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1. The refrigerant volume flow rate at entrance at B. 17.02 kJ added

the entrance of compressor were obtained from a test
on a twin cylinder, single acting 15 cm x 20 cm, 320 C. 7.05 kJ heat rejected
rpm compressor ammonia refrigerating plant to be 33
L/s. Determine the volumetric efficiency of the D. 7.05 kJ added
compressor. Answer: B
A. 77.65 % C. 97.6 TR

B. 87.6 % D. 65.65 % 8. An elastic sphere containing gas at 120 kpa has a

Answer: B diameter of 1.0 m. Heating the sphere caused it to
expand to a diameter of 1.4 m. During the process the
pressure is proportional to the sphere diameter.
Calculate the work done by the gas.
2. A 600-kg hammer of a pile drive is lifted 2 meters
above the pile head. If the hammer is released, what A. 143.91 kJ C. 154.5 kJ
will be the velocity at the instant its strikes the
piling head g = 9.65 m/s2. B. 200.7 kJ D. 133.91 kJ

A. 6.21 m/s C. Answer: D

B. 3.25 m/s D.

Answer: A 9. Fifty kilograms of cooling water per second enter

the condenser at 25 0C and leaves at 50 0C. Find the
heat carried away by water.

3. Compute the humidity ratio of air at 70% relative A. 1234.45 kW C. 2340.52 kW

humidity and 25 0C when the barometric pressure is
101.325 kPa. From steam tables: Psat 34 0C = 3.169 B. 5233.75kW D. 3140.25 kW
kPa. Answer: B
A. 0.014 kg water vapor/kg dry air

B. 0.14 kg water vapor/kg dry air 10. Ten kilograms per second of steam enter the
C. 1.4 kg water vapor/kg dry air turbine with an enthalpy of 3200 kJ/kg and enter the
condenser with an enthalpy of 2500 kJ/kg in Rankine
D. 0.0014 kg water vapor/kg dry air cycle. If the turbine efficiency is 80% and the
generator efficiency is 90%, determine the power
Answer: A plant output.

A. 4320 kW C. 4056 kW

4. Answer: 97 x 10-6 B. 3213 kW D. 5040 kW

Answer: D

5. A pressure gage registers 50 psig in a region where 11. Answer: 0.656

the barometer reads 14.8 psia. Find the absolute
pressure in kPa.

A. 666.66 kPa C. 446.66 kPa 12. Determine the quality of steam in a vessel
containing 2 kg of saturated vapor and 8 kg of
B. 556.66 kPa D. 336.66 kPa saturated liquid.

Answer: C A. 100% C. 80%

B. 20% D. 60%

6. A new temperature scale is to be used where Answer: B

freezing and boiling temperature of water is at 100
deg N and 500 deg N respectively. Calculate the
absolute zero temperature in deg N.
13. Answer: 5.28
A. -992.6 deg N C. -995.6 deg N

B. -932.7 deg N D. -932.4 deg N

14. The condenser of reheat power plant rejects heat
Answer: A at the rate of 500 kW. The mass flow rate of cooling
water is 5 kg/s and the inlet cooling water
temperature is 35 0C. Calculate the condenser cooling
water exit temperature.
7. Consider 1 kg of air at 32 0C that expanded by a
reversible polytropic process with n = 1.25 until the A. 43.35 0C C. 63.66 0C
pressure is halved: Determine the heat transfer.
Specific heat at constant volume for air is 0.1786 B. 53.45 0C D. 74.34 0C
kJ/kg.K.
Answer: C
A. 17.02 kJ heat rejected
15. Answer: 2837 22. Determine the specific weight of air at 760 mmHg
absolute and 22C?

A. 1.014 kg/m3 C. 1.197 kg/m3

16. A heat engine has a thermal efficiency of 50%.
How much power does the engine produce when heat is B. 1.316 kg/m3 D. 1.266 kg/m3
transferred at a rate of 10⁶ kJ/hr (109 J/hr)?
Answer: C
A. 50 MW C. 139 MW

B. 75 MW D. 147 MW
23. A window-type air conditioner is rated with
Answer: C compressor power of 1 Hp. The unit has an EER of 11.1.
Determine the maximum cooling capacity of the unit in
tons of refrigeration.
17. A circular chip (k = 150 W/ m K) with a diameter A. 0.54 C. 0.69
d = 10 mm and thickness of 4 mm is embedded in a
circuit board. Its surface is exposed to the flow of B. 0.63 D. 0.51
coolant (h= 250 W/m²-K, T = 10 deg C) while its side
and back surfaces are perfectly insulated. If at any Answer: C
point in the chip the temperature must not exceed 90
deg C, what is the steady state heat dissipation of
the chip? 24. Find the enthalpy of Helium if its internal energy
is 200kJ/kg
A. 2.06 W C. 2.01 W
A. 144 kJ/kg C. 333.42 kJ/kg
B. 1.56 W D. 1.74 W
B. 223.42 kJ/kg D. 168 kJ/kg
Answer: B
Answer: C

18. One kilogram of air is compressed adiabatically

and in a steady-flow manner. The compression 25. If the conditioned space receives 80,000 kg of
efficiency is 80% and the work done on the air is air per hour and air supply temperature rises about
265kJ/kg. Compute the heat. 10oC and air picks up latent heat about 150 kW,
determine the sensible heat factor of the system.
A. 212 kJ/kg C. 0 kJ/kg
A. 0.597 C. 0.612
B. 100 kJ/kg D. 331.25 kJ/kg
B. 0.554 D. 0.509
Answer: C
Answer: A

19. 1 kg steel (C= 0.5 kJ/kg-K) rivet cools from 800

K to 300 K upon being installed in a riveted 26. Compute the mass of a 2m3 propane at 280 kPa and
structure. The entropy change in KJ/K of this rivet 40oC
is;
A. 6.47 kg C. 10.20 kg
A. -0.245 C. -0.631
B. 5.1 kg D. 9.47 kg
B. -0.49 D. -0.546
Answer: D
Answer: B

27. For a certain drier, the feed has a moisture

20. Three-hundred kilojoules of heat flow by regain of 160%. Determine the percent moisture of the
conduction from the outside to the inside of a cold feed.
storage in one hour. If the temperature and all other
conditions are the same, what is the heat flowing A. 60 C. 61.54
through the cold storage room in two hours?
B. 62.43 D. 50
A. 600 kJ C. 300 kJ
Ansswer: C
B. 900kJ D. 1,200 kJ

Answer: A
28. Compute the air flow in ft3/min of mechanical
ventilation required to exhaust an accumulation of
refrigerant due to leaks of the system capable of
21. The heat pump has a performance factor of 8.0. If revolving air from the machinery room for a mass of
the heat pump is used as a refrigerator, what is the 4lbs refrigerant.
required horsepower per ton of refrigeration?
A. 200 C. 220
A. 0.942 C. 0.765
B. 210 D. 230
B. 0.456 D. 0.673
Answer: A
Answer: D
29. An amount of air with DB temperature of 35˚ C. A. 28% C. 34%
With the temperature 28˚ C is passed through an air
conditioner and exhaust at a DB Temperature of 24˚C B. 30% D. 40%
and RH 0f 50%. Cooling coil temperature is
approximately 18 ˚C. Determine the bypass factor of Answer: B
the air conditioning.

A. 0.69 C. 0.26 37. The suction pressure of a 4-stage compressor is

B. 0.43 D. 0.35 140 kPa. It compresses air at the rate of 15 m3/min,
clearance is about 8% and 200 rpm. The compressor
Answer: D discharges compressed air at a pressure of 1000 kPa.
If the compressor uses intercooling, determine the
ideal pressure at the first stage intercooler.

30. Compute the free aperture cross section in m2 for A. 228.87 kPa C. 453.45 kPa
the ventilation of a machinery room if the mass of
refrigerant IS 9 KG. B. 345.67 kPa D. 345.45 kPa

A. 0.314 C. 0.514 Answer: A

B. 0.414 D. 0.614

Answer: B 38. Find the loss of head in the pipe entrance if

speed of flow is 10 m/s.

A. 5.10 C. 17.4
31. A commercial air-conditioner is rated by means of
its EER or energy efficiency ratio. For a certain B. 10.2 D. 2.55
air-conditioner with a cooling capacity of 4 KW and
requires 1000 W, approximate the EER of this unit. Answer: D

A. 13.65 C. 10.10

B. 12.80 D. 11.11 39. A Pelton wheel has a capacity of 25 000 kW with

head of 290 m. What is the number of jet needed for
Answer: A this turbine if the jet if the nozzle jet diameter is
200 mm.

A. 3 C. 2
32. A 29.53” X 39.37” pressure vessel contains ammonia
with f=0.041. Compute the minimum required discharge B. 4 D. 1
capacity of the relief device in kg/hr.
Answer: B
A. 106.71 kg/hr C. 110.71 kg/hr

B. 108.71 kg/hr D. 112.71 kg/hr

40. Wet material, containing 220% moisture (dry
Answer: C basis) s to be dried at the rate of 1.5 kg/s in a
continuous dryer to give a product containing 10%
(dry basis). Find the moisture removed in kg/hr

33. The cooling water leaves the condenser at 60 ˚C A. 3543.75 kg/hr C. 3563.75 kg/hr
and leaves the cooling tower at 35 ˚C. The ambient
air is at 35 ˚C DB and 28 ˚C WB. Determine the cooling B. 3513.75 kg/hr D. 3593.75 kg/hr
tower efficiency.
Answer: A
A. 41.67 C. 78

B. 80 D. 53.33
41. Fresh water flows through a short smooth
Answer: C horizontal pipe of tapered bore. At the large end the
velocity is 1.5 m/s. At the small end the pressure is
14 Kpa. Calculate the velocity at this end.

34. Compute the maximum length of the discharge pipe A. 4.4 m/s C. 6.6 m/s
installed on the outlet of a pressure-relief device
in feet for internal pipe diameter of 0.5 in and rated B. 5.5 m/s D. 3.3 m/s
discharge capacity is 8 lb/min of air. The rated
pressure of relief valve is 16 psig. Answer: B

A. 0.286 ft C. 0.486 ft

B. 0.386 ft D. 0.586 ft 42. Copra enters a dryer containing 70% moisture and
leaves at 7% moisture. Find the moisture removed on
Answer: A each pound of solid in final product.

A. 6.258 lb C. 4.258 lb

35. Answer: 952.82 B. 1.258 lb D. 2.258 lb

Answer: D

36. A thermal power plant has a heat rate of 11, 363

Btu/kW-hr, Find the thermal efficiency of the plant.
43. If the specific heat at constant pressure for C0₂ 51. A potential waterfall for hydroelectric power
is given as 0.201 Btu/lb ˚R, what is the value of the plant has available at a rate of 160 m3/s under a head
specific heat at constant volume? of 18 m. Find the number of francis turbines required
if it runs at 120 rpm, specific speed and hydraulic
A. 0.156 Btu/lb˚R C. 0.435 Btu/lb˚R efficiency of 80%.
B.0.365 Btu/lb˚R D. 0.435 Btu/lb˚R A. 3 turbines C. 5 turbines
Ans. A B. 2 turbines D. 4 turbines

Answer: B
44. A 1 m x 1.5 m cylindrical tank is full of oil
with S.G = 0.92. Find the force acting at the bottom
of the tank in dynes. 52. The mass of carbon dioxide having a pressure of
20 psia at 200F with 10 ft3 volume.
A. 106.33 x 10^7 dynes
A. 1.04 lbs C. 1.24 lbs
B. 106.33 x 10^4 dynes
B. 1.14 lbs D. 1.34 lbs
C. 106.33 x 10^5 dynes
Answer: C
D. 106.33 x 10^6 dynes

Answer: D
53. Calculate the scale ratio for the model turbine
if the prototype to model speed at head ratio is 0.675
and 12 respectively.
45. Answer: 2.89
A. 5.14 C. 5.82

B. 5.13 D. 5.32
46. Find the pressure at the 100 fathom depth of water
in kpag. Answer: B
A. 1,793.96 kpag C. 1,993.96 kpag

B. 1,893.96 kpag D. 1,693.96 kpag 54. Find the heat needed to raise the temperature of
water from 30oC to 100oC with 60% quality. Consider
Answer: A an atmospheric pressure of 101.325 kPa. Use the
approximate enthalpy formula of liquid.

A. 1,293.09 kJ/kg C. 1,547.90 kJ/kg

47. Air flows in a duct pressure of 150 kPa with a
velocity of 200 m/s. The temperature of the air is B. 1,772.90 kJ/kg D. 1,647.29 kJ/kg
310 K. Determine the isentropic stagnation.
Answer: D
A. 320 C. 341

B. 332 D. 361
55. A Pelton wheel running at a speed of 600 rpm is
Answer: B driven by 2 similar jets. At this speed, it transmit
6000 kW to the shaft. The efficiency of the runner is
90% and the velocity of the fluid at inlet to the
48. Find the depth in furlong of the ocean (S.G = bucket is 50 m/s, estimate the diameter of each jet.
1.03) if the pressure at the sea bed is 2,032.56 kpag.
A. 0.0165 m C. 0.0143 m
A. 1 C. 3
B. 0.0435 m D. 0.0123 m
B. 2 D. 4
Answer: A
Answer: A

56. An air compressor consumed 1200 kW-hr per day of

49. Find the COP of the refrigerator whose energy energy. The electric motor driving the compressor has
supply equals one-fourth the amount of heat it an efficiency of 80%. If indicated power of the
extracts. compressor is 34 kW, find the mechanical efficiency
of the compressor.
A. 3 C. 5
A. 117.65% C. 85%
B. 4 D. 2
B. 75% D. 90%
Answer: B
Answer: C

50. Find the mass of 10 quartz of water.

57. A steam generator operating at 92% efficiency
A. 10.46 kg C. 11.46 kg leaves water at 15.6 ˚C while steam leaves the
superheater at h = 3374.8 KJ/kg. Estimate the
B. 9.46 kg D. 8.46 kg evaporation factor if the boiler consumes coal of
calorific value 24,500 KJ/kg.
Answer: B
A. 6.81 m C. 8.21 m
B. 6.72 m D. 7.21 m A. 1.48 C. 1.74

Answer: A B. 1.67 D. 1.32

Answer: A

58. A refrigeration system consumed 28,300 kW-hr per

month of energy. There are 20% of energy is lost due
to cooling system of the compressor and motor 65. An air compressor has a power of 40 kW at 4%
efficiency is 90%. If COP pf the system is 6, find clearance. If clearance will increase to 7%, what is
the tons of refrigeration of the system. the new power?

A. 43.15% C. 49.15% A. 70 kW C. 53 kW

B. 46.15% D. 41.15% B. 40 kW D. 60 kW

Answer: C Answer: B

59. A 23 tons of refrigeration system has a heat 66. Determine the net cycle heat rate of a steam power
rejected of 1ookW. Find the energy efficiency ratio plant with a gross cycle heat rate of 75% and the
of the system. rate of turbine output to net cycle work output is
1.11.
A. 13.42 C. 15.42
A. 83.25% C. 87.45%
B. 14.42 D. 16.42
B. 76.25% D. 80.76%
Answer: B
Answer: A

60. Calculate the available pressure head for natural

circulation of a 10-m riser if specific volume at the 67. What is the approximate value of temperature of
downcomer is 0.0014 m3/kg and at the riser top is water having enthalpy of 208 Btu/lb?
0.0032 m3/kg.
A. 138.67⁰C C. 258.67⁰C
A. 19.71 kPa C. 21.45 kPa
B. 115.55⁰C D. 68.67⁰C
B. 12.45 kPa D. 15.74 kPa
Answer: B
Answer: A

68. What is the overall efficiency of a 30 MW steam

61. A 200 mm x 250 mm, 8-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel power plant with a boiler efficiency of 92%, cycle
engine has a brake power of 150 kW. The mechanical efficiency of 44%, mechanical loss of 5%, generator
efficiency is 80%. If two cylinders were accidentally efficiency of 93% and gross power production 32,000
cut-off, what will be the new friction power? KW?

A. 31.50 kW C. 35.50 kW A. 33.98% C. 35.44%

B. 33.50 kW D. 37.50 kW B. 36.88% D. 38.84%

Answer: D Answer: B

62. Estimate the circulation ratio in the downcomer 69. An Otto cycle has a compression ratio of 8. Find
riser circuit when the mass of saturated water flowing the pressure ratio during compression.
through it is 10 kg/s while at the riser exit
saturated liquid water flows at 8.5 kg/s. A. 18.38 C. 14.38

A. 1.18 C. 5.9 B. 16.38 D. 12.38

B. 6.67 D. 0.85 Answer: A

Answer: B
63. If the efficiency ratio of the refrigeration
system is 12.6, what is the COP of the system?
70. A downcomer riser circuit receives saturated
water at a rate of 10.5 kg/s from the boiler. If the
circulation ratio is 11.5, what is the top dryness
fraction?

A. 3.69 C. 5.92 A. 0.095 C. 0.081

B. 4.23 D. 6.83 B. 0.087 D. 0.913

Answer: A Answer: B

64. The two phase flow in a riser has a volume quality 71. A diesel cycle has a cut off ratio of 2.5 and
and moisture of 0.60 and 90% respectively. If the expansion ratio of 4. Find the clearance of the cycle.
ratio of the specific volume of vapor to that of the
liquid is 20, Estimate the slip ratio. A. 9.11 % C. 11.11%
B. 5.55% D. 15.25% B. 40 cm x 25 cm D. 30 cm x 15 cm

Answer: C Answer: A

72. A circular cylinder 4 ft long and 3 ft in diameter 79. A 3-stages air compressor compresses air from 1oo
is in an air stream. The flow velocity is 5 ft/s kPa to 700 kPa. Find the intercooler pressure between
perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder. Given that the 2nd and 3rd stage
the coefficient of drag on the cylinder is 1.3 and
the density of air is 0.00234 slug/ft3. What is the A. 365.88 kW C. 385.88 kW
force in the cylinder?
B. 375.88 kW D. 395.88 kW
A. 0.09 lb C. 0.46 lb
Answer: A
B. 0.11 lb D. 0.91 lb

Answer: C
80. A galvanized steel duct of 0.4 diameter and 20oC
and 1.013 bar. If the surface roughness for the duct
is 0.15 mm, find the roughness factor.
73. A dual cycle has an initial temperature of 30oC.
The compression ratio is 6 and heat addition at A. 0.000475 C. 0.000375
constant volume process is 600 Kj/kg. If cut-off ratio
is 2.5, find the maximum temperature of the cycle. B. 0.000365 D. 0.000485

Answer: C
A. 3638.50⁰C C. 3565.50⁰C

B. 3365.50⁰C D. 3965.50⁰C
81. Carnot cycle A, B and C are connected in series
Answer: B so that the heat rejected from A will be the heat
added to B and heat rejected from B will be added to
C. Each cycle operates between 30⁰C and 400⁰C. If heat
74. A rectangular duct section 35 cm x 50 cm size added to A is 1000kW, find the work output of C.
carries 75 m3/min of air having density of 1.15 kg/m3.
If the friction factor of sheet metal is 0.01, find A. 111.44 kW C. 247.53 kW
the pressure loss per 100 m length of duct.
B. 549.78 kW D. 141.89 kW
A. 29 mm of H2O C. 25 mm of H2O
Answer: A
B. 36 mm of H2O D. 35 mm of H2O

Answer: A
82. Answer: 0.07

75. A three stages air compressor compresses air from

83. two kilogram of air in a rigid tank changes its
100kPa to 1000 kPa. Find the intercooler pressure
temperature from 32 to 150 c. find the work done
between the first and second stage.
during the process.
A. 505.44 kPa C. 316.23 kPa
A. 236 C. 195
B. 108.44 kPa D. 215.44 kPa
B. 170 D. 0
Answer: D
Answer: D

76. Answer: 671.85

84. Determine the atmospheric pressure at a location
where barometric reading is 740 mmhg and
gravitational acceleration is g=9.7 m/s2. Assume the
77. A 10-stages air compressor compresses air from temperature of mercury to be 10 c, at which the
100 kPa to 800 kPa. Find the intercooler pressure density is 13570 kg/m3.
between the first and second stage.
A. 99.45 kpa C. 95.44 kpa
A. 282.82 kPa C. 123.11 kPa
B. 97.41 kpa D. 98.66 kpa
B. 113.21 kPa D. 333.51 kPa
Answer: B
Answer: C

85. A reverse Carnot cycle air refrigeration

78. A circular duct if 40-cm is selected to carry air equipment has a compressor working with a compression
in an air conditioned space at a velocity of 440 ratio of 12. The temperature limits of the cycle are
m/min. to keep the noise at desired level. If this 300 K and 270 K. determine the refrigerating effect
duct is replaced by a rectangular duct of aspect ratio of the unit.
1:5, find the size of rectangular duct for equal
friction method when the velocity of air in two ducts A. 2.45 TR C. 2.06 TR
is same.
B. 1.86 TR D. 1.26 TR
A. 45 cm x 30 cm C. 50 cm x 35 cm
Answer: D
 to 1171.8 kpa. What should be the final temperature
of the gas in the vessel in Kelvin?
86. The barometer of a mountain hiker reads 930 mbars
at the beginning of a hiking trip and 780 mbars at A. 298.0 C. 180.0
the end. Neglecting the effect of altitude on local
gravitational acceleration, determine the vertical B. 319.8 D. 314.2
distance climbed. Assume g=9.7 m/s2
Answer: D
A. 1274.21 m C. 1267.34 m

B. 1289.00 m D. 1583.34 m
93. Answer: 12.03
Answer: B

94. A perfect gas has a value of R = 58.8 ft-lb/lb-R

87. A refrigeration system produces 20 kg/hr of ice and k = 1.26. If 20 BTU are added to 10 lbs of this
from water at 20 deg. C. Find the tonnage of the unit gas at constant volume when initial temperature is 90
F, find the final temperature.
A. 0.66 C. 0.77
A. 97 F C. 154 F
B. 0.55 D. 0.45
B. 104 F D. 185 F
Answer: A
Answer: A

88. the lower half of a 10 m high cylindrical

container is filled with water and the upper half 95. A research laboratory building is to be heated
with oil that has SG=0.85. Determine the pressure and ventilated. Air is to be supplied to a room 12 m
difference between the top and bottom of the cylinder. x 18m from the outside from the rate of 1 cu meter
per min air replacement for each square meter of floor
A. 90.74 kpa C. 83.38 kpa space. The design condition include 20 ˚C room
temperature and -20 ˚C outside air temperature. In
B. 92.74 kpa D. 98.10 kpa addition the pressure in the room is to be maintain
at a positive pressure of 7 Kpa, to ensure that there
Answer: A will be no air leakage into the laboratory. How much
heat would be required to condition the air for this
room?
89. About 3 Hp per ton is required to maintain a
temperature of -40 ˚C in a refrigerator. If the A. 177.11 KW C. 168.7 KW
refrigerator works on the reverse Carnot Cycle, B. 154.8 KW D. 185.3 KW
determine the heat rejected to the sink per ton of
refrigeration. Answer: D
A. 69.72 Kcal/min C. 81.61 Kcal/min

B. 70.44 Kcal/min D. 84.65 Kcal/min 96. ammonia weighing 22 kgs is confirmed inside a
cylinder equipped with a piston has an initial
Answer: C 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
90. An ideal gas at 0.80 atmospheric and 87 c occupies is the amount of work by the fluid in KJ?
0.450 liters. How many moles are in the sample?
(R=0.0821 lit-atm/mole-k) A. 667 C. 420

A. 0.0002 mol C. 0.0122 mol B. 304 D. 502

B. 0.0378 mol D. 0.0091 mol Answer: A

Answer: C
97. A refrigeration system produces 20 kg/hr of ice
from water at 20 deg. C. Find the tonnage of the unit
91. Determine the mass of ice produced from water per
day for the following conditions water temperature 20 A. 0.66 C. 0.77
deg C, tonnage of the unit 150 tons, operating at B. 0.55 D. 0.45
temperature –5 deg C and 28 deg C, latent heat of ice
330 KJ/kg. Answer: A
A. 107,498 kg C. 134,112 kg

B. 120,465 kg D. 140,362 kg 98. A tank contains 90 ft3 of air at a pressure of

350 psig; if air is cooled until its pressure and
Answer: A temperature decreases to 200 psig and 70 F
respectively, what is the decrease in internal
energy?
92. A certain gas at 101.325 kpa and 10 c whose volume
is 2.83 m3 are compressed into a storage vessel of A. 6232 Btu C. 5552
0.31 kpa capacity. Before admission, the storage B. -5552 D. -6232.09 BTU
vessel contained the gas and temperature of 037.8 kpa
and 26 c after admission the pressure has increased Answer: D
 Answer: B

99. About 3 Hp per ton is required to maintain a

temperature of -40 ˚C in a refrigerator. If the
refrigerator works on the reverse Carnot Cycle, 105. A refrigerator is rated at USA one ton capacity.
determine the heat rejected to the sink per ton of It maintains a cooling temperature of 4.4oC
refrigeration. (evaporator temperature). A refrigerant with a
refrigerating effect of 136 kJ/kg is in the condenser
A. 69.72 Kcal/min C. 81.61 Kcal/min just ahead of the expansion valve. If the refrigerant
vapor has a density of 19.80 kg/m3, what should be
B. 70.44 Kcal/min D. 84.65 Kcal/min the capacity of the compressor?
Answer: C A. 0.078 m3/min C. 0.102 m3/min

B. 0.091 m3/min D. 0.113 m3/min

100. A large mining company was provided with a 3 m3 Answer: A
of compresed air tank. Air pressure in the tank drops
from 700 kpa to 150 kpa while the temperature remains
constant at 28 c. what percentage has the mass of air
in the tank been reduced? 106. Determine the air standard efficiency of an
engine operating on the diesel cycle with clearance
A. 74.00 C. 76.56 of 6 % when the suction pressure is 99.97 kpa and the
fuel is injected for 7 % of the stroke. Assume k=1.4
B. 72.45 D. 78.57
A. 62.11 % C. 73.58 %
Answer: D
B. 51.20 % D. 60.02 %

Answer: A
101. Determine the mass of ice produced from water
per day for the following conditions water
temperature 20 deg C, tonnage of the unit 150 tons,
operating at temperature –5 deg C and 28 deg C, latent 107. Answer: 106.4
heat of ice 330 KJ/kg.
108. Steam at 2 mpa and 250 c in a rigid cylinder is
A. 107,498 kg C. 134,112 kg cooled until the quality is 30 %. Find the heat
rejected from the cylinder
B. 120,465 kg D. 140,362 kg
A. -432.23 kJ/kg C. -1265.02 kJ/kg
Answer: A
B. -926.26 kJ/kg D. 1082.34 kJ/kg

Answer: C
102. A 4 m3/hr pump delivers water to a pressure tank.
At a start, the gage reads 138 kpa until it reads 276
kpa and then the pump was shut off. The volume of the
tank is 180 lit. At 276 kpa the water occupied 2/3 of 109. A 3 HP refrigerator or heat pump operates between
the tank volume. Determine the volume of water that 0oF and 100oF. The maximum theoretical heat that can
can be taken out until the gage reads 138 kpa. be transferred from the cold reservoir is nearest to:

A. 31.20 li C. 16.87 li A. 7600 BTU/hr C. 23000 BTU/hr

B. 34.59 li D. 29.50 li B. 13000 BTU/hr D. 35000 BTU/hr

Answer: B Answer: D

103. What should be the cooling requirement due to 110. Steam at 1.3 MPa and 250oC in a rigid cylinder
emission of body to maintain a comfortable is cooled until the quality is 40%, find the heat
temperature in a dance hall that had an attendance of rejected from the cylinder.
1500 people if it has been determined that 75% of the At 2 MPa and 250oC:
people will be dancing and others will be seated.
Tests have shown that an adult will give off 71.8 W v = 0.11144 m3/kg u = 2679.6 kJ/kg
of sensible heat while engaging in moderate dancing
and 57.1 W of sensible heat while sitting. The 1773.3 At 2 MPa (saturated):
W for dancers and 45.5 W for sitters.
vf = 0.0011767 vg = 0.09963
A. 200 kW C. 301 kW
uf = 906.44 ufg = 1693.8
B. 267 kW D. 319 kW

Answer: D
A. 1627.71 kJ/kg C. 1234.45 kJ/kg

B. 1533.33 kJ/kg D. 1162.40 kJ/kg

104. A refrigeration plant is rated at 15 tons
capacity. How many pounds of air per hour will it Answer: D
cool from 70 to 90 F at constant pressure?

A. 50000 lb/hr C. 52000 lb/hr

111. A block of wood floats in water with 6 inches
B. 37500 lb/hr D. 45000 lb/hr projecting above the water surface. If the same block
were placed in alcohol of specific gravity 0.82, the
block would project 4 inches above the surface of the A. 0.821 C. 0.344
alcohol. Determine the specific gravity of the wood
block. B. 1.261 D. 1.609

A. 0.603 C. 0.405 Answer: D

B. 0.306 D. 0.204

Answer: A 118. Steam leaves an industrial boiler at 827.4kpa

and 171.6 c. a portion of the steam is passed through
a throttling calorimeter and is exhausted to the
atmosphere when the calorimeter pressure is 101.4
112. Mixture with 70 % quality at 500 kpa is heated kpa. How much moisture does the steam leaving the
until its pressure is 300 kpa. Find the heat added boiler contain if the temperature of the steam at the
during the process. calorimeter is 115.6 c?
At 500 kPa: sf = 1.8607 sfg = 4.9606 At 827 kPa (171.6oC): hf = 727.25 hfg = 2043.2
At 300 kPa and 151.86oC (Psat@500): s = 7.0888 At 101.4 kPa and 115.6oC: h2 = 2707.6

A. 745.92 kJ/kg C. 983.44 kJ/kg A. 3.78% C. 4.56%

B. 535.16 kJ/kg D. 765.34 kJ/kg B. 3.08% D. 2.34%
Answer: A Answer: B

113. A tank contains exactly one kilogram of water 119. Answer: 0.81
consisting of liquid and vapor in equilibrium at 1
Mpa. If the liquid contains one-third and the
remaining is vapor of the volume of the tank, what is
the enthalpy of the contents of the tank? 120. Atmospheric pressure boils at 212 F. at the
vacuum pressure at 24 in hg, the temperature is 142
At 1 MPa: F. find the boiling temperature when the pressure is
increased by 40 psia from atmospheric
hf = 762.81 kJ/kg hfg = 2015.3 kJ/kg
A. 449.42oF C. 479.13oF
vf = 0.0011273 vfg = 0.19444
B. 526.34oF D. 263.45oF

Answer: A
A. 644.40 kJ/kg C. 785.92 kJ/kg

B. 774.40 kJ/kg D. 435.29 kJ/kg

121. Determine the amount of oxygen if the heating
Answer: C value of fuel is 26961.45 kJ/kg

A. 1.5% C. 3.5%
114. Answer: 1.95 B. 2.5% D. 4.5%

Answer: C
115. water substance at 70 bars and 65 c enters a
boiler tube of constant inside diameter of 25 mm. the
water leaves the boiler tube at 50 bars and 700 k at 122. Answer: 1.168
velocity 150 m/s. calculate the inlet velocity (m/s)

A. 1.56 C. 1.672
123. A diesel engine consumed 945 lit of fuel per day
B. 2.51 D. 3.230 at 35oC. If the fuel was purchased at 15.5 c and 30
API at P29.00/li determine the cost of fuel operate
Answer: B the engine per day

A. P5677.50 C. P48088.90
116. The Reynolds number of a falling sphere in air B. P4677.50 D. P27127.76
is 1x106. If the sphere’s radius is 1ft, what is its
velocity? (Pair= 0.00234lbf-sec/ft3) Answer: D

A. 40.6 ft/sec C. 5.1 ft/sec

B. 2.5 ft/sec D. 81.2 ft/sec 124. A cylindrical tank 4m and 3m diameter is used
for oil storage. How many days can the tank supply
Ans. D the engine having 27 API with fuel consumption of 60
kg/hr

A. 17.53 C. 12.84
117. Water substance at 70 bar and 65 c enters a
boiler tube of constant inside diameter of 35 mm. The B. 5.84 D. 19.84
water leaves the boiler tube at 50 bar and 700 k at
velocity of 100 m/s. calculate the inlet volume flow Answer: A
(li/s)
 130. An impulse wheel at best produces 125 hp under
a head of 210 ft. by what percent should the speed be
125. The dry exhaust gas from oil engine has the increased for a 290-ft head?
following gravimetric analysis
A. 82.5% C. 72.41%
CO2=21.6% O2=4.2% N2=74.2%
B. 17.5% D. 71.59%
Specific heats at constant pressure for each
component of the exhaust gas in Kcal/ kg c are Answer: B

CO2 =0.203 O2=0.219 N2=0.248

Calculate the specific gravity if the molecular 131. Find the work process for a Helium gas at 20 0C
weight of air is 28.97 kg/kg-mol
A. 609 kJ/kg C. 229 kJ/kg
A. 0.981 C. 1.055
B. 168 kJ/kg D. 339 kJ/kg
B. 1.244 D. 0.542
Answer: A
Answer: C

132. A horizontal jet fresh water 40 mm diameter

126. A bituminous coal has the following composition impinges on a stationary flat plate which is
perpendicular to the jet, and the direct force to
C=71.5% H=5.0% O=7.0 % prevent the plate moving is measured to be 225 N.
assuming that there is no splash back of water, find
N=1.3% S=3 % Ash=7.6% W=3.4% the initial velocity of the jet.
Determine the theoretical weight of nitrogen in lb/lb A. 13.39 m/s C. 16.21 m/s
of coal
B. 12.42 m/s D. 14.34 m/s
A. 2.870 C. 2.274
Answer: A
B. 7.526 D. 6.233

Answer: B
133. What is the hydraulic gradient of 1 mile, 17
inches inside diameter pipe when 3300 gal/min of water
127. A gaseous fuel mixture has a molal analysis flow with f=0.03

H2=14% CH4=3% CO=27% A. 0.00714 C. 0.00234

O2=0.6% CO=24.5% N2=50.9 % B. 0.00614 D. 0.00187

Determine the air fuel ratio for complete combustion Answer: A

on molal basis

A. 2.130 C. 1.233 134. Convert 750R to K

B. 3.230 D. 1.130 A. 390.33 C. 410.33
Answer: C B. 395 D. 416.33

Answer: D
128. An air conditioning engineer has given the
following data to be air conditioned; room sensible
heat gain 10,000(50000) Btu/hr. Outside room latent 135. Air compressed adiabatically from 30 to 100oC.
heat gain 10,000 Btu/hr. Outside conditioned 95oF DB If mass of air being compressed is 5 kg., find the
& 75oF WB, inside condition 50 ˚F. Calculate the change of entropy
refrigeration tonnage required with 10% safety
factor. A. 1039 kJ/kg C. 0 kJ/kg

A. 5.5 C. 1.5 B. 0.746 kJ/kg D. 1245 kJ/kg

B. 3.5 D. 6.5 Answer: C

Answer: A

136. The sun generates an average of 2 kW/m2 when

tapped as source of energy where in a flat plate
129. A volumetric analysis of a gas mixture as follows collector with an area of 1.5 m2 is used. Flow rate
of water inside the collector is 40 liters per hour.
CO2:12% O2: 4% N2: 80% CO: 4% Calculate for the temperature rise of the working
What is the percentage of CO2 on a mass basis? fluid in oC.

A. 17.55% C. 12.73% A. 65.14oC C. 55.14oC

B. 15.55% D. 19.73% B. 60.15oC D. 50.15oC

Answer: A Answer: A
137. Air standard engine has a compression ratio of Answer: B
18 and a cut-off ratio of 4. If the intake air
pressure and temperature are 100 kPa and 27oC, find
the work in KJ per kg.
143. In a rankine cycle enters the turbine at 2.5 Mpa
A. 2976 C. 1582 (enthalpies & entropies given) and condenser of 50
kpa (properties given), what is the thermal
B. 2166 D. 2751 efficiency of the cycle?

Answer: D A. 25.55 % C. 34.23 %

B. 45.23 % D. 12.34 %

138. A throttling calorimeter is connected to the Answer: A

desuperheated steam line supplying steam to the
auxillary 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. 144. A thermal power plant generates 5 MW and the
heat generated by fuel is 13000 kJ/s. If thermal
A. 6.8 kJ/kg-K C. 6.6 kJ/kg-K efficiency is 36.15 %, find the power needed for the
auxiliaries.
B. 6.2 kJ/kg-K D. 7.5 kJ/kg-K
A. 310 kW C. 400 kW
Answer: B
B. 300 kW D. 350 kW

139. A logging firm in Isabella operates a diesel
electric plant to supply its electric energy
requirements. During a 24 hour period, the plant
consumed 250 gallons of fuel at 80 F and produced
2900 kw-hrs. Industrial fuel used is 30 API and was
purchased at P30.00/li. at 60 F. Determine the overall
thermal efficiency of the plant
A. 26.08% C. 28.00%
Answer: B
145. A superheater steam rankine cycle has turbine
inlet conditions of 17.5 MPa and 530 C expands in a
turbine to 0.007 MPa. The turbine and pump polytropic
efficiencies are 0.85 and 0.75 respectively, pressure
losses between pump and turbine inlet are 1.5 MPa.
What should be the pump work in kJ/kg?

B. 34.23% D. 18.46% A. 17.34 C.25.32

Answer: C B. 27.32 D. 47.33

Answer: C

140. 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 60 F and 14.7 psia and 14.7 146. In an open feedwater heater for a steam plant,
psia pressure if boiler efficiency is 70% and FE = saturated steam at 7 bar is mixed with subcooled
1.10 liquid at 7 bar and 25 %. Just enough steam is
supplied to ensure that the mixed steam leaving the
A. 234 019 m3/hr C. 213 830 m3/hr heater will be saturated liquid at 7 bars when heater
efficiency is 95 %. Calculate the mass flow rate of
B. 215 830 m3/hr D. 264 830 m3/hr subcooled liquid steam flow rate is 0.865 kg/s

Answer: A A. 2.725 kg/s C. 2.869 kg/s

B. 3.353 kg/s D. 3.948 kg/s

141. A windmill with a 6 m radius rotor is to be Answer: C

installed where atmospheric pressure conditions
prevail at 101.325 kPa and 21 oC. It was observed that
the wind is blowing steadily at an average velocity
of 20 m/s. Assuming that the conversion efficiency is
somewhere between 20% to 25%, determine the maximum
available power from the windmill.
A. 124.78 kW C. 167.25 kW
B. 135.81 kW D. 225.78 kW
Answer: B
147. A steam condenser receives 10 kg/s of steam with
an enthalpy of 2770 kj/kg. Steam condenses into a
liquid and leaves with an enthalpy of 160 kj/kg.
Cooling water passes through the condenser with
temperature increases from 13 deg to 24 deg c.
Calculate the water flow rate in kg/s.
A. 583 C. 523
B. 567 D. 528

Answer: B
142. 23.5 kg of steam per second at 5 Mpa and 400 c
is produced by a steam generator. The feedwater enters
the economizer at 145 c and leaves 205 c. the steam
leaves the boiler drum with a quality of 98 %. The 148. Steam expands adiabatically in a turbine from
unit consumes 3 kg of coal per second as received 2000 kpa, 400 c to 400 kpa, 250 C. what is the
having a heating value of 25 102 kj/kg. What would be effectiveness of the process in percent assuming
the overall efficiency of the unit in percent? pressure of 18 C, neglecting changes in kinetic and
potential energy
A. 65.72 C. 88.28
A. 82 C. 79.60
B. 80.67 D. 78.82
B. 84 D. 79.46
Answer: D

149. The annual peak load on a 15,000 kW power plant

is 10,500 kW. Two substations are supplied by this
plant. Annual energy dispatched through substation A
is 27, 500,000 kw-hr with a peak load at 8,900 kW,
16, 500,000 are sent through substation B with a peak
load at 6,650 kW. Neglect line losses. Find the
diversity factor between substations and factor of
the power plant.

A. 1.48, 0.446 C. 1.75, 0.335

B. 1.48, 0.335 D. 1.75, 0.446

Answer: B

150. A heat exchanger was installed purposely to cool

0.50 kg of gas per second. Molecular weight is 32 and
k=32. The gas is cooled from 150 c to 80 c. water us
available at the rate of 0.30 kg/s and a temperature
of 5 deg c. calculate the exit temperature of the
water in C.

A. 44.86 C. 46.45

B. 42.86 D. 40.34

Answer: A