 with emissvity factor of 0.95
A. 95.27ºC C. 115.27ºC
B. 105.27ºC D. 125.27ºC
17
3
For heat transfer purposes, a standing man can
be modeled as a 30 cm diameter, 170 cm long
vertical cylinder with both the top and bottom
surfaces insulated and with the side surface at
an average temperature of 34ºC. For a
convection heat transfer coefficient of 15 W/m2-
ºC, determine the rate of heat loss from this
man by convection in an environment at 20ºC.
A. 0 C. 100 KJ
B. 50 KJ D. 150 KJ
17
6
A supply of 50 kg of chicken at 6ºC contained in
a box is to be frozen to -18ºC in a freezer.
Determine the amount of heat that needs to be
removed. The latent heat of the chicken is 247
KJ/kg, and its specific heat is 3.32 KJ/kg-C above
freezing and 1.77 KJ/kg-C below freezing. The
container box is 1.5 kg, and the specific heat of
the box material is 1.4 KJ/kg-C. Also the freezing
temperature of chicken is -2.8ºC.
A. 15,206.4 KJ C. 15,156 KJ
B. 50.4 KJ D. 1,863 KJ
17
7
Water is being heated in a closed pan on top of
a range while being stirred by a paddle wheel.
During the process, 30 KJ of heat is transferred
to the water, and 5 KJ of heat is lost to the
surrounding air. The paddle wheel work
amounts to 500 N-m. Determine the final
energy of the system if its initial energy is 10 KJ.
A. 35.5 KJ C. 25.5 KJ
B. 40.5 KJ D. 14.5 KJ
17
8
A classroom that normally contains 40 people is
to be air-conditioned with window air-conditioning
units of 5 KW cooling capacity. A person at rest
may be assumed to dissipate heat at a rate about
360 KJ/hr. There are 10 light bulbs in the room,
each with a rating of 100 watts. The rate of heat
transfer to the classroom through the walls and
the windows is estimated to be 15,000 KJ/hr. if
the rom is to maintained at a constant
temperature of 21ºC, determine the number of
window air-conditioning units required.
A. 1 units C. 3 units
B. 2 units D. 4 units
17
9
A 4m x 5m x 6m room is to be heated by a
baseboard resistance heater. It is desired that
the resistance heater be able to raise the air
temperature in the room from 7 to 23ºC within
15 minutes. Assuming no heat losses from the
room and an atmospheric pressure of 100 kpa,
determine the required power of the resistance
heater. Assume constant specific heats at room
temperature.
A. 2.34 KW C. 4.56 KW
B. 1.91 KW D. 6.34 KW
18
0
A student living in a 4m x 6m x 6m dormitory
room turns on her 150 watts fan before she leaves
the room on a summer day, hoping that the room
will be cooler when she comes back in the
evening. Assuming all the doors and windows are
tightly closed and disregarding any heat transfer
through the walls and the windows, determine the
temperature in the room when she comes back 10
hours later. Use specific heat values at room
temperature, and assume the room to be at 100
kpa and 15ºC in the morning when she leaves.
A. 28.13ºC C. 48.13ºC
B. 38.13ºC D. 58.13ºC
18
1
A piston-cylinder device whose piston is resting
on top of a set of stops initially contains 0.50 kg
of helium gas at 100 kpa and 25ºC. The mass of
the piston is such that 500 kpa of pressure is
required to raise it. How much heat must be
transferred to the helium before the piston
starts rising.
A. 1557.13 KJ C. 1757.13 KJ
B. 1657.13 KJ D. 1857.13 KJ
18
2
In order to cool 1 ton (1000 kg) of water at 20ºC
in an insulated tank, a person pours 80 kg of ice
at -5ºC into the water. Determine the final
equilibrium temperature in the tank. The
melting temperature and the heat of fusion of
ice at atmospheric pressure are 0ºC and 333.7
KJ/kg, respectively.
A. 12.43ºC C. 16.43ºC
B. 14.43ºC D. 18.43ºC
18
3
A fan is powered by 0.5 hp motor and delivers
air at a rate of 85 m3/min. Determine the
highest value for the average velocity of air
mobilized by the fan. Take the density of air to
be 1.18 kg/m3.
A. 108 C. 146
B. 250 D. 160
18
5
A plate-type solar energy collector with an
absorbing surface covered by a glass plate is to
receive an incident radiation of 800 W/m2. The
glass plate has a reflectivity of 0.12 and a
transmissivity of 0.85. The absorbing surface
has an absorptivity of 0.90. The area of the
collector is 5m2. How much solar energy in
watts is absorbed by the collector?
A. 2500 C. 3510
B. 2880 D. 3060
18
6
A tank contains liquid nitrogen at -190ºC is
suspended in a vacuum shell by three stainless
steel rods of 0.80 cm in diameter and 3 meters
long with a thermal conductivity of 16.3 W/m2-
ºC. If the ambient air outside the vacuum shell
is 15ºC, calculate the magnitude of the
conductive heat flow in watts along the support
rods.
A. 0.168 C. 0.182
B. 0.0587 D. 0.176
18
7
An elastic sphere containing gas at 120 kPa has
a diameter of 1.0 m. Heating the sphere causes
it to expand to a diameter of 1.3 m. During the
process the pressure is proportional to the
sphere diameter. Calculate the work done by
the gas in KJ.
A. 41.8 C. 87.5
B. 50.6 D. 35.4
18
8
An ideal gas with a molecular weight of 7.1
kg/kg mol is compressed from 600 kPa and
280ºC to a final specific volume of 0.5 m3/kg.
During the process the pressure varies
according to p = 620 + 150v + 95v2 where p is
in kPa and v in m3/kg. Calculate the work of
compression in KJ/kg.
A. 32.8 C. 35.6
B. 28.7 D. 33.3
18
9
A one cubic meter container contains a mixture
of gases composed of 0.02 kg-mol of oxygen
and 0.04 kg-mol of helium at a pressure of 220
kPa. What is the temperature of this ideal gas
mixture in degrees Kelvin?
A. 441 C. 400
B. 350 D. 450
19
0
Methyl alcohol (CH3OH) is burned with 25%
excess air. How much unburned oxygen in kg-
mol-oxygen/kg-mol-fuel will there be in the
products if the combustion is complete?
A. 0.35 C. 0.37
B. 0.45 D. 0.65
19
1
A 12 DC electrical motor draws a current of 15
amps. How much work in KJ does this motor
produce over a 10-minute period of operation?
A. 108.0 C. 216.0
B. 129.6 D. 318.2
19
2
A 4 liter (2-liter per revolution at standard
pressure and temperature) spark ignition engine
has a compression ratio of 8 and 2200 KJ/kg
heat addition by the fluid combustion.
Considering a cold air-standard Otto cycle
model, how much power will the engine produce
when operating at 2500 rpm?
A. 166.53 hp C. 97.4 hp
B. 73.12 hp D. 148 hp
19
3
A simple Rankine cycle produces 40 MW of
power, 50 MW of process heated and rejects 50
MW of heat to the surroundings. What is the
utilization factor of this cogeneration cycle
neglecting the pump work?
A. 50% C. 64%
B. 60% D. 80%
19
4
The rate of heat transfer to the surroundings
from a person at rest is 400 KJ/hr. Suppose that
the ventilation system fails in an auditorium
containing 120 people and assuming that the
energy goes into the air of volume 1500 m3
initially at 300ºK and 101 kPa, calculate the rate
in ºC/min of air temperature change.
A. 0.81 C. 0.63
B. 0.53 D. 1.0
19
5
An insulated box containing helium gas falls
from a balloon 4.5 km above the earth’s
surface. Calculate the temperature rise in ºC of
the helium when box hits the ground.
A. 15.2 C. 25.3
B. 12.6 D. 14.1
19
6
Consider two Carnot heat engines operating in
series. The first engine receives heat from the
reservoir at 2400ºK and rejects the waste heat
to another reservoir at temperature T. The
second engine receives heat by the first one,
convert some of it to work, and rejects the rest
to a reservoir at 300ºK. If thermal efficiencies of
both engines are the same, determine the
temperature T.
A. 849ºK C. 763ºK
B. 578ºK D. 978ºK
19
7
An ideal gas mixture consists of 2 kmol of N2
and 6 kmol of CO2. The mass fraction of CO2 is:
A. 0.175 C. 0.825
B. 0.250 D. 0.750
19
8
An ideal gas mixture consists of 2 kmol of N2
and 6 kmol of CO2. The apparent gas constant of
mixture is:
A. 0.208 C. 0.531
B. 0.231 D. 0.825
19
9
A Carnot cycle operates between the
temperature limits of 300 K and 1500 K, and
produces 600 kW of net power. The rate of
entropy change of the working fluid during heat
addition process is
A. 0 C. 0.5
B. 0.4 D. 2.0
20
0
Air in an ideal Diesel cycle is compressed from 3
L to 0.15 L and then it expands during the
constant pressure heat addition process to 0.3
L. Under cold air standard conditions, the
thermal effieciency of this cycle is:
A. 35 C. 65
B. 44 D. 70
20
1
Helium gas in an ideal Otto cycle is compressed
from 20 oC and 2 L to 0.25 L and its temperature
increases by an additional 800 oC during the
heat addition process. The temperature of
Helium before the expansion process is:
A. 1700 C. 1240
B. 1440 D. 880
20
2
In an ideal Otto cycle, air is compressed from
1.20 kg/m3 and 2.2 L to 0.26 L and the net work
output of the cycle is 440 kJ/kg. The mean
effective pressure for the cycle is:
A. 39 kJ/kg C. 98 kJ/kg
A. 8 kN C. 16 kN
B. 12 kN D. 20 kN
20
5
A thermal power has a net power of 10 MW. The
backwork ratio of the plant is 0.005. Determine
the compressor work.
A. 50.15 kW C. 50.25 kW
B. 50.35 kW D. 50.45 kW
20
6
A heat engine receives heat from a source at
1200 oK at a rate of 500 kJ/s and rejects the
waste heat to a sink at 300 oK. If the power
output of the engine is 200 kW, the second law
efficiency of this heat engine is:
A. 35% C. 53%
B. 40% D. 75%
20
7
A water reservoir contains 100 000 kg of water
at an average elevation of 60 m. The maximum
amount of electric power that can be generated
from this water is:
A. 0% C. 34%
B. 5.8% D. 77%
20
9
A thermoelectric refrigerator that resembles a
small ice chest is powered by a car battery, and
has a COP of 0.10. If the refrigerator cools a
0.350 L canned drink from 20 oC to 4 oC in 30
min, determine the average electric power
consumed by the thermoelectric refrigerator.
A. 10.06 hp C. 1.41 hp
B. 1.36 hp D. 7.94 hp
21
3
A refrigeration system is to cool bread loaves
with an average mass of 450 g from 22 oC to -10
o
C at a rate of 500 loaves per hour by
refrigerated air. Taking the average specific and
latent heats of bread to be 2.93 kJ/kg.oC and
109.3 kJ/kg, respectively, determine the product
load.
A. $42.5 C. $102
B. $59.50 D. $97.75
21
5
An ammonia simple saturation cycle operates
with a suction pressure of 291.6 kPa and a
condenser pressure of 1204 kPa develops 15
tons of refrigeration. Determine the theoretical
horsepower of the compressor.
The following enthalpies have been found:
A. 7.23 hp C. 15 hp
B. 13 hp D. 8.23 hp
21
6
An ammonia ice plant operates between a condenser
temperature of 35 oC and evaporator of -15 oC. It
produces 10 metric tons of ice per day from water at 30
oC to ice at -5 oC. Assuming simple saturation cycle,
determine the horsepower of the motor if the adiabatic
efficiency of the compressor nc = 0.85 and mechanical
efficiency nm = 0.95. The specific heat of ice is 2.094
kJ/kg.oC and the latent heat is 335 kJ/kg.
From the table for ammonia the following enthalpies are:
A. 17.68 hp C. 15.5 hp
B. 18.61 hp D. 21.9 hp
21
7
A Freon 22 air conditioning under standard
operating conditions of 35 oC condensing and 5
o
C evaporating temperatures. The volume flow
rate entering the compressor is 23.72 L/s.
Determine the refrigerating capacityif the
refrigerating effect is 164 kJ/kg. From the table
for R-22 the specific volume at the compressor
entrance is 40.46 L/kg.
A. 339.3 TR C. 96.4 TR
B. 79.3 TR D. 27.4 TR
21
8
The refrigerant volume flow rate at the entrance
of compressor were obtained from a test on a
twin cylinder, single acting 15 cm x 20 cm, 320
rpm compressor ammonia refrigerating plant to
be 33 L/s. Determine the volumetric efficiency
of the compressor.
A. 77.65% C. 97.6%
B. 87.6% D. 65.65%
21
9
A twin cylinder ammonia compressor with
volume displacement of 14 726 cm3 operates at
300 rpm. Condenser and evaporator pressure
are 1200 kPa and 227 kPa respectively. Specific
volume of refrigerant at the entrance of
compressor is 528.26 L/kg. Compression
process is polytropic with n = 1.20 and
clearance factor of compressor is 2 percent.
Determine the horsepower required.
A. 60 hp C. 80 hp
B. 70 hp D. 90 hp
22
0
A reversed Carnot has a refrigerating COP of
2.5. Determine the ratio TH/TL.
A. 1.4 C. 1.25
B. 1.5 D. 1.2
22
1
Three thousand cubic feet per minute of air are
circulated over an air-cooled condenser. If the
load on the condenser is 64 800 Btu/hr,
compute the temperature rise of the air passing
over the condenser. Specific volume of standard
air (13.34 ft3/lb)
A. 10 oF C. 20 oF
B. 15 oF D. 25 oF
22
2
Saturated vapor ammonia at -16 oC (hT = 1442.60
kJ/kg) leaves the evaporator and enters the
compressor at -6 oC (h1 = 1465 kJ/kg). The
refrigerant leaves the condenser as saturated liquid
at 40 oC (h4 = 390.6 kJ/kg) and enters the
expansion valve at 35 oC (h5 = 366.1 kJ/kg). Heat
rejected from the condenser amount to 50 kW. The
work to compressor is 208 kJ/kg, while the heat loss
from compressor is 33 kJ/kg. If 95 kJ/kg of heat are
lost in the piping between the compressor discharge
and condenser inlet, determine the refrigerating
capacity of the system.
A. 49.5 TR C. 12.88 TR
B. 46.61 TR D. 13.24 TR
22
3
In an actual refrigeration cycle using R12 as
working fluid, the refrigerant flow rate is 0.05
kg/s. Vapor enters the expansion valve at 1.15
Mpa, 40 oC (h = 238.5 kJ/kg) and leaves the
evaporator at 175 kPa, -15 oC (h = 345 kJ/kg).
The electric iput to motor driving the
compressor is measured and found 3.0 kW.
Motor efficiency at this load 92 percent and
mechanical efficiency 82%. Determine the
actual coefficient of performance for this cycle.
A. 1.58 C. 1.78
B. 2.36 D. 1.34
22
4
In an ammonia refrigeration system the
temperature in the evaporator is -12 oC and the
ammonia at the evaporator entry 0.1511 dry
while at exit is 0.95 dry. If the rate of ammonia
circulation is 5.64 kg/min, determine the
refrigerating capacity of the system. Enthalpy of
saturated liquid and vapor at -12 oC is 144.929
kJ/kg and 1447.74 kJ/kg respectively.
A. 17.82 C. 27.82
B. 34.82 D. 4.82
22
5
A two stage cascade vapor compression
refrigeration system uses ammonia in the low-
temperature loop and R-12 in the high-
temperature loop. The ammonia provides 15
tons of cooling. If the high-loop temperature
requires 10.12 kW compressor power and low
loop 15.93 kW, determine the COP of the
system.
A. 2.027 TR C. 3.314 TR
B. 5.22 TR D. 9.1 TR
22
6
When a man returns to his well-sealed house on
a summer day, he finds that the house is at 32
o
C. He turns on the air conditioner, which cools
the entire house to 20 oC in 15 min. If COP of
the air conditioner system is 2.5, determine the
power drawn by the air conditioners. Assume
the entire mass within the house is equivalent
to 800 kg of air for which c = 0.72 kJ/kg.oC.
A. 7.08 kW C. 19.2 kW
B. 3.07 kW D. 12.08 kW
22
7
It is desired to double the COP of a reversed
Carnot engine for cooling from 5.0 by raising
the temperature of heat addition while keeping
the temperature of heat rejection constant. By
what percentage must the temperature of heat
addition be raised?
A. 10.1% C. 8.1%
B. 9.1% D. 7.1%
22
8
An ammonia water-cooled compressor receives
the refrigerant at specific volume 62 L/kg. It has
a piston displacement rate of 5 m3/min. If a
squirrel cage motor running at 1200 rpm drives
the compressor and average piston speed is
490 m/min, calculate size of cylinder bore.
A. 20.4 cm C. 16.13 cm
B. 26.0 cm D. 13.6 cm
22
9
If the initial volume of an ideal gas is
compressed the one-half its original volume
and to twice its temperature, the temperature:
B. Quadruples D. Halves
23
0
If the gage pressure of a medium is 30 kPa
(vacuum) and the atmospheric pressure is 101.3
kPa, the absolute pressure will be:
A. 44 C. 18
B. 16 D. 24
23
2
A condenser vacuum gauge reads 715 mmHg
when the barometer stands at 757 mmHg. State
the absolute pressure in the condenser in kN/m2
or kPa.
A. 5.6 C. 6.5
B. 5.9 D. 5.2
23
3
Determine the force in newton in a piston of 465
mm2 area with a pressure of 0.172 MPa.
A. 65 C. 80
B. 72 D. 111
23
4
One piston of a hydraulic press has an area of 1
cm2. The other piston has an area of 25 cm2. If a
force of 150 N is applied on the smaller piston,
what will be the total force on the larger piston
if both piston surfaces are the same level?
A. 6 N C. 3750 N
B. 175 N D. 4250 N
23
5
The work done on air is 10.86 kJ/kg, determine
the compressor power if it is receiving 272
kg/min of air.
A. 36.72 hp C. 2954 hp
B. 49.23 hp D. 66 hp
23
6
A water tank 18 ft wide, 14 ft long, and 4 ft
high, calculate the pressure at the bottom of
the tank.
A. 90 C. 103
B. 100 D. 110
23
8
A double purpose tank 18 ft wide, 24 ft long and
4 ft depth is filled with water. What is the weight
of water in the tank in long tons?
A. 49 tons C. 54 tons
B. 48 tons D. 50 tons
23
9
Oil flow through a 16 tubes on a single cooler
with a velocity of 2 m/s. The internal diameter
of the tube is 30 mm and oil density is 0.85
gm/ml. Find the volume flow in liters per sec.
A. 22.62 C. 62.22
B. 32.22 D. 42.62
24
0
A substance temperature was 620 oR. What is
the temperature in oC?
A. 50.7 C. 71.11
B. 45.54 D. 91.44
24
1
Unknown volume of container gas of gas of 1
atmosphere is allowed to expand to another
container of 10 m3 volume at 500 mmHg at
constant temperature. Find the unknown
volume.
A. 6.58 m3 C. 5.67 m3
B. 6.75 m3 D. 7.65 m3
24
2
An iron block weighs 5 newton and has volume
of 200 cm3. What is the density of the block?
A. 97.7 N C. 77.9 N
B. 79.7 N D. 977 N
24
5
A transportation company specializes in the
shipment of pressurized gaseous materials. An
order is received from 100 liters of a particular
gas at STP (32 oF and 1 atm). What minimum
volume tank is necessary to transport the gas at
80 oF and maximum pressure of 8 atm?
A. 16 liters C. 10 liters
B. 14 liters D. 12 liters
24
6
100 g of water are mixed with 150 g of alcohol
(density = 790 kg/m3). What is the specific
volume of the resulting mixtures, assuming that
the fluids mixed completely?
A. 100 hp C. 200 hp
B. 462.7 hp D. 600 hp
24
9
What is the resulting pressure when one pound
of air at 15 psia and 200 oF is heated at
constant volume to 800 oF?
A. 5.98 g C. 4.63 g
B. 6.43 g D. 3.83 g
25
1
A small pump serving as model, when tested in
laboratory using water at 3600 rpm, delivered
30 cfs at a head of 125 ft. If the efficiency of this
model pump is 84%, predict the horsepower
input to the prototype pump if it is to develop
the same head as model pump and the model
pump has a scale ratio of 1:10. Assume the
efficiency of the prototype pump is 90%.
A. 50.6 hp C. 3740 hp
B. 4730 hp D. 60.5 hp
25
2
Pump at is best efficiency point (BEP) has a
capacity of 10 500 gpm while developing a head
of 60 ft at a rotative speed of 1450 rpm. What is
the specific speed of the pump?
A. 2760 C. 2476
B. 1450 D. 6892
25
3
A pump will be installed below the reservoir
water surface with a required net positive
suction head (NPSHR) of 50 ft. The barometric
pressure is 14.3 psia, and the vapor pressure is
0.5 psia. Assume friction losses in the intake
piping are 5 ft. Find the maximum allowable
elevation of the pump relative to the water
surface intake to avoid cavitation.
A. 45 ft C. 18.2 ft
B. 55 ft D. 23.2 ft
25
4
Centrifugal pump at best efficiency point (BEP).
Assume the pump characteristic are head, h = 7
m, flow rate, Q = 19 liters/sec, and rotative
speed n = 1170 rpm. Find the specific speed in
SI units.
A. 0.4 C. 10.41
B. 0.71 D. 3.94
25
5
The pressure of a confined gas at a constant
temperature is tripled, what will happen to the
volume?
A. 2 stages C. 4 stages
B. 3 stages D. 5 stages
25
8
How many identical turbines, operating at
139.0 rpm and 91% efficiency (specific speed
= 5.4), are needed to exploit a head of 1200 ft
and a flow of 1660 ft3/s.
A. 2 turbines C. 4 turbines
B. 3 turbines D. 5 turbines
25
9
How many poles should a 60-Hz generator
have, if it is connected to a turbine operating
under a design head of 3000 ft with a flow of
82 cfs? Assume turbine specific speed and
efficiency 3 and 84 percent respectively.
A. 10 pole C. 14 pole
B. 12 pole D. 16 pole
26
0
It is proposed to build a dam in a river where
the flow rate is 10m3/sec and a 32-m drop in
elevation can be achieved for flow through a
turbine. If a turbine is 82 percent efficient,
what is the maximum power that can be
achieved? Specific gravity of river is 0.998.
A. 2570 kW C. 3820 kW
B. 3133 kW D. 262 kW
26
1
What type of turbine delivers 25,000 bhp at
500 rpm under a net head of 5350 ft?
A. 63.5 ft C. 6.61 ft
B. 20.49 ft D. 36 ft
26
4
The diameter of the discharge pipe is 8 in. and
that of the intake pipe is 10 in. The pressure
gage at discharge reads 32 psi, and vacuum
gage at the intake reads 12 in. Hg. If the
discharge flow rate = 4.0 ft3/s of water and the
brake horsepower is 49.0, find the efficiency.
The intake and the discharge are at the same
elevation.
A. 82.1 % C. 55.8 %
B. 80.9 % D. 58.4 %
26
5
A piston positive-displacement pump (PDP)
has a 6-in diameter and a 2.5-in stroke. Its
crankshaft rotates at 300 rpm. Calculate its
output at 94 percent volumetric efficiency
A. 28.4 kW C. 25 kW
B. 32.2 kW D. 9 kW
26
7
In order to predict the behaviour of a small oil
pump, tests are to be made on a model using
air. The pump is to be driven by a 1/20 hp
motor at 1800 rpm and a ¼ hp motor is
available to drive the air at 600 rpm. Using
specific gravity of oil at 0.812 and density of air
constant at 0.075 lb/ ft3 ,what size model should
be built?
A. 4.34 C. 203.61
B. 6.14 D. 144
26
9
An impulse wheel at best produces 125 hp
under a head of 210 ft. By what percent should
the speed be increased for a 290-ft head?
A. 82.5 % C. 72.41 %
B. 17.5 % D. 27.59 %
27
0
What is the power ratio of a pump and its 1/5
scale model if the ratio of heads is 4 to 1?
A. 20 C. 12.5
B. 200 D. 125
27
1
The speed of a centrifugal pump is doubled. By
what factor does the pump head change?
A. 0.125 C. 4
B. 0.25 D. 8
27
2
Compute the specific volume of an air-vapor
mixture in cubic meter per kg of dry air when
the following conditions prevail : t = 40 C, w =
0.015 kg/kg, and Pt = 100 kPa
A. 0.28 C. 0.82
B. 1.2 D. 0.83
27
4
Compute the pressure drop of 35C air flowing
with a mean velocity of 5m/s in a circular sheet-
metal duct 400mm in diameter and 25 m long.
A. 431.22 Pa C. 312.24 Pa
B. 221.34 Pa D. 422.31 Pa
27
5
Pressure difference of 400 Pa is available to
force 20C air through a circular sheet-metal
duct 450 mm in diameter and 25 m long. At
20C, rho=1.204 kg/m3 and take friction factor,
f=0.016. determine the velocity.
A. 0.50 m C. 0.70 m
B. 0.60 m D. 0.40 m
27
7
To what height will a barometer column rise if
the atmospheric conditions are 13.9psia and
68F and barometer fluid mercury?
A. 3.56 ft C. 2.36 ft
B. 5.36 ft D. 3.26 ft
27
8
To what height will a barometer column rise if
the atmospheric conditions are 13.9psia and
68F and barometer fluid is ethyl alcohol? Note:
68F; Pv=138.5 lbf/ft3 and specific gravity of
0.79 for ethyl alcohol:
A. 44 C C. 52 C
B. 39 C D. 47 C
28
3
A creamery must cool 20,000 liters of milk
received each day from an initial temperature of
29C to a final temperature of 2C in 5 hours. If
refrigeration losses amount to 10 percent of the
cooling load, what must be the capacity of ther
refrigerating machine? Note: specific heat of
milk is 3.9 kJ/kg-K and SG = 1.05
A. 17 TOR C. 15 TOR
B. 20 TOR D. 24 TOR
28
5
Five hundred kilograms of poultry enter a chiller
at 8C and are frozen and chilled to a final
temperature of 18C for storage in 15 hours. The
specific heat above and below freezing are 3.18
kJ/kgoC and 1.55 kJ/kgoC respectively. The
latent heat is 246 kJ/kg and the freezing
temperature is -5C. Compute the product load.
A. 2.75 kW C. 2.95 kW
B. 2.85 kW D. 3.15 kW
28
6
Fish weighing 11,000 kg with a temperature of
20C is brought to a cold storage and which shall
be cooled to -10C in 11 hours. Find the required
plant refrigerating capacity in tons of
refrigeration of the specific heat of fish is 0.7
kCal/kgC above freezing and 0.30 kCal/kgC
below freezing point which is -3C. the laernt
heat of freezing is 55.5 kCal/kg.
A. 4.02 kW C. 5.02 kW
B. 7.02 kW D. 6.02 kW
28
8
A vapor compression refrigeration system is
designed to have a capacity of 150 tons of
refrigeration. It produces chilled water from 22C
to 2C. Its actual coefficient of performance is
5.86 and 35% of the power supplied to the
compressor is lost in the form of friction and
cylinder cooling losses. Determine the
condenser cooling water required for a
temperature rise of 10C.
A. 621,150 kJ C. 821,150 kJ
B. 721,150 kJ D. 921,150 kJ
29
0
A single acting, twin cylinder, Ammonia
compressor with bore equal to stroke is driven
by an engine at 250 rpm. The machine is
installed in a chilling plant to produce 700 kW of
refrigeration at -18C evaporating temperature.
At this temperature the cooling effect per kg
mass is 1160 kJ. The specific volume of vapor
entering the compressor is 0.592 m3 per
kilogram. Assume 85% volumetric efficiency,
determine the bore in mm.
A. 400 mm C. 450 mm
B. 300 mm D. 500 mm
29
1
An iron block weighs 7 newtons and has a
volume of 200 cubic centimeters. What is the
density the block?
A. Pa C. kg/m-s2
B. bars D. kg/m2
29
5
A cylinder weighs 150 lbf. Its cross-sectional
area is 40 square inches.When the cylinder
stands vertically on one end, what pressure
does the cylinder exert on the floor?
A. 44.1 C. 1140
B. 88.2 D. 2241
29
8
How long must a current of 5.0 amperes pass
through a 10 ohm resistor until a charge of 1200
coulombs passes through?
A. 1 min C. 3 min
B. 2 min D. 4 min
29
9
A car moving at 70 km/hr has a mass of 1700kg.
What force is necessary decelerate it at a rate
of 40 cm/s2.
A. 0.680 N C. 680 N
B. 42.5 N D. 4250 N
30
0
One hundred milliliters of waters in a plastic bag
of negligible mass is to be catapulted upwards
with an initial acceleration of 20.0 m/s2. What
force is necessary to do this? Assume gravity is
9.81 m/s2 and the density of the water is 1
g/cm2
A. 2.00 N C. 15 N
B. 2.98 N D. 2.00 kN
30
1
A boy pulls a sled with a mass of 20 kg
horizontally over a surface with a coefficient of
friction of 0.20. It takes him 10 minutes to pull
the sled 100 yards. What is his average power
output over these 10 minutes?
A. 4 W C. 8 W
B. 6 W D. 10 W
30
2
A force of 200 lbf acts on a block at an angle of
28 degrees with respect to horizontal. The
block is pushed 2 feet horizontally. What is the
work done by this force?
A. 215 J C. 480 J
B. 320 J D. 540 J
30
3
Two particles collide, stick together and
continue their motion together. Each particle
has a mass of 10g and their respective
velocities before trhe collision were 10m/s and
100m/s. What is the energy of the system after
the collision?
A. 21.8 J C. 42.8 J
B. 30.2 J D. 77.9 J
30
4
A copper bar is 90 cm long at 86oF. What is the
increase in its length when the bar is heated to
95oF? The linear expansion coefficient for
copper is 1.7x10-51/ degree C
2.12 x 10 -5
m C. 5.25 x 10 -5
m
B. 3.22 x 10 -5
m D. 7.65 x 10 -5
m
30
5
Calculate the energy transfer rate across a 6"
wall of firebrick with a temperature difference
across the wall of 50 C. The thermal
conductivity of firebrick is 0.65 BTU/hr-ft-F at
the temperature of interest
A. 182 J C. 655 kJ
B. 12.5 kJ D. 655 MJ
30
7
If a 1/3 horsepower pump runs for 20 minutes,
what is the energy used?
A. 0.33 kW C. 26.0 kW
B. 20.8 kW D. 41.7 kW
31
0
Two liters of an ideal gas at a temperature of
Tg= 25 C and a pressure of Pg=0.101 Mpa, are
in a 10cm diameter cylinder with a piston at one
end. The piston is depressed so that the
cylinder is shortened by 10 centimeters. The
temperature increases by 2 degrees C. What is
the change in pressure?
B. 89.5 kW D. 89.5 kJ
31
2
What is the power required to transfer 97,000
coulombs of charge through a potential rise of
50 volts in one hour?
A. 0.5 kW C. 1.3 kW
B. 0.9 kW D. 2.8 kW
31
3
A current of 7 amperes passes through a 12
ohm resistor. What is the power dissipated in
the resistor?
A. 84 w C. 0.79 hp
B. 0.59 hp D. 7 hp
31
4
What is the pressure at point A in the tank if h =
2 feet? (g=32.3 ft/sec2 and ρ=1.94 slug/ft3)
A. 5% C. 11%
B. 8% D. 13%
31
7
Water is pumped at 1m3/s to an elevation 5
meters through a flexible hose using a 100%
efficient pump rated at 100 kilowatts. Using the
same length of hose, what size motor is needed
to pump a 1 m3/s of water to the tank, with no
elevation gain? In both cases both ends of hose
are at temperature pressure. Neglect kinetic
energy effects.
A. 51 kW C. 36 kW
B. 22 kW D. 43 kW
31
8
A fluid with kinetic viscosity of 2.5 x 10 5 ft2/sec
is flowing at 0.1 ft/sec from an orifice 3” in
diameter. How can the fluid be described?
A. 830 mm C. 860 mm
B. 730 mm D. 760 mm
32
2
A 150 Hp motor is used to drive the compressor.
If the heat loss from the compressor is 25 kW
and the mass flow rate of the refrigerant
entering the compressor is 0.50 kg/s, determine
the difference of the enthalpies between the
inlet and outlet of the compressor.
A. 30 GPM C. 20 GPM
B. 40 GPM D. 50 GPM
32
6
The load on a water-cooled condenser is 90,000
Btu/hr. if the quantity of water circulated
through the condenser is 15 gpm, determine
the temperature rise of the water in the
condenser.
A. 12°F C. 10°F
B. 14°F D. 18°F
32
7
The weight of ammonia circulated in a machine
is found to be 21.8 lb/hr. if the vapor enters the
compressor with a specific volume of 9.6 ft3/lb,
calculate the piston displacement, assuming
80% percent volume efficiency.
A. 10.14 C.12.14
B. 11.14 D. 13.14
32
9
In an ammonia condensing machine
(compressor plus condenser) the water used for
condensing is 55°F and the evaporator is at
15°F. Calculate the ideal COP.
A. 11.875 C. 10.875
B. 12.875 D. 13.875
33
0
How much refrigeration capacity is required to
cool 2000 cfm of air from 85°F to 70°F?
A. 2,004.48 kJ C. 2,400.48 kJ
B. 3,004.48 kJ D. 3,400.48 kJ
33
3
A vertical furnace wall is made up of an inner
wall of firebrick 20 cm thick followed by
insulating brick 15 cm thick and an outer wall of
steel 1 cm thick. The surface temperature of the
wall adjacent to the combustion chamber is
1200°C while that of the outer surface of steel is
50°C. the thermal conductivities of the wall
material in W/m-K are: firebrick, 10; insulating
brick, 0.26; and steel, 45. neglecting the film
resistances and contact resistance of joints,
determine the heat loss per sq.m. of wall area.
B. 230.10 W D. 530.10 W
33
5
One insulated wall of a cold-storage compartment is
8m long 2.5 high and consists of an outer steel plate
18 mm thick. An inner wood wall 22.5 m thick, the
steel and wood are 90 mm apart to form a cavity
which is filled with cork. If the temperature drop
across the extreme faces of the composite wall is
15°C. Calculate the heat transfer per hour through
the wall and the temperature drop across the
thickness of the cork. Take the coefficients of
thermal conductivity for steel, cork and wood as 45,
0.045, and 0.18 W/m-K respectively.
A. 2185.44 kJ C. 3185.44 kJ
B. 2285.44 kJ D. 4185.44 kJ
33
8
A furnace wall consists of 35 cm firebrick
(k=1.557 W/m-K), 12 cm insulating refractory
(k=0.346) and 20 cm common brick (0.692)
covered with 7 cm steel plate (k=45). The
temperature at the inner surface of the firebrick
is 1,230°C and at the outer face of the steel
plate is 60°C. Atmosphere is 27°C. What is the
value of the combined coefficient for convection
and radiation from the outside wall?
A. 220 mm C. 260 mm
B. 240 mm D. 280 mm
34
1
An insulated steam pipe located where the
ambient temperature is 32°C, has an inside
diameter of 50 mm with 10mm thick wall. The
outside diameter of corrugated asbestos
insulation is 125 mm and the surface coefficient
of still air, ho=12 W/m2-K. Inside the pipe is
steam having a temperature of 150°C with film
coefficient h1=6000 W/m2-K. Thermal
conductivity of pipe and asbestos insulation are
45 and 0.12 W/m-K respectively. Determine the
heat loss per unit length of pipe.
A. 110 W C. 130 W
B. 120 W D. 140 W
34
2
How many watts will be radiated from a
spherical black body 15 cm in diameter at a
temperature of 800°C?
A. 5.34 kW C. 6.34 kW
B. 4.34 kW D. 3.34 kW
34
3
A wall with an area of 10m2 is made of a 2 cm
thickness of white pine (k=0.133 W/m°C)
followed by a 10 cm of brick (k=0.649 W/m°C).
The pine is on the inside where the temperature
is 30°C while the outside temperature is 10°C.
Assuming equilibrium conditions exist, what is
the temperature at the interface between the
two metals?
A. 15.65 °C C. 18.21 °C
B. 17.64 °C D. 19.31 °C
34
4
A counterflow heat exchanger is designed to
heat a fuel oil from 45°C to 100°C while the
heating fluid enters at 150°C and leaves at
115°C. Calculate the arithmetic mean
temperature difference.
A. 40°C C. 60°C
B. 50°C D. 70°C
34
5
With three different quantities x, y, and z of the
same kind of liquid of temperatures 9, 21 and
38°C respectively, it is found that when x and y
are mixed together the resultant temperature is
17°C and when y and z are mixed together the
resultant temperature is 28°C. Find the resultant
temperature if x and z were mixed.
A. 25.87 °C C. 20.85 °C
B. 25.92 °C D. 24.86 °C
34
6
The journals of a shaft are 380 mm diameter, it
runs at 105 rpm and the coefficient of friction
between journals and bearings is 0.02. If the
average load on the bearings is 200kN, find the
heat generated per minute at the bearings.
A. 501.375 kJ C. 401.375 kJ
B. 505.575 kJ D. 501.575 kJ
34
7
A reverse Carnot cycle requires 3 Hp and
extracts energy from a lake to heat a house. If
the house is kept at 70°F and requires 2000Btu
per minute, what is the temperature of the lake?
A. 35.29°F C. 39.29°F
B. 36.29°F D. 40.29°F
34
8
An oxygen cylinder of volume 2.3 ft3 has a
pressure of 2200 psig and is at 70°F. Determine
the mass of oxygen in the cylinder.
A. 33.1°C C. 38.7°C
B. 37.7°C D. 31.7°C
35
0
One kilogram of wet steam at a pressure of 8
bar (vg=0.2404 m3/kg, vf=0.0011148 m3/kg) and
dryness of 0.94 is expanded until the pressure is
4 bar (vg=0.4625 m3/kg, vf=0.00108 m3/kg). If
expansion follows the law PVn=C, where n=1.12,
find the dryness fraction of the steam at the
lower pressure.
A. 0.9072 C. 0.2260
B. 0.4197 D. 0.2404
35
1
2.5 liters of superheated steam at 25 bar and
400°C (v=0.1252 m3/kg) is expanded in an
engine to a pressure of 0.1 bar (vg=14.674
m3/kg, vf=0.0010102 m3/kg) when its dryness
fraction is 0.9. Find the final volume of the
steam.
A. P1.05 C. P 1.069
B. P1.10 D. P 1.00
35
7
A certain coal has the following ultimate analysis:
C= 70.5% H= 4.5% O2= 6% N2= 1.0%
S= 3.0% Ash= 11% Moisture= 4%
A. 36.21 C. 29.34
B. 26.25 D. 39.42
35
9
A diesel power plant uses fuel with heating
value of 43,000 kj/kg. What is the density of the
fuel at 25°C?
A. 62.07 % C. 78.05%
B. 53.08 % D. 54.97%
36
3
What is the rate of evaporation of a water tube
boiler if the factor of evaporation is 1.10 percent
rating of 200% and the heating surface area is
250 m2 ?
A. 171.4 Hp C. 173.2 Hp
B. 175 Hp D. 174.4 Hp
36
5
Steam enters a turbine stage with an enthalpy
of 3628 kJ/kg at 70 m/s and leave the same
stage with enthalpy of 2846 kJ/kg and a velocity
of 124 m/s .Calculate the power if there are5
kg/s steam admitted at the turbine throttle?
A. 4597.45 kW C. 3883.81 kW
B. 3976.55 kW D. 1675.42 kW
36
6
Steam with an enthalpy of 800 kCal/kg enters a
nozzle at a velocity of 80 m/s. Find the velocity
of the steam at the exit of the nozzle if its
enthalpy is reduced to 750 kCal/kg, assuming
the nozzle is horizontal and disregarding heat
losses. Take g=9.81 m/s2 and J constant = 427
kg m/ kCal.
A. 122.83 kJ C. 80.2 kJ
B. 171.2 kJ D. 28.3 kJ
37
0
Calculate drive horsepower for pumping 1703
L/min cold water to a tank suction at 127 mmHg
vacuum, delivery at 5.3 kg/cm2 ga. , both
measured close to pump, ep= 0.65.
A. 31.42 HP C. 35.42 HP
B. 20.42 HP D. 23.02 HP
37
1
Find the length of a suspension bunker to
contain 181tons of coal without surcharge,
width=4.6, depth=4.3 m. The level capacity of a
suspension bunker is 5/8 wdL where : w=width ,
d=depth and L=length. Density of coal,800
kg/m3.
A. 18.30 m C. 17.61 m
B. 15.80 m D. 12.61 m
37
2
A 305 mm x 457 mm four stroke single acting
diesel engine is rated at 150 kW at 260 rpm.
Fuel consumption at rated load is 0.26 kg/kW-hr
with a heating value of 43,912 kJ/kg. Calculate
the brake thermal efficiency.
A. 31.63% C. 21.63%
B. 41.63% D. 35.63%
37
3
The brake thermal efficiency of a 1 MW diesel
electric plant is 36%. Find the heat generated
by fuel in kW if the generator efficiency is 89%.
A. 3,121.10 kW C. 4,121.10 kW
B. 3,528.64 kW D. 4,528.64 kW
37
4
In an air-standard Brayton cycle,the compressor
receives air at 101.325kPa, 21°C and it leaves
at 600kPA at the rate of 4 kg/s. Determine the
turbine work if the temperature of the air
entering the turbine is 1000°C.
A. 3000 kW C. 2028 kW
B. 2701 kW D. 3500 kW
37
5
Kerosene is the fuel of a gas turbine plant: fuel-
air ratio, mf=0.012, T3 = 972 K, pressure ratio,
rp =4.5, exhaust to atmosphere. Find the
available energy in kJ per kg air flow. Assume
k=1.34 and Cp=1.13.
A. 87.45% C. 85.47%
B. 84.57% D. 78.54%
38
0
A hydro-electric power plant consumes
60,000,000 kW-hr per year. What is the net
head if the expected flow is 1500 m3/min and
over-all efficiency is 63%.
A. 34.34 m C. 44.33 m
B. 43.43 m D. 33.44 m
38
1
A pelton type turbine has a gross head of 40m
and a friction head loss 6m. What is the
penstock diameter if the penstock length is 90m
and the coefficient of friction head loss is
0.001(Morse) ?
A. 2040 mm C. 2440 mm
B. 3120 mm D. 2320 mm
38
2
The water velocity of a 5m x 1m channel is
6m/s. What is the annual energy produced if the
net head is 120m and the over-all efficiency is
80%.
A. 0.661 m C. 0.443 m
B. 0.552 m D. 0.773 m
38
4
In a hydroelectric power plant the tailwater
elevation is at 500m. What is the head water
elevation if the next head is 30m and the head
loss is 5% of the gross head.
A. 785.25 m C. 528.57 m
B. 582.57 m D. 758.25 m
38
5
The tailwater and headwater of a hydro-electric
plant are 150 m and 200 m respectively. What is
the water power if the flow is 15m3/s and a head
loss of 10% of the gross head?
A. 6,621.75 kW C. 5,621.76 kW
B. 7,621.65 kW D. 4,621.56 kW
38
6
In a hydro-electric plant water flows at 10 m/s in
a penstock of 1m3 cross-sectional area. If the
net head of the plant is 30m and the turbine
efficiency is 85%, what id the turbine output?
A. 2,501.55 kW C. 3,626.34 kW
B. 2,100.21 kW D. 3,124.65 kW
38
7
A 75 MW power plant has an average load of
35,000 kW and a load factor of 65%. Find the
reserve over peak.
A. 21.15 MW C. 25.38 MW
B. 23.41 MW D. 18.65 MW
38
8
A power plant is said to have/had a use factor of
48.5% and a capacity factor of 42.4%. How
many hrs. did it operate during the year
A. 38.325% C. 35.823%
B. 33.825% D. 32.538%
39
1
If the air required for combustion is 20kg per kg
of coal and the boiler uses 3000 kg of coal per
hr, determine the mass of gas entering the
chimney. Assume an ash loss of 15%.
A. 1.57 m C. 2.22 m
B. 2.65 m D. 1.28 m
39
3
A two-stage air compressor at 90 kPa and
20°C discharges at 700kPa. Find the polytropic
exponent n if the intercooler intake
temperature is 100°C.
A. 1.29 C. 1.4
B. 1.33 D. 1.25
39
4
A two-stage compressor receives 0.35 kg/s of
air at 100 kPa and 269 K and delivers it at
5000 kPa. Find the heat trasfferred in the
intercooler.
A. 70.49 kW C. 90.49 kW
B. 80.49 kW D. 100.49 kW
39
5
A centrifugal pump discharged 20 L/s against a
head of 17 m when the speed is 1500rpm. The
diameter of the impeller was 30cm and the
brake horsepower was 6.0. A 1750 rpm.
Assuming equal efficiencies, what brake
horsepower is required?
A. 51.55 HP C. 40.14 HP
B. 50.15 HP D. 45.15 HP
39
6
A pump delivers 20 cfm of water having a
density of 62 lb/ft3. The suction and discharge
gage reads 5 in. Hg vacuum and 30 psi
respectively. The discharge gage is 5ft above
the suction gage. If pump efficiency is 70%,
what is the motor power?
A. 5.31 HP C. 4.31 HP
B. 3.31 HP D. 6.31 HP
39
7
Calculate the air power of a fan that delivers
1200 m3/min of air through a 1m x 1.5m outlet.
Static pressure is 120 mm WG and density of air
is 1.18.
A. 20.45 kW C. 30.45 kW
B. 25.64 kW D. 35.64 kW
39
8
Determine the temperature for which a
thermometer with degrees Fahrenheit is
numerically twice the reading of the
temperature in degrees Celsius.
A. -24.6 C. 160
B. 320 D. -12.3
39
9
During takeoff in a spaceship, an astronaut is
subjected to acceleration equal to 5 times the
pull of the earth’s standard gravity. If the
astronaut is 180 lbm and the takeoff is vertical,
what force does he exert on the seat?
A. 4810.9 N C. 8829 N
B. 4414.5 N D. 9620 N
40
0
A pressure cooker operates by cooking food at a
higher pressure and temperature possible at
atmospheric conditions. Steam is contained in
the sealed pot, with vent hole in the middle of
the cover, allowing steam to escape. The
pressure is regulated by covering the vent hole
with a small weight, which is displaced slightly
by escaping steam. Atmospheric pressure is 100
kPa, the vent hole area is 7 mm2, and the
pressure inside should be 250 kPa. What is the
mass of the weight?
A. 0.107 kg C. 1.75 kg
B. 1.05 kg D. 0.1783 kg
40
1
A barometer can be used to measure an
airplane’s altitude by comparing the barometric
pressure at a given flying altitude to that on the
ground. Determine an airplane’s altitude if the
pilot measures the barometric pressure at 700
mm-Hg, the ground reports it at 758 mm-Hg,
and the average air density is 1.19 kg/m3.
g=9.81 m/s2
A. 636 m C. 366 m
B. 633 m D. 663 m
40
2
A mixture of 0.4 lbm of helium and 0.2 lbm of
oxygen is compressed polytropically from 14.7
psia and 60oF t0 60 psia according to n=1.4.
Determine the final temperature, T2.
A. 727.7 R C. 722.7 R
B. 777.2 R D. 277.7 R
40
3
A mixture of 0.4 lbm of helium and 0.2 lbm of
oxygen is compressed polytropically from 14.7
psia and 60oF t0 60 psia according to n=1.4.
Determine the polytropic work.
A. 77.3 kW C. 34.42 kW
B. 33.77 kW D. 42.34 kW
40
5
An adiabatic tank containing air is used to
power an air turbine during times of peak power
demand. The tank has a volume of 500 m3 and
contains air at 1000 kPa and 500 K. Determine
the mass remaining when the pressure reaches
100 kPa.
A. 273.37 kg C. 772.73 kg
B. 672.73 kg D. 227.73 kg
40
6
Determine the air-fuel ratio on a molar basis for
the complete combustion of octane, with
theoretical amount of air
A. 95.5 kg C.59.5 kg
B. 59.9 kg D. 55.9 kg
40
7
During a steady state operation, a gearbox
receives 60 kW throughout the input shaft and
delivers power through the output shaft. For the
gearbox as the system, the rate of energy
transfer is by convection, h=0.171 kW/m2. K is
the heat transfer coefficient, A=1.0 m2 is the
outer surface area of the gearbox, Tb=300 K
(27oC) is the temperature at the outer surface,
Tf=293 K (20oC) is the temperature surrouding
away from the immediate vicinity of the
gearbox. Determine the power delivered to the
output shaft in kW if the heat transfer rate is
-1.2
A. 98.8kW.
kW C. 68.8 kW
B. 78.8 kW D. 58.8 kW
40
8
A single acting air compressor with a clearance
of 6% takes in air at atmospheric pressure and
temperature of 85oF and discharges it at a
pressure of 85 psia. The air handled is 0.25
ft3/cycle measured at discharge pressure. If the
compression is isentropic, find the piston
displacement per cycle, if the compressor is
running at 750 rpm.
A. 16 hp C. 69 hp
B. 96 hp D. 61 hp
41
0
A nozzle receives 0.5 kg/s of air at a pressure of
2700 kPa and a velocity of 30 m/s and with an
enthalphy of 923 kJ/kg, and the air leaves at a
pressure of 700 kPa and with an enthalphy of
660 kJ/kg/. Determine the exit velocity from the
nozzle.
A. 3 in C. 4 in
B. 5 in D. 6 in
41
3
A boiler plant generates 225,000 lb of steam
and burns 13.9 tons of coal per hour. The coal
has a heating value of 11,400 Btu/lb. A test of
the particulates leaving the boiler shows that
3804 lb of particulate is being discharged per
hour. What is the particulate discharged per
million Btu heat input to the furnace?
A. -180.5 hp C. -227,6 hp
B. -179.5 hp D. -228.6 hp
41
8
The fuel oil has the ff. analysis:
C=89% N2=2%
H2=8% S=1%
A. 6.09 hp C. 4.74 hp
B. 6.32 hp D. 4.94 hp
42
0
A room contains air at 20o Celsius and 96 kPa at
a relative humidity of 75%. Determine the
enthalpy of moist air.
A. 5.32 ft C. 5.23 ft
B. 2.35 ft D. 2.93 ft
42
3
Determine the mass of water vapor contained in
a 150 m3 room at 100 kPa, 23oC and 40%
relative humidity.
A. 1.6342 kg C. 1.2342 kg
B. 1.9342 kg D. 2.2342 kg
42
4
What is the power of the pump, HP, if it delivers
925 gal/min of water against a head of 15m?
A. 15.38 HP C. 10.5 HP
B. 16.38 HP D. 11.5 HP
42
5
Kerosene is pumped into an aircraft fuel tank
through a hose that has an inside diameter of 4
cm. If the velocity of the kerosene is 8 m/s
through the hose. Determine the mass flow
rate. Assume that the kerosene has a density of
800 kg/m³
A. 7.06 C. 8.06
B. 7.56 D. 8.56
42
6
During the working stroke of an engine the heat
transferred out of the system was 150 kJ/kg of
working substances. The internal energy also
decreased by 400 kJ/kg of working substance.
Determine the work done.
A. 0.816 lb C. 0.829 lb
B. 0.841 lb D. 0.852 lb
43
2
Specific volume is the number of cubic meters
of mixture per kilogram of dry air. If dry air has
these following properties: Ra = 287 J/ kg K T =
303 K, Pa = 99.604 kPa. Solve for the specific
volume.
A. 2.732 C. 7.372
B. 5.373 D. 4.273
43
4
At a pressure of 60°F, a motorbike Ire is inflated
to 33psig. As it is driven along the C5 road, the
temperature rise to 76°F. Assuming the volume
remains constant. Determine the final gauge
pressure.
A. 365 kW C. 366.0 kW
B. 365.64 kW D. 366.50 kW
43
6
Aluminum has a specific heat of 0.902 J/g°C.
How much heat is lost when a piece of
aluminum with a mass of 23.984 g cools from a
temperature of 415.0°C to a temperature of
22.0°C?
A. 8500 J C. 80 000 J
B. 6000 J D. 7500 J
43
7
If the temperature of an air parcel is -20.5°C,
and its density is 0.690 kg/m3, what is the
pressure of the air parcel?
A. 40 kPa C. 60 kPa
B. 50 kPa D. 70 kPa
43
8
A 35.0 mL sample of gas is enclosed in a flask
at 22 degrees celsius. If the flask was placed in
an ice bath at 0 degrees Celsius, what would the
new gas volume be if the pressure is held
constant?
A. 34.1 ml C. 32.39 ml
B. 32.1 ml D. 33.1 ml
43
9
A car engine with a power output of 65 hp has
a thermal efficiency of 24%. Determine the fuel
consumption rate of this car if the fuel has a
heating value of 19 000 Btu/lbm.
A. 44% C. 63%
B. 50% D. 73%
44
1
Compute the humidity ratio of air at 70%
relative humidity and 25°C when the barometric
pressure is 101.325 kPa. From the steam tables:
Psat at 34°C = 3.169 kPa
A. 10 kJ C. 21.6 kJ
B. 32.4 kJ D. 54 kJ
44
5
A tank contains 20 kg of air at 200 kPa (gage)
and 23°C. During heating process the
temperature of air rises. For safety purposes a
technician installed a relief—type alve so that
pressure of air inside the tank never exceeds
260 kPa (gage). At what air temperature the
relief valve will start releasing air?
A. 112°C C. 82°C
B. 92°C D. 102°C
44
6
An air compressor takes in 9kg/min of air at 98
kPa; v1 = 0.125 m3/kg and discharges it at 680
kPa; v2 = 0.03 m3/kg. The increase of internal
energy is 93 kJ/kg and the work done on air is
163 kJ/kg; the change in potential and kinetic
energy are neglected. How much heat is
transferred per kg of air?
A. 55.10% C. 52.23%
B. 59.735% D. 62.37%
45
0
A diesel cycle has an initial temperature of
27°C. If the cut-off ratio is 2.50 and compression
ratio is 12, find the maximum cycle
temperature.
A. 1634.4 °C C. 2010.3°C
B. 1753.44°C D. 1983.4°C
45
1
A diesel cycle which takes in air at 1 bar, 26°C
has a compression ratio of 19. calculate the
operating clearance In percent.
A. 8.08 C. 7.52
B. 8.56 D. 5.55
45
2
An Otto cycle has an initial pressure of 100 kPa
and has a pressure of 400 kPa after adiabatic
compression. Find the cycle efficiency.
A. 32.70% C. 36.70%
B. 34.70% D. 38.70%
45
3
An Otto cycle has a clearance of 8% and heat
added of 1000 kJ. Find the heat rejected.
A. 564 kJ C. 709 kJ
B. 353 kJ D. 867 kJ
45
4
An Otto cycle has a heat rejected of 300 kJ and
work of 700 kJ. Find the cycle efficiency.
A. 56% C. 70%
B. 60% D. 50%
45
5
An Otto cycle has a pressure ratio of 7. What is
the cycle compression ratio?
A. 5.18 C. 7.34
B. 6.34 D. 4.01
45
6
Find the power of a rotating shaft which
develops a torque of 188 N-m at 1350 rpm.
A. 101.54 hp C. 63.35 hp
B. 53.63 hp D. 35.63 hp
45
7
Determine the pressure exerted on a diver at 30
m below the free surface of the sea. Assume a
barometric pressure of 101 kPa and the specific
gravity of sea water is 1.03.
A. 139.59 hp C. 159.59 hp
B. 149.59 hp D. 169.59 hp
45
9
An automobile tire is inflated to 35 psig at 54°F.
After being driven, the temperature rises to
80°F. Determine the final gage pressure
assuming that the tire is inflexible.
A. 0.0213 C. 0.213
B. 0.061 D. 0.610
46
1
Water flows in a pipe at the rate of 10 kg/s. If
the velocity of flow is 10 m/s, find the pipe
diameter.
A. 30.23 mm C. 38.39 mm
B. 35.68 mm D. 42.39 mm
46
2
What is the resulting pressure when one
kilogram of air at 104 kPa and 98°C is heated at
constant volume to 450°C?
A. 50°C C. 60°C
B. 70°C D. 80°C
46
4
Calculate the approximate enthalpy of water at
90°C.
A. 51.36% C. 45.37%
B. 63.45% D. 76.45%
46
6
A Carnot cycle has a maximum temperature of
550°F and minimum temperature of 100°F. If
the heat added is 4200 Btu/min, find the
horsepower output of the engine.
A. 34.53 C. 44.13
B. 40.56 D. 65.40
46
7
A Carnot cycle has a sink temperature of 100°F
and a cycle efficiency of 70%. Find the
temperature of the heat souce.
A. 1306.70°F C. 1506.70°F
B. 1406.70°F D. 1606.70°F
46
8
Fifty kilograms of cooling water per second
enter the condenser at 25°C and leaves at
50°C. Find the heat carried away by water.
A. 1234.45 kW C. 2340.53 kW
B. 5233.75 kW D. 3140.25 kW
46
9
Ten kilograms per second of steam enter the
turbine with an enthalpy of 3200 kJ/kg and enter
the condenser with an enthalpy of 2500 kJ/kg in
a Rankine cycle. If the turbine efficiency is 80%
and the generator efficiency is 90%, determine
the power plant output.
A. 4320 kW C. 4056 kW
B. 3213 kW D. 5040 kW
47
0
Determine the quality of steam in a vessel
containing 2 kg of saturated vapor and 8 kg of
saturated liquid.
A. 100% C. 80%
B. 20% D. 60%
47
1
The condenser of a reheat power plant rejects
heat at the rate of 600 kW. The mass flow rate
of cooling water is 5 kg/s and the inlet cooling
water temperature is 35°C. Calculate the
condenser cooling water exit temperature.
A. 43.45°C C. 63.66°C
B. 53.45°C D. 74.34°C
47
2
A heat engine has a thermal efficiency of 50%.
How much power does the engine produce
when heat is transferred at a rate of 109 kJ/hr?
A. 50 MW C. 139 MW
B. 75 MW D. 147 MW
47
3
One kilogram of air s compressed adiabatically
and in a steady-flow manner. The compression
efficiency is 80% and the work done on the air is
265 kJ/kg. Compute the heat.
A. 600 kJ C. 300 kJ
B. 900 kJ D. 1200 kJ
47
5
Determine the specific weight of air at 760
mmHg absolute and 22°C?