BASIC THERMODYNAMICS EXAM

1. An astronaut weighs 850N on the surface of the earth where g is 9.806 m/sec 2. What is the mass of
the astronaut? What is his mass on the surface of the moon where g is 1/6 of the earth’s gravity?

2. What force in Newton will accelerate a mass of 50kg at the rate of 12 m/sec2?

3. The mass of a kite is 0.102kg. What is the force due to gravity acting on the kite?

4. The weight of 1 liter of gasoline is 7.0N. Determine its relative density.

5. A pump discharges 20kg/min of diesel fuel (S.G = 0.8) to a vertical cylindrical tank 3 meters high
and 1 meter in diameter. Calculate the time (hrs) to fill the said fuel tank.

6. A dam holds 200,000 m3 of water at a height of 150 m above a valley floor. If the water is used to
drive a hydraulic turbine generator situated on the valley floor, what is maximum energy that can be
generated?

7. A motor driven pump transfer 5000 liters of oil (SG = 0.8) per hour through an elevation of 16
meters. If the delivery velocity is 10 m/sec, what is the input power of the pump?

8. An elevator and its contents have a mass of 1500kg. What is the electrical power input to the
lifting motor if the elevator is raised through a height of 36 meters in 30 seconds? Assume that only 85% of
the electrical power input to the motor is available to lift the elevator.

9. A tank contains 25 liters of lubricating oil having a relative density of 0.9 and a temperature of
10°C. The oil is heated for 15 minutes by a 2.16 kw electric heater. Determine the final temperature of the
oil assuming heat loss through the tank as 160w. (specific heat of oil is 2 KJ/kg-K)

10. A rotary compressor draws 6,000 kg/hr of atmospheric air and delivers it at a higher pressure. The
specific enthalpy of air at inlet is 300 KJ/kg and that at the exit is 509 KJ/kg. The heat loss from the
compressor casing is 5,000 W. Neglecting the changes in kinetic and potential energy; determine the power
required to drive the compressor.

11. 10,000 kg/hr of steam with an enthalpy of 2,778 KJ/kg enters a turbine. If the exhaust steam
leaves the turbine with an enthalpy of 2,168 KJ.kg, determine the turbine power output.

12. Steam with an enthalpy of 2,168 KJ/kg enters a condenser at a rate of 10,000 kg/hr. If the
condensate leaves the condenser with an enthalpy of 251 KJ/kg, determine the heat rejection rate.

13. A system consists of two vessels A and B with connecting valve. The vessel A contains 425 liters
of nitrogen at 1500 KPa and a temperature of 45ºC. Vessel B contains 1 kg of nitrogen at 550 KPa and 15
ºC. After the valve separating the two vessels is opened, the temperature of the mixture becomes 32 ºC.
Calculate the final pressure of the mixture?
( MW of nitrogen gas = 28 )

14. An automobile tire contains 114 grams of air at 210 KPa gage and 21ºC. It has an automatic valve
that releases air whenever the pressure exceeds 235 KPa gage. Under certain running conditions, the
steady-state temperature becomes 50ºC. What mass of air escapes and what is the tire pressure when the
remaining air has return to 21ºC? (Rair = 0.287 KJ/kg-K)

15. An empty tin can with height of 30cm and a diameter of 15cm is open at one end and closed at the
other end. If the vertical can, with open end down, be slowly immersed in water, how far the water will rise
inside the can when the closed end is 10 cm below the water surface.