TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE

PHILIPPINES
THERMODYNAMICS 6. What is the work?
A. 437.61 kJ B. 1352.06 kJ
MIDTERM EXAM C. 433.57 kJ D. 458.14 kJ

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer by LINKED PROBLEMS 7 - 9:

marking the circle corresponding to the letter of An air compressor receives 272 kg/min of air at
your choice on the sheet provided. Use pencil 99.29 kPa and specific volume of 0.026 m3/kg.
black ballpen only. STRICTLY NO The air flows steadily through the compressor
ERASURES. WARNING: SHADED and is discharged at 689.5 kPa and 0.0051
ANSWERS WITHOUT CORRESPONDING m3/kg. The initial internal energy of air is 1594
SOLUTIONS WILL INCUR DEDUCTIONS. kJ/kg; at discharge, 6241 J/kg. The internal
energy is 896 J/kg increased. The cooling
LINKED PROBLEMS 1 – 3: water circulated around the cylinder carries
Steam at 200 psia and 600 oF enters a turbine away 4383 J/kg of air.
through a 3 – in diameter pipe with a velocity of 7. What is the change in internal energy?
10 ft/s. The exhaust from the turbine is carried A. 7.835 kJ/kg B. 4.65 kJ/kg
through a 10 – inch diameter pipe and is at 5 C. 1.55 kJ/kg D. 2.49 kJ/kg
psia and 200oF.
1. What is the change in enthalpy of the 8. What is the change in enthalpy?
process? A. 8.77 kJ/kg B. 5.58 kJ/kg
A. -174 BTU/lb B. + 2471.2 C. 2.48 kJ/kg D. 3.42 kJ/kg
BTU/lb
C. + 174 BTU/lb D. - 2471.2 9. What is the work in hP?(1hP = 746 W)
BTU/lb A. 85.37 hP B. 47.15
C. 65.7 hP D. 52.86 hP
2. What is the final velocity?
A. 4.08 fps B. 0.9 fps 10. At a steady rate of 2 lb/sec, gas enters
C. 2.16 fps D. 23 fps the rotor blades of a turbine with a speed
of 3667 fps and leaves at 1405 fps. The
3. What is the power output of the turbine? flow is adiabatic, without friction, and with
A. - 3495.35 hP B. -39.62 hP no change in enthalpy. Find the
C. 3495.35 hP D. +39.62 hP horsepower delivered by the blades.
A. 256 hP B. 588 hP
LINKED PROBLEMS 4 - 6 C. 320 hP D. 649 hP
A centrifugal pump under a steady state flow
conditions delivers 2270 kg/min of water from
and initial pressure of 82740 Pa to a final
pressure of 275 800 Pa. The diameter of the
inlet pipe to the pump is 15.94 cm and the
diameter of the discharge pipe to the pump is
10.16 cm.
4. What is the velocity at the discharge
point?
A. 0.474 m/s B. 2.80 m/s
C. 4.67 m/s D. 28.45 m/s

5. What is the change in kinetic energy?

A. -2.030 J B. 8.762 J
C. 1.78 J D. 402.56 J
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