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PPE - PROBLEM SET # 8

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1. What is the required base area (ft2) of the foundation to support an engine with specific speed of 1200 rpm, and
weight of 11000 kg, assume bearing capacity of soil as 48 kpa. Use e = 0.12.
A. 11.6 B. 131.2 C. 124.803 D. 126.8

2. Determine the required speed of an engine having a weight and foundation area to be 23,750 lbs and 150 ft2,
respectively. Assume a soil bearing capacity as 0.45 kg/cm2. Use e = 0.11.
A. 1500 rpm B. 1520 rpm C. 1820 rpm D. 1920 rpm

3. The heat transfer across a 5” wall of firebrick is 500 W/m2. If the surface temperature on cold side is 30oC and
thermal conductivity of brick is 0.7 Btu/hr-ft-oF, find the temperature on hot side.
A. 82.41oC B. 65.37oC C. 73.45oC D. 87.25oC

4. Two walls of a storage plant composed of insulating material (k = 0.25 KJ/hr-m-oC) with 15 cm thick and concrete
(k = 3.2382 KJ/hr-m-oC) with 10 cm thick. The surface temperature on hot side is 35oC and cold side is -10oC. If
the area is 8 m square, find the temperature between walls. Note: Insulating material is on cold side.
A. 28.34oC B. 34.12oC C. 32.79oC D. -7.78oC

5. Determine the thermal conductivity of a material that is used a 4 m2 test panel, 25 mm thick with a temperature
difference of 20oF between surfaces. During the 4 hrs of test period, the heat transmitted is 500 KJ.
A. 0.0432 W/m-oC B. 0.0723 W/m-oC
C. 0.0321 W/m-oC D. 0.0195 W/m-oC

6. Steam initially is saturated at 250oC passed through a 12 cm steel pipe for a total distance of 200 m. The steam
line is insulated with material having k = 10 W/m2-K and thickness of 6 cm. The ambient temperature of 25oC.
Determine the surface film conductance of air if the moisture at the discharge end is 10% and steam rate is 0.13
kg/s.
A. 0.124 W/m2-oC B. 0.872 W/m2-oC C. 0.661 W/m2-oC D. 0.452 W/m2-oC

7. At an average temperature of 110oC, hot air flows through a 5 m pipe with outside diameter of 80 mm and pipe
thickness of 1 cm. The temperature of the tube along its entire length is 24oC. If heat transfer is 650 W, find the
convective film coefficient, W/m2-oC.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

8. A tank contains liquid nitrogen at -190oC is suspended in a vacuum shell by three stainless steel rods 0.80 cm in
diameter and 3 meters long with a thermal conductivity of 16.3 W/m-oC. If the ambient air outside the vacuum
shell is 25oC, calculate the magnitude of the conductive heat flow in watts along the support rods.
A. 0.143 B. 0.0587 C. 0.182 D. 0.176

9. The volume of concrete needed for the foundation of an engine is 12 cubic meters. The concrete mixture is 1:3:5
by volume. Calculate the number of 40 kg-bags of cement needed considering the density of cement as 1500
kg/m3.
A. 60 B. 55 C. 45 D. 50

10. A composite furnace is to be constructed. The inside wall temperature is 1300oC while the outside wall temperature
is 40oC. Three types of bricks are available with the following properties:
Brick Thermal Thickness Maximum allowable
Conductivity (W/moK) (meters) temperature (oC)
A 1.5 0.12 2000
B 0.2 0.070 1000
C 0.7 0.10 500
The heat loss must not exceed 800W/m2. Calculate the minimum wall thickness in meters.
A. 0.76 B. 0.88 C. 0.82 D. 0.77

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11. The surface of a furnace wall is at a temperature of 1350oC. The outside wall temperature is 42oC. The furnace
wall is made of 25 cm of refractory material having a thermal conductivity of 1.4 W/moK. The outside wall is steel,
1 cm thick with thermal conductivity of 47 W/moK. Calculate the thickness in meters of brick to be installed in
between the refractory material and steel if its thermal conductivity is 0.28 W/moK and the heat loss is not to exceed
750 W/m2.
A. 0.438 B. 0.402 C. 0.481 D. 0.513

12. A counterflow heat exchanger is designed to cool 0.65 kg/sec of oil with specific heat Cp = 3.4 KJ/kgoK from 150oC
to 70oC. Water for cooling, Cp = 4.18 KJ/kgoK is available at 20oC and flow rate of 0.6 kg/sec. Calculate the length
of a 3.5 cm inside diameter tubing in meters. The overall coefficient of heat transfer is 90 W/m2 oK.
A. 337 B. 452 C. 296 D. 543

13. A cold soda initially at 2oC gains 18 KJ of heat in a room at 20oC during a 15-minute period. What is the average
rate of heat transfer during the process?
A. 20 W B. 18 W C. 12 W D. 10 W

14. The air contained in a room loses heat to the surroundings at a rate of 50 KJ/min while work is supplied to the
room by computer. TV, and lights at a rate of 1.2 KW. What is the net amount of energy change in KJ of air in the
room during a 30-minute period?
A. 0.36 B. 70 C. 660 D. 1100

15. Saturated steam at 500oK flows in a 0.20 m inside diameter, 0.21 m outside diameter pipe. The pipe is covered
with 0.08 m of insulation with a thermal conductivity of 0.10 W/m-K. The pipe’s conductivity is 52 W/m-K. The
ambient temperature is 300oK. The unit convective coefficients are h1 = 18,000 W/m2-K and ho = 12 W/m2-K.
Determine the heat loss from 4 m of pipe.
A. 778.21 watts B. 825.80 watts C. 830.80 watts D. 835.80 watts

16. An insulated steam pipe located where the ambient temperature is 32°C, has an inside diameter of 50 mm with
10 mm thick wall. The outside diameter of the 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
hi = 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 B. 120 W C. 130 W D. 140 W

17. Sea water for cooling enters a condenser at 25oC and leaves at 40oC. The condenser temperature is 45oC, what
is the log mean temperature difference?
A. 16.34oC B. 10.82 oC C. 23.34oC D. 12.34oC

18. The hot combustible gasses of a furnace are separated from the ambient air and its surrounding, which are
28oC, by a brick wall 120 mm thick. The brick has a thermal conductivity of 1.23 W/m-oK and a surface
emissivity of 0.82. At steady state conditions the outer surface temperature is 120oC. Air surface film
conductance is 15 W/m2-oK. What is the total heat transmitted for 20 square meter area.
A. 42.15 KW B. 23.45 KW C. 45.45 KW D. 52.45 KW

19. A counterflow heat exchanger is designed to heat fuel oil from 26oC to 100oC while the heating fluid enters at
138oC and leaves at 105oC. The fuel oil is 27oAPI and has a specific heat of 2.3 KJ/kg-oK and enters the heat
exchanger at the rate of 1000 gallons per hour. Determine the heating surface area if overall coefficient of heat
transfer is 420 Kcal/hr-m2-oK.
A. 4.21 m2 B. 3.12 m2 C. 2.34 m2 D. 5.84 m2

20. 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 0.80. The absorbing surface
has an absorptivity of 0.90. The area of the collector is 5 m2. How much solar energy in watts is absorbed by the
collector?
A. 2500 B. 2880 C. 3510 D. 3168

21. What is the log mean temperature difference in oC of a double pipe counterflow heat exchanger where a fluid
enters at 90oC and exits at 50oC? Inside the inner pipe another fluid enters at 20oC and exits at 60oC.
A. 0 B. 30 C. 75 D. 35

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ANSWER KEY:

1. C 6. C 11. A 16. B 21. B

2. D 7. C 12. A 17. B
3. A 8. D 13. A 18. A
4. C 9. D 14. C 19. D
5. D 10. B 15. A 20. B

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